Pull-Apart Pizza Bread Recipe (Including Healthier and Gluten-Free Variations)
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Well, give pizza a new spin with this: Pull-Apart Pizza Bread! It is bursting with the pizza flavors, fun to eat, great for parties, great appetizer, get togethers and pleases everyone!
Author: Cassie from The Thrifty Couple
Recipe type: Appetizer or Main Dish
Cuisine: Finger Food
Serves: 5
Ingredients
- 1 cup of Mozzarella Cheese
- ½ cup of Cheddar Cheese
- 1 8oz. package of pepperoni with each slice cut into quarters - tip, stack many slices at once and cut them all at once to save time!
- ⅓ cup of Parmesan Cheese
- 1 TBSP of fresh minced garlic or ½ tsp. of garlic salt or powder
- 1.5 TBSP of Italian Seasoning (or a combo of parsley, oregano, basil)
- 2 TBSP of Olive Oil
- For the dough: make your own or buy 1 refrigerated pizza dough
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees
- Grease a cake pan, bread pan or a bundt pan.
- Make your dough and roll it out and use a pizza cutter to cut it into about 1" squares. It does not need to be exact.
- Then roll the pieces into little balls and throw in a bowl!
- Then throw the rest of the ingredients in, except the cheddar cheese, and mix by hand to coat it all well and evenly.
- Then put the mixture in your pan you intend to use. Sprinkle the cheddar cheese on top!
- Now you are ready to bake it at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes or until the top is crusty and brown!
- Then dump out the bread onto your serving dish. To help it come out with ease, run a butter knife along the edges of the pan to loosen the bread.
- Serve warm with a marinara or pizza sauce for dipping!
Notes
Make it quicker:
Use canned biscuits and cut each biscuit into 6-8 pieces and roll in the balls.
Use mini-pepperoni to avoid cutting it up!
Make it healthier:
Use a whole wheat dough from scratch or from cans.
Add ground flax seeds in your mixing process.
Make it vegetarian.
Use a nitrate free meat, even the sausage we show here instead of pepperoni.
Use Turkey pepperoni.
Make it gluten-free:
Use an all-purpose gluten-free flour to make a dough
Use 2 gluten-free pre-made crusts cut up into chunks. Note, it will not really puff up, but 2 crusts gives you the density you need.
Use canned biscuits and cut each biscuit into 6-8 pieces and roll in the balls.
Use mini-pepperoni to avoid cutting it up!
Make it healthier:
Use a whole wheat dough from scratch or from cans.
Add ground flax seeds in your mixing process.
Make it vegetarian.
Use a nitrate free meat, even the sausage we show here instead of pepperoni.
Use Turkey pepperoni.
Make it gluten-free:
Use an all-purpose gluten-free flour to make a dough
Use 2 gluten-free pre-made crusts cut up into chunks. Note, it will not really puff up, but 2 crusts gives you the density you need.
Recipe by The Thrifty Couple at https://thethriftycouple.com/pull-apart-pizza-bread-recipe-including-healthier-and-gluten-free-variations/