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Pull Apart Pizza Bread

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Kimber Matherne

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July 3, 2024

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We love how EASY this Pull Apart Pizza Bread is with warm melty cheese and pepperoni stuffed inside the dough and baked to crispy perfection. Pizza is a family favorite, so this recipe is a fun alternative for kids and adults. You can enjoy these as an appetizer or with a side dish for a complete family dinner.

Looking for a simple Weeknight Dinner that is a sure winner for the family? You’ll love everything about this cheesy pull-apart bread stuffed with pizza toppings. Dunk these delicious bites into classic marinara, or try with more dipping possibilities.

Collage of a baking tray with pull apart pizza bread baked up and then a close up served on a plate. this Recipe

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  • Pull Apart Pizza Bread – The EASY Way!
  • Recipe Notes
  • How to Make Pizza Pull Apart Bread
  • Recipe Tips
  • Recipe Short Cuts
  • Recipe Variations
  • Freezer Meal Instructions
  • What to Serve with Garlic Butter Pizza Bread
  • Pizza Pull Apart Bread Leftovers
  • More One Dish Family Recipes
  • Pizza Pull Apart Bread Recipe

Pull Apart Pizza Bread – The EASY Way!

Recipes that kids LOVE and the whole family can enjoy is a priority for weeknight meals and this easy pizza pull apart bread is exactly that! You can satisfy picky eaters and have a meal come together fast without holding back on the yum-factor!

Pizza for dinner is always an option in our house and love being able to enjoy the flavors of pizza but in a different form. This stuffed cheese and pepperoni bread are even better when slathered with fresh-made garlic herb butter, added when almost done to bake in the garlic butter goodness.

Why I LOVE this recipe!

  • Kid-friendly – Kids usually love pizza and this is a fun way to serve it! Each piece pulls apart and is stuffed with cheese and pepperoni which is great for dunking into marinara sauce.
  • Versatile – Have a favorite pizza topping combo? Stuff your biscuit dough with all of your favorite fillings. You can make each one different and bake them together in the same dish.
  • EASY – This pizza bread recipe uses premade biscuit dough making it that much easier to make. It’s as simple as splitting the dough and stuffing them. Just a few more steps to get these cheesy balls of goodness into the oven.
  • One Dish – When you think family-friendly dinner, it must include easy clean up! This pull apart bread with pizza toppings stuffed inside bakes up in just one pan. And you can easily line this casserole dish with parchment paper to allow for an even quicker cleanup.
  • So Tasty! – Grands biscuits have great flavor and when you add the garlic butter it soaks into the pizza bread rolls for a delicious bite. 

Recipe Notes

This pull apart pizza bread recipe is as simple as promised! Just a few ingredients for a family friendly meal.

In this section I am going to go through a few tips and tricks I use when making this recipe to get the absolute best and most delicious results.

Make sure to scroll to the bottom for the FULL recipe card.

Ingredients for recipe: fresh herbs, seasonings, marinara, individually wrapped mozzarella sticks, stick of butter, pack of pepperoni, and 2 containers of grands biscuits.

Ingredients + Substitutions

  • Grands Biscuits – This is an easy go-to for making this stuffed pizza bread since it is easy to find, and just the right size. You can also use store bought pizza dough, or even frozen bread dough, or rolls, that have been thawed.
  • Cheese – Using cheese sticks cut into pieces or cheese cubes for easy assembly. Mozzarella gives the best pulled cheese effect and traditional cheese for pizza, but any cheese will do.
  • Pepperoni – Sliced pepperoni is easy to wrap around the cheese pieces before stuffing inside the dough.

Garlic Butter

This garlic butter makes the pizza rolls pretty magical, but you can save time by buying this premade or making ahead of time if needed.

  • Butter
  • Herbs: fresh parsley, dried basil, and dried thyme (or whatever herbs you prefer!)
  • Garlic paste – Premade garlic paste is super easy to use and saves time. Feel free to use fresh minced garlic if desired.
  • Salt
  • Red pepper flakes – This optional ingredient adds just the right amount of heat for flavor.
4 image collage showing how to make recipe from filling and rolling the dough with pizza ingredients, placing in baking dish, and the finished recipe.

How to Make Pizza Pull Apart Bread

This easy pull apart pizza bread recipe is fun to make and takes only a little effort. Recruit the kids to roll up each biscuit dough ball or help place it into the baking dish. All hands on deck for this family-friendly dish!

  1. Preheat the oven and prepare a baking dish.
  2. Split each biscuit in half to create 2 thinner biscuit rounds. Do this with your hands to tear the biscuit in half, height-wise.
  3. Place one piece of mozzarella and pepperoni inside one of the halved biscuits and fold the dough around it, pinching the sides tightly to seal.
  4. Add each cheese and pepperoni stuffed dough ball to the greased baking dish seam side down. Bake for 30 minutes.
  5. Meanwhile, prepare the garlic butter by combing all ingredients together.
  6. Remove the pizza bread from the oven and brush with the garlic butter. Return back to the oven for another 5-10 minutes, or until the dough is cooked through.

Recipe Tips

  1. Pinch tightly! Make sure the bread dough is pinched tightly to seal the toppings in the dough and avoid the cheese from melting right out of the bubble bread.
  2. Baking Pan Size – For best results, while baking, you want to crowd the baking dish. This gives you the best pull apart bread and allows the dough to rise higher rather than flatter. If making a smaller batch, be sure to choose a smaller dish.
    1. Fun Tip for Parties! – Use a bundt pan! This bundt pan pull apart pizza bread will be a cool, fun display to serve at parties. And there’s a spot right in the middle to place the dipping sauce.
  3. Use melted butter – For easy spreading, be sure the butter is melted, at least enough to brush evenly over the pizza dough pull apart bread.
  4. Tight Seal – The most important step of making this recipe is ensuring the biscuit dough completely seals in the cheese and pepperoni. This is so none of the cheese seeps out while baking. If for some reason the cheese does still ooze out of the dough, it’s still going to be delicious, just not evenly spread out to each pizza ball bite.

Recipe Short Cuts

If you need to make this recipe, but are extra short on time, here are a few ideas that can help make this recipe even faster!

  • Make-ahead – This is an easy dish to make ahead of time and freeze until ready to eat. *See Freezer Instructions below.
  • Prep Ingredients – To give yourself a little extra time, have your cheese and dough prepped earlier in the day so assembly comes together more quickly.
  • Make garlic butter – The garlic butter not only can be made days ahead of time, you can also use it in different recipes. Want to have it ready to go all the time? Make a larger batch of butter and instead of melting, wrap the butter in wax paper and place it in a freezer-safe bag. Pull out of the freezer and use it for any occasion. 

Recipe Variations

If you love this recipe as much as we do and want some quick ways to change it up for variety, these little tips will do the trick!

  • Vegetarian – Use your favorite vegetarian biscuit dough. Then, stuff it with cheese, chopped onions, peppers, mushrooms, and black olives. Use vegan butter for the garlic spread.
  • Meat Lover – Pepperoni, cooked sausage, and diced ham all stuffed into the tender pizza bread.
  • Spicy – Fill your dough with pepper jack cheese and add cooked spicy Italian sausage. Before baking, topped with jalapeno slices and a little shredded cheddar. The peppers will bake into the dough as it cooks for a nice bite. Dip in a spicy marinara sauce.
Stack of pull apart pizza bread with a bite taken out of the top piece to show the cheese, sauce, and pepperoni.

Freezer Meal Instructions

Making this Pizza Bread recipe into a freezer meal is simple! Follow the steps below and you can store this recipe in the freezer for up to 6 months.

  1. Assemble the pizza dough pieces as usual and place them in either the baking dish you will use, or use disposable aluminum baking dishes. 
  2. Cover with plastic wrap and foil and freeze uncooked. 
  3. When ready to bake, brush the garlic butter on top and bake in a preheated oven from frozen. Add an additional 5-10 minutes or so to make sure the dough is all the way cooked through.

What to Serve with Garlic Butter Pizza Bread

Since this dish is much like your favorite pizza, it will pair well with many of your favorite side dishes. There are both classic options and some healthy options to keep it light. I have gathered a HUGE list of side dishes that go well with pizza, whether it’s a pizza night midweek or a birthday party. Check it out here!

Side Dish Ideas

  • Blackened Chicken Salad
  • Pesto Caesar Tortellini Salad
  • Bacon Ranch Broccoli Salad
  • Antipasto Salad
  • Crockpot Buffalo Wings
  • Meatball Pasta Bake – Use this pull-apart pepperoni cheese bread as a side dish instead.
  • Rotini Pasta Salad
  • Roasted Vegetables
  • Slow Cooker Garlic Parmesan Wings

Pull Apart Garlic Bread Pizza Dip Ideas

  • Marinara sauce
  • Alfredo Sauce
  • Buttermilk Ranch Dressing
  • Pesto
  • BBQ Sauce
  • Homemade Blue Cheese

Filling Ideas

You can make this recipe as directed, or get creative with the fillings to suit your family’s palate! This is even a great recipe to get the kids involved in helping with. Here are a few of our most used pizza topping ideas:

  • Sausage
  • Ground Beef
  • Ham
  • Pulled Pork
  • Meatballs
  • Onion
  • Mushrooms
  • Peppers
  • Artichoke
  • Black Olives

And these are just to name a few. Build a combination of your favorite pizza toppings to load this pull apart pizza bread with. Need more ideas? You should absolutely check out my MEGA LIST of pizza topping ideas. There are also combination ideas included as well. Say, BBQ Chicken stuffed pizza bread? Yes, please!

You can choose one or add a few sides to make a wholesome, well rounded dinner. 

Pizza Pull Apart Bread Leftovers

If you have leftovers after making what we consider the best pull apart pizza bread rolls, then it is your lucky day! They save and reheat well, and can make the start of another delicious dish.

To save leftovers, separate into meal sized portions and then place in an airtight container and store:

  • in the refrigerator for 3-4 days
  • in the freezer up to a month

When ready to eat, place in a preheated oven and bake for about 10 minutes or until the outside is crispy and the cheese inside is melted through.

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If you enjoyed this recipe, I really hope you will take a moment to grab a few more easy recipes for another busy night!

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Plate of pull apart pizza bread with a bite taken out of one piece.

Pizza Pull Apart Bread

By: Kimber Matherne
5 from 1 vote
This easy Pull Apart Pizza Bread is stuffed with melty cheese and pepperoni inside biscuit dough and topped with herbed garlic butter. Serve with a side of marinara sauce for dipping and a side dish for a complete family dinner. 
Prep Time: 10 minutes mins
Cook Time: 35 minutes mins
Total Time: 45 minutes mins
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Ingredients 

  • 2 cans Grands Biscuits
  • 6 cheese sticks, or mozzarella cubes
  • 30 pepperoni slices

For the Garlic Butter

  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 2 tablespoons fresh parsley , chopped
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic paste
  • 1 pinch red pepper flakes

For dipping

  • marinara

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 350˚F.
  • Tear each biscuit in half so it is two layers or half the height it was. Cut each mozzarella stick into 5 pieces.
  • Wrap a pepperoni and cheese stick piece tightly inside each biscuit. Then lay in a greased 9×13 baking dish. Then bake for 30 minutes.
  • While baking prepare garlic butter by mixing all ingredients together.
  • Brush the top with the garlic butter mixture and return to the oven for 5-10 minutes or until dough is cooked through.
  • Serve with marinara for dipping.
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Recipe Notes

Substitutions: 
  • Grands Biscuits – This is an easy go-to for making this stuffed pizza bread since it is easy to find, and just the right size. You can also use store bought pizza dough, or even frozen bread dough, or rolls, that have been thawed.
How to Store: To save leftovers, separate into meal sized portions and then place in an airtight container and store:
  • in the refrigerator for 3-4 days
  • in the freezer up to a month
How to Freeze: This Pizza Pull Apart Bread can be prepared as a freezer meal. You can assemble everything prior to baking. Follow the instructions that are provided in the full recipe post in the “freezer section”.
How to Reheat: In the microwave in 30 second increments or cover with tin foil and place in the oven at 350˚F for 10 minutes or until heated through.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 5rolls, Calories: 762kcal (38%), Carbohydrates: 76g (25%), Protein: 18g (36%), Fat: 44g (68%), Saturated Fat: 14g (88%), Polyunsaturated Fat: 10g, Monounsaturated Fat: 15g, Trans Fat: 0.5g, Cholesterol: 47mg (16%), Sodium: 1988mg (86%), Potassium: 387mg (11%), Fiber: 2g (8%), Sugar: 5g (6%), Vitamin A: 363IU (7%), Vitamin C: 2mg (2%), Calcium: 105mg (11%), Iron: 5mg (28%)

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