A party pizza that serves itself.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: pizza is the perfect party fare. It’s popular with everyone, from Grandpa and Grandma down to the smallest youngsters – and you can eat it with your fingers.
Unfortunately, you can’t serve it with your fingers. When you make a homemade pizza for a party, getting it sliced up and dished out turns into a big production. Those little pizza wheels never seem to do as quick and neat a job of cutting it as they’re supposed to – and there’s always someone who wants a bigger piece or a smaller one, so you have to fiddle around trying to cut pieces to measure.
This Pull Apart Pizza Bread is the perfect solution. You just put the whole loaf out on the table, and people grab pieces with their fingers – no utensils needed. Because it’s in little pull-apart chunks, they can pull off exactly as big a piece as they want. And digging right in with the rest of the group just adds to the fun.
As a bonus, the toppings are baked inside the bread instead of on top, so there’s no risk they’ll spill off onto your carpet. Which means cleanup is also a lot more fun, or at least less work.
How to Make Pull Apart Pizza Bread
Ingredients:
13 ounce pizza dough, defrosted
3/4 cup of pizza sauce
1 ½ cup of shredded mozzarella cheese
1 cup of mini pepperoni, or as desired
Egg Wash:
1 whole egg
1 teaspoon of minced garlic
¼ teaspoon of dried oregano
¼ teaspoon of salt
Optional: 2 TB melted butter and minced parsley
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. On a floured surface roll pizza dough into a 15×9 inch (give or take) rectangle. Cut off the edges to make sure it’s straight.
- Spread pizza sauce over the pizza dough, sprinkle with cheese and top with pepperoni.
- With a pizza cutter, lengthwise cut into six even strips, make two separate stacks of three strips. Take the pizza cutter and cut each strap width wise into three equal squares. Take a well greased 8×4 inch loaf pan, turn it vertically and stack the squares into the loaf pan.
- In a small bowl, whisk together egg wash ingredients and brush it over the bread in loaf pan.
- Bake for 33-40 minutes or until bread is golden brown (not burnt) and cooked throughly. Remove from heat, allow bread to cool, and top with minced parsley if desired.
NOTE: if doing OPTIONAL BUTTER TOPPING : Remove bread from oven about 5 minutes before the end of cooking time, and brush top of bread with melted butter. Return to oven for the remaining cooking time.
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Pull Apart Pizza Bread
Ingredients
- 13 ounce pizza dough defrosted
- 3/4 cup of pizza sauce
- 1 ½ cup of shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 cup of mini pepperoni or as desired
- Egg Wash:
- 1 whole egg
- 1 teaspoon of minced garlic
- ¼ teaspoon of dried oregano
- ¼ teaspoon of salt
- Optional: 2 TB melted butter and minced parsley
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. On a floured surface roll pizza dough into a 15x9 inch (give or take) rectangle. Cut off the edges to make sure it's straight.
- Spread pizza sauce over the pizza dough, sprinkle with cheese and top with pepperoni.
- With a pizza cutter, lengthwise cut into six even strips, make two separate stacks of three strips. Take the pizza cutter and cut each strap width wise into three equal squares. Take a well greased 8x4 inch loaf pan, turn it vertically and stack the squares into the loaf pan.
- In a small bowl, whisk together egg wash ingredients and brush it over the bread in loaf pan.
- Bake for 33-40 minutes or until bread is golden brown (not burnt) and cooked throughly. Remove from heat, allow bread to cool, and top with minced parsley if desired.
- NOTE: if doing OPTIONAL BUTTER TOPPING : Remove bread from oven about 5 minutes before the end of cooking time, and brush top of bread with melted butter. Return to oven for the remaining cooking time.
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Nutrition Information:
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Neyssa says
This is so good with a side of wings!!!