Pizza Monkey Bread Recipe

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4.6

94 reviews
Excellent
  • Prep Time

    20 mins

  • Cook Time

    40 mins

  • Total Time

    1 hr

  • Servings

    12

  • Calories

    174 kcal

  • Course

    Dinner

  • Cuisine

    American

Pizza Monkey Bread Recipe

Pizza Monkey Bread combines soft yeast dough pieces layered with pizza sauce, chopped pepperoni, garlic, fresh basil, and shredded mozzarella. The dough bites are baked together, creating a pull-apart bread with melted cheese and robust pizza flavors in every bite.

Description

The recipe begins by making a yeasted dough mixing flour, active dried yeast, salt, warm milk, and melted butter. After kneading until smooth and letting it rise until doubled, the dough is cut into smaller pieces. A pizza filling is prepared mixing tomato or pizza sauce with chopped pepperoni, crushed garlic, grated mozzarella, and fresh basil.

The dough pieces are combined or layered with the pizza filling ingredients, then baked in a pan until golden and cooked through. This produces a sticky, cheesy, and savory bread that can be pulled apart easily. The garlic and fresh basil add aromatic notes, complementing the tomato sauce and pepperoni.

Pizza Monkey Bread is a casual meal or snack option with familiar pizza flavors in a fun, shareable form. It is ideal to serve warm so the cheese remains melted, making it suitable as an appetizer or part of a main course with salad or dipping sauce options.

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Ingredients

Servings
  • 3 ¼ cups all-purpose flour 1 lb 1 oz / 461 g
  • 2 ¼ teaspoons active dried yeast
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 ¼ cups milk 10 fl oz / 280 ml
  • 2 tablespoons butter 1 oz / 28 g, cubed
  • 2 cups pizza sauce 16 oz / 450 g, or tomato sauce
  • 20 lices pepperoni , chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic , crushed
  • 2 ½ cups mozzarella cheese 8 oz / 225 g, grated
  • basil chopped, fresh, bunch
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