Lesson 11: Black Pepper Parmesan

This bread was a childhood favorite of mine, baked by a great small bakery in Vermont. I can remember my mom and me eating slice after slice of toast slathered with butter, the hunks of Parmesan melted and oozing all over. Then one day the bakery stopped making it, and we were so sad. I didn’t have it again until the day I decided to have a go at making my own version. I mean, let’s be honest—putting cheese IN bread is a pretty good way to make it delicious. And the black pepper—it’s just p