Pizza bread is a fun twist on something everyone loves: pizza. It combines all the tastiness of pizza into an easy-to-make and delicious snack or appetizer. Made with simple ingredients, this pizza bread, also called pepperoni bread, is one of my kids’ favorites.
Pizza Bread Recipe
I first fell in love with pepperoni pizza bread when my mother-in-law made it. She came to visit us one time and made it for us, and anytime she comes to visit.
My mother-in-law always makes pepperoni bread. I can not think of a time when she didn’t make it when she came to visit us. Her pepperoni bread reminds me of pizza but with no sauce. Yes, it is amazing, and we all love it. I dip it in homemade pizza sauce.
But with little kids, dipping in pizza sauce can lead to a big mess, so I started making this recipe when my kids were younger in our house but changed things up a bit because my mother’s recipe doesn’t have sauce. Since my kids were little, I wanted something that would have less mess. If you have ever had kids, you know what food mess I am talking about. Lol.
So, I changed things up a bit from her recipe and made it my own. My homemade pizza bread recipe has all of the pizza ingredients we love wrapped up, sauce included. The first time I made this easy pizza recipe for the kids, they loved it. Each time we have made it since then, we have changed up the pizza toppings that we have used.
While I make this pizza bread mainly as an appetizer, snack and for my kids lunchboxes it works well as a quick and easy dinner also.
Easy Pizza Recipes
- Homemade Pepperoni Pizza
- Zucchini Pizza Bites
- Candy Cane Pizza
- Cauliflower Pizza crust
- Heart Shaped Pizza
- Homemade Pizza Sauce
- Portobello Mushroom Pizza
Variations of this recipe
Change up the pizza toppings. One of the best things about this pizza bread recipe is that once you know the basics, you can totally customize it to have whatever pizza toppings you want. If you are going to be using a meat such as sausage then you will need to cook the meat before putting it into the pizza dough. Some of our favorite pizza toppings for Pizza Bread are:
- Pepperoni
- Black Olives
- Green peppers
- Ham and pineapple
- ground Italian sausage
- mushrooms
- spinach
- bacon
Use Homemade Pizza dough. I make things quick and easy by using store-bought premade pizza dough, but you can also make homemade pizza dough instead.
Add more cheese. I use mozzarella cheese most of the time, but at times add a sprinkle of parmesan cheese as well before rolling it up. You can also swap the mozzarella cheese for provolone cheese.
Add Spices. If you will be using a sauce with spices in it you can skip this part. But if you want to add more spices oregano, onion powder, garlic powder and fresh basil are all great options.
Tips for Making this recipe
Don’t let the dough warm up when you are making the pizza bread prep any ingredients that you need to before taking the pizza dough out of the fridge and rolling it out on the baking sheet.
Roll the dough with the long sides. When you roll the dough up into the pizza roll, you want to roll the longer edge, not the shorter edge.
How to Serve Pizza Bread
After making the pizza bread, cut the roll into slices and serve. If you want more sauce flavor, you can also serve it with pasta sauce or marinara sauce for dipping.
Pizza Bread Ingredients
- Pillsbury Pizza crust dough. You can also use homemade pizza crust.
- pizza sauce. You can use homemade pizza sauce, store-bought pizza sauce, or a pasta sauce that you have on hand.
- Mozzarella cheese. You can use pre-shredded cheese or shred your own.
- Pepperoni – or pizza toppings of choice
How to Make Pizza Bread
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
If you are going to shred your own mozzarella cheese instead of using the pre-shredded cheese, do that now and set it aside in a small bowl.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and roll the pizza dough out flat on top of the baking sheet.
Spread the sauce on the pizza dough. Be sure to leave about an inch of space from the edge not covered in sauce all the way around the dough.
Sprinkle the shredded mozzarella cheese on top of the pizza sauce.
Place the pepperoni in a single layer on top of the cheese.
Roll the pizza dough with the fillings on it into a roll.
Place the pizza bread seam-side down on the baking sheet.
Bake the pizza dough in the oven for 15-18 minutes. You want the top of the pizza bread to be golden brown.
Remove the pizza bread from the oven and allow it to cool for 5 minutes. Then, slice it into 2 inch-wide pieces.
Pizza lunchbox ideas
Pizza bread
Ingredients
- 1 can Pillsbury pizza dough
- 3 tablespoons pizza sauce
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese
- 40 slices pepperoni or your favorite topping
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Unroll the sheet of pizza dough onto a sheet pan lined with parchment paper.
- Spread the pizza sauce over the sheet of dough leaving an inch of dough at the bottom long edge.
- Sprinkle the cheese over the sauce then top the cheese with pepperoni.
- Roll the top long edge down to the bottom edge of the dough so you get a spiraled dough.
- Bake for 14-18 minute until the bread is golden brown.
- Allow the bread to cool for 5 minutes then slice in 2-inch slices.
Easy Lunch Recipes for Kids
I am working on making easy to pack lunches that my kids can bring to school and have a warm lunch. Pizza Bread is one that I can easily make, reheat and then pack in an insulated container so they have a warm lunch at school.
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