Pull-Apart Pizza Bread Recipe (Including Healthier and Gluten-Free Variations)

Would you like a fun, easy, creative and kid-friendly way to enjoy pizza?

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!

Here’s what you need:

• 1 cup of Mozzarella Cheese
• 1/2 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!
• 1/3 cup of Parmesan Cheese
• 1 TBSP of fresh minced garlic or 1/2 tsp. of garlic salt or powder

• 1.5 TBSP of Italian Seasoning (or a combo of parsley, oregano, basil)
• 2 TBSP of Olive Oil

And of course….

• The CRUST/BREAD/DOUGH!

Ideas for the crust:

• We love to use our Focaccia Bread recipe HERE that makes a nice pizza dough if you want homemade!

• Or just buy the premade pizza dough like Pillsbury

Here’s how to make it:

• Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees
• Grease a cake pan, bread pan or a bundt pan.  A Bundt pan is a FUN way to make it and you can even put the dipping marinara in the middle.  It’s fun for a party, but really, any of the pans will work!

• 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, as you can see, I did this part pretty quickly without dwelling on the sizing to exact measurements!

• 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.

Yummy!

Are you ready to dig in?

• Serve warm with a marinara or pizza sauce for dipping!

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 (and you can use this homemade gluten-free mix recipe)
• 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.

Feel free to print below by clicking on the “print” button. Also, you can watch the video for a quick step-by-step guide!

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