Description
This Garlic Bread Pizza recipe combines the savory flavors of buttery garlic bread with classic pizza toppings for a quick and delicious meal. Featuring a soft bakery-style French bread base topped with garlic butter, pizza sauce, melted mozzarella, pepperoni, and parmesan, it’s perfect for an easy dinner or snack.
Ingredients
Scale
For the Garlic Butter:
- ½ cup salted butter softened
- 6 garlic cloves finely minced or pressed
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
For the French Bread Pizzas:
- 1 pound French bread or Italian bread
- ½ cup pizza sauce
- 8 ounces low-moisture mozzarella cheese shredded
- 15 pepperoni slices
- 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese
- Red pepper flakes optional
- Chopped fresh parsley to garnish, optional
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat the oven to 400℉ and line a sheet pan with parchment paper for easy cleanup.
- Make Garlic Butter: In a small bowl, combine the softened butter, minced garlic cloves, and chopped fresh parsley until well mixed.
- Prepare Bread: Cut the French bread in half lengthwise to create two long pieces resembling garlic bread.
- Spread Garlic Butter: Spread half of the garlic butter mixture evenly over the cut side of each bread piece. Place the bread cut side up on the prepared sheet pan and bake for 5 minutes to lightly toast and infuse the garlic flavor.
- Add Pizza Sauce: Remove the bread from the oven and spread ¼ cup of pizza sauce on each slice evenly.
- Top with Cheese and Pepperoni: Evenly distribute the shredded mozzarella cheese, pepperoni slices, and parmesan cheese over the sauced bread halves.
- Bake Pizzas: Return the sheet pan to the oven and bake for 18 minutes or until the cheese is bubbly and the edges of the bread turn golden brown.
- Rest and Garnish: Take the garlic bread pizzas out of the oven and let them rest for 2-3 minutes. Sprinkle with red pepper flakes, additional parmesan, and chopped fresh parsley if desired.
- Serve: Slice the garlic bread pizzas into pieces and serve while warm.
Notes
- Use a bakery-style French or Italian bread with a soft crust for the best texture.
- For a faster option, substitute frozen garlic bread and skip the garlic butter step; just add sauce, cheese, and toppings.
- Low-moisture mozzarella shredded fresh yields the best melt and texture.
- Adding parmesan cheese along with mozzarella enhances flavor complexity.
- Red pepper flakes add a nice optional kick for spice lovers.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 450 kcal
- Sugar: 4 g
- Sodium: 900 mg
- Fat: 25 g
- Saturated Fat: 12 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 40 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 20 g
- Cholesterol: 50 mg
