I was able to get my hands on some more yeast, and being as we’re still being careful with the ‘when and how often’ we’re leaving the house… I’m getting a lot of use out of my bread machine. In this house, we have a few things that are in the general rotation for dinners. On Tuesdays we eat tacos. On Saturday I like to make vegetarian sushi. And on Fridays? We like to eat pizza!
To keep things a little different, I thought I would use my idea from a few weeks ago for pull-apart bread, but turn it into pizza bread! So instead of butter and garlic, I loaded the layers of bread up with plenty of sauce, cheese, and our favorite pizza toppings.
Being as my kiddo isn’t a fan of the same pizza toppings as the rest of us, she got her own little mini loaf. How does a kid like black olives and mushrooms but not pepperoni? Either way! This Pull-Apart Pizza Bread turned out great. There isn’t a whole lot to do with lightening up this bread since it’s made with minimal ingredients.
I topped ours with just pepperoni. But you can use whatever pizza toppings you enjoy; sausage, bell peppers, onions, pineapple, etc. The sky is the limit here!
TheSkinnyFork.com Homemade from scratch yeast bread that's loaded up with all the fixings for a pizza, then layered into a perfectly baked pull-apart pizza! Prep Time: 15 Minutes • Cook Time: 40 Minutes
Servings: 16 • Serving Size: 1 'Slice' • Calories: 201 • Fat: 7 g • Saturated Fat: 4 g • Carb: 25 g • Fiber: 1 g • Protein: 9 g • Sugar: 2 g • Sodium: 213 mg
Bread Dough:
• 11.5 Oz. Warm Water
• 3 Tbsp. Extra Virgin Olive
• 2 Tsp. Sea Salt
• 2 Tbsp. Sugar
• 490 G. (3 1/2 C.) Bread Flour
• 1 1/2 Tsp. Active Dry Yeast
Filling:
• 1/2 C. Pizza Sauce
• 1 1/2 C. Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
• Additional Pizza Toppings as Desired
Directions:
Place the ingredients for the bread dough into the base of a bread machine in the order indicated by your particular bread machine.Mine goes into my bread machine exactly as it’s listed.Set the machine to the ‘dough’ cycle.
Once the dough cycle has ended, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. and lightly coat the inside of a 9”x5” loaf pan with non-stick baking spray; set aside.Turn the dough out onto a well floured surface and roll it out with a rolling pin to be about 18”x18” square.
Spread the 1/2 C. pizza sauce over the dough.
Sprinkle with the 1 1/2 C. shredded mozzarella and any other pizza toppings desired.
Cut into about 16 ‘squares’.
Carefully layer the squares on top of one another and place them into the prepared loaf pan.
Place the pan into the oven to bake for about 30 minutes.
Check in on the bread at the 30 minute mark and cover with foil lightly if the bread is starting to brown too much on top.
Continue to bake for about 10 minutes or until the bread has cooked through completely.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly before removing from the loaf pan.
Serve warm or store in a cool dry place until ready to enjoy!
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Nutritional Claims: Balanced • Sugar Conscious • Low Potassium • Kidney Friendly • Vegetarian • Pescatarian • Egg Free • Peanut Free • Tree Nut Free • Soy Free • Fish Free • Shellfish Free • Pork Free • Red Meat Free • Crustacean Free • Celery Free • Mustard Free • Sesame Free • Lupine Free • Mollusk Free • Alcohol Free • Kosher