Move Over Nachos, Supreme Pizza Pull Apart Bread is here!
Course Appetizer
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 35 minutesminutes
Servings 8-12
Author Adapted from Creme de la Crumb
Ingredients
2oval or round crusty loaves of bread
2-3cupsshredded mozzarella cheese
½cuppepperoni slicescut in half
4ozcan sliced black olivesrinsed and drained
4ozcan sliced mushroomsrinsed and drained
¼cupdiced green bell pepper
¼cupdiced red onion
½cupbuttermelted
2teaspoonsitalian seasoning
2cupsmarinara/pizza sauce
Instructions
Move oven rack to upper-middle and lower-middle positions and preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line cookie sheets with foil, leaving enough overhang to wrap loaves. Spray foil with non-stick cooking spray.
Place bread on a large cutting board, and use long serrated knife or bread knife to slice bread by making long slices about 1.5 inches apart all across the bread, and then in the opposite direction so that you get a checkerboard effect. **DO NOT slice all the way through the bread, do not cut through the bottom crust!**
Gently stuff mozzarella in-between all slices of bread. Stuff pepperoni slices into spaces next followed by olives, mushrooms, bell pepper, and onion.
In small bowl whisk together melted butter and Italian seasoning. Slowly drizzle or brush seasoned butter over tops of bread.
Place loaves onto prepared cookie sheets and wrap loaves with overhanging foil. Bake 15-20 minutes, or until cheese is melted and bread starts to brown, rotating pans halfway through baking. Unwrap foil and cook an additional 5 minutes. Serve pull-apart bread with warmed pizza or marina sauce.