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This Pepperoni Pizza Pull Apart Bread features soft layers of homemade bread loaded with tomato sauce, cheese, and pepperoni for an appetizer that’s sure to be a fan favorite.
A certain big game is coming up in just three short weeks for us American football fans. A game that celebrates enthusiasm for whatever team you call your own, and the opportunity to be with friends and eat excessive amounts of great food.
While my team is officially out of the race to the Superbowl, I’m still majorly in it for the food. The best kind of Superbowl food is the kind that’s shareable, delicious, and typically covered with too much cheese. This Pepperoni Pizza Pull Apart Bread totally fits all of those criteria.
This dough recipe creates one of the softest and most tender bread loaves I’ve made to date! It still holds together into tearable, cheesy sheets of bread. It makes the perfect Superbowl appetizer or tailgating recipe. The flavor of Italian seasoning in the bread dough itself, along with the pizza sauce layered in between each piece of dough, gives this that classic pizza flavor.
The cheese holds everything together and makes this loaf stringy and gooey in the best way. It’s perfect for serving warm to a big crowd of hungry friends. Serve with a bowl of warm tomato sauce to dip the bread in. I can’t guarantee it’ll last past the first round of commercials.
This is the kind of bread that will make people want to be your friend. People will do irrational things for warm, gooey loaves of cheesy, pizza-flavored bread. It’s true. Try it out. Your Superbowl party will be raging.
P.S. For the vegetarians, leave out the pepperoni with no consequences. You’ll still have cheesy goodness!
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Pepperoni Pizza Pull Apart Bread
Ingredients
For the dough
- 2 3/4 cups bread flour
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 1/4 teaspoons instant yeast
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup milk, I used 2%
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 eggs, at room temperature
For the filling
- 2 tablespoons butter, room temperature
- 3 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup pizza sauce
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- Chopped pepperoni, optional, use as much as you like based on your preferences – I used about 1/2 cup chopped
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook, combine 1 3/4 cups of bread flour with sugar, salt, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, and yeast, and stir to mix. In a small saucepan heat milk and butter over low heat until butter is just melted, then set aside for 1 minute and add water. Add milk mixture to the flour and stir to combine. Add eggs one at a time, mixing until each is combined. This will take a few minutes. Add the remaining 1 cup of flour and knead the dough on low for about 4-5 minutes. It will still be slightly sticky but resist adding more flour.
- Set dough in a lightly oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap or a towel, then set in a warm place to rise for one hour. After one hour, punch the dough down and either refrigerate for later/tomorrow use, or use it now. Lightly flour your workspace and using a rolling pin, roll the dough into a giant rectangle. Combine butter and minced garlic and spread evenly on rolled out dough. Spread pizza sauce on top of that, and sprinkle evenly with pepperoni and cheese.
- Using a pizza cutter, slice the dough from top to bottom into 6 even strips. Lay the strips on top of each other (be careful you don’t lose the cheese!) and then cut into 6 pieces again. Butter and lightly flour a 9 x 5 loaf pan. Layer the square slices into the loaf pan cut side down. Cover the dough with a towel and let rise for another hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF and set the loaf pan on a baking sheet. Bake for 30-35 minutes, until the top is golden brown. Serve with warm pizza sauce.
Notes
This bread looks amazing, Rachel! I want to reach through the screen and pull a piece off! Nom, nom, nom! Pinning!
This is a must for game day!
This bread could definitely buy me a few new friends! Warm and cheesy things tend to do that! Love this combination :)
Oh yes!! This is perfect! I love pull apart breads!
Oh my god this looks amazing! I love your photography and I just want a piece of that bread right now! :)
This bread is incredible, Rachel. Love, love it!
And as for the Chargers… right??! 2016 better be their year :)
On game days, my boyfriend cannot be bothered by food that requires eating utensils. Let me thank you in advance on behalf of my boyfriend who will be super grateful for this recipe! (: Pinned!
I have wanted to make pull-apart bread for the longest time – love this savory flavor! Perfect for football!
I’m all about the food when it comes to the Superbwol, and this sounds perfect! The bread looks so soft and light and delicious!
Pull apart bread is just so visually stunning. All those layers! I love that you went with a pizza flavor for the Super Bowl. It’s totally about the food. :) Pinned!