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Braided pizza bread cut open to expose pepperoni and cheese.
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Braided Pizza Bread

With this recipe for braided pizza bread it's going to be easy as pie (pun intended) to have a treat for yourself at any gathering.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time35 minutes
Servings: 8
Calories: 214kcal
Author: Karin and Ken

Ingredients

  • 1 tube refrigerated pizza dough
  • ½ cup pizza or spaghetti sauce
  • 18 large slices pepperoni or small package of regular pepperoni
  • 1 cup shredded italian cheese mix or shredded mozzarella
  • 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter melted
  • ½ teaspoon garlic salt
  • cooking spray

Instructions

  • Get out and measure your ingredients.
    Overhead photo of all the ingredients.
  • Preheat oven to 375°. Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper and spray with cooking spray.
  • Roll out pizza dough on the parchment paper. Using a rolling pin roll it out slightly, you don’t want the dough to be thin. You can gently stretch it out evenly with your hands as well. You want a nice even rectangle shaped dough.
  • Turn the dough sideways. Cut the dough into 3 even pieces. (shown in picture)
    Pizza dough cut into three equal pieces.
  • Spread a couple Tablespoons down the middle of each section. Don’t go to the edges.
    Pizza sauce spread in the middle of each dough piece.
  • Place 6 large pepperoni over the sauce, overlapping them. Spread ⅓ cup cheese over each section.
    Toppings added to the dough.
  • Using a little bit of water, wet around the edges so it will stick together. Gently pull up the sides and pinch together well. Pinch the ends closed.
    One dough piece pinched closed using water.
  • Repeat until you have three "braids" ready. Pinch ends together.
    All three dough pieces pinched closed using water.
  • Very carefully braid the three strands together and pinch the ends together, then tuck the ends under the bread.
    Three strands of dough making the first joint of the braid.
  • If one of the sections opens, just pinch back together.
    Dough braid complete.
  • In a small bowl mix the butter and garlic salt together.
  • Gently brush or spoon butter over the bread.
    Butter and garlic salt mixture brushed onto the braided pizza.
  • Until covered.
    Pizza covered in butter and garlic salt.
  • Place in the oven and bake for 20 minutes. Check the bread and see if it is golden brown. Bake an additional 5 minutes if needed.
    Cooked braided pizza placed on a wooden cutting board.
  • Remove and slice bread. Serve with more spaghetti sauce.
    Pizza slices pulled apart and placed on a wooden cutting board next to a bowl of spaghetti sauce.

Notes

  • Pizza Dough - Feel free to use homemade pizza dough instead of store-bought pizza crust.
  • Pasta Sauce - Out of pizza sauce? Pasta sauce or marinara sauce will work instead.
  • Butter - If you don't have unsalted butter on hand, salted butter will work instead.
  • Spicy - add chili pepper flakes to your pizza sauce for a spicy kick to your pizza bread or sprinkle some jalapeno slices or diced jalapeno peppers on your pizza.
  • Deluxe - add addtional toppings like peppers and onions for a tasty recipe.
  • Kid friendly - skip the pepperoni and just use cheese if you have picky eaters.

Nutrition

Calories: 214kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 731mg | Potassium: 69mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 248IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 75mg | Iron: 2mg