Pull Apart Pizza Bread
The perfect tear and share pizza bread loaf! Make your bread at home, toss in savory flavors and bake to golden perfection.
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Servings: 10 servings
Equipment
- 1 bundt pan optional
Ingredients
For the dough
- 3/4 cup warm water
- 1 package active dry yeast about 2 1/4 teaspoons
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
- 2 cups bread flour
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
For the pizza seasoning
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
Toppings
- 4 ounces pepperoni
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Add the yeast to the warm water. Stir slightly then let the mixture sit until it just starts to foam--5 to 8 minutes or so.
- In a medium bowl, add the flour, sugar, salt, olive oil and yeast mixture. Stir to combine, then use your hands to mash the mixture around in the bowl until a shaggy ball starts to form.
- Sprinkle the counter lightly with flour and knead the ball until smoother and more elastic--about 4 or 5 minutes. Place the dough back in the same bowl and drizzle with a teaspoon of olive oil to keep the dough from forming a hard crust.
- Cover with plastic wrap and allow the dough to rise until doubled or almost doubled--about 45 minutes to an hour depending on the room temperature.
- Once risen, roll balls of dough about 1" wide. You should have about 40.
- Set the balls aside.
- In a large bowl, add the olive oil and melted butter.
- Add the garlic powder and Italian seasoning and mix well.
- Add the cheese and pepperoni to the bowl and the dough balls and use your hands to mix everything together gently. Try not to mash the dough balls.
- Grease a bundt pan or 10” cast iron skillet well with oil. Add the dough ball mixture to the pan.
- Preheat the oven to 350.
- Let the dough balls sit 15 minutes to puff slightly while the oven preheats, then bake 30-35 minutes until the dough is cooked through. Tent with foil as needed if the top gets dark. You can use a thermometer to check the center which should be about 200 degrees in the center.
- Turn out the pizza bread by running a knife around the edges then placing a plate on top and inverting the bundt pan.
Nutrition
Serving: 4balls | Calories: 301kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 35mg | Sodium: 514mg | Potassium: 83mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 230IU | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | Calcium: 129mg | Iron: 1mg