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If you haven’t made homemade French Bread Pizza before, you are in for a treat. Crispy crust with a chewy center, soft and fluffy on top — it’s like they came down here and invented pizza (or at least as close as you can get without ordering out).
French Bread Pizza (The RIGHT Way)
Homemade dough just tastes better than store-bought pizza dough and homemade sauce is so much better than any jarred sauce you can buy. This is one of my favorite recipes because it is fast, easy to make and you may even experience a little pride if you make your own crust!
This recipe was made to up French bread Pizza’s game and make into a dish you’d be proud to serve anytime, and as quickly as you can defrost and heat up a frozen pizza.
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Tips for Avoiding Soggy French Bread Pizza
I love using French bread when making pizza but for a long time I didn’t understand why it was always soggy and not crispy and cheesy. Here are some tips I found that really help:
- Layer on some of your toppings FIRST, then add the sauce.
- I like to do a layer of pepperoni and then spread the sauce over it.
- Pre-baking the bread also helps so it doesn’t get soggy. You will get lightly crisp French bread pizza every time!
Can I Freeze French Bread Pizza?
- You can freeze this pizza to have on hand for whenever you need a quick dinner or snack. Follow steps 1-7 in the recipe. Instead of baking the pizzas a second time, place the pizza in the freezer for 1-2 hours or until frozen. After it’s completely frozen, place slices in individual freezer bags and keep frozen for up to 6 months.
- To reheat frozen pizza, preheat oven to 400-degrees. Place pizza slices on baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes or until cheese has melted.
- Most toppings can be frozen. The only ingredient we’ve found doesn’t freeze well is fresh tomatoes. They can make the bread soggy. Other than that, throw on all of your favorite toppings and freeze away!
Follow These Steps for Perfect Pizza
First, spread on some garlic butter and bake. This gives the pizza an AMAZING flavor.
Next, add a layer of pepperoni. This helps the bread from getting soggy.
Then, add the sauce.
Add cheese and some more pepperoni.
Last of all, bake and serve.
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How to Make French Bread Pizza (the RIGHT way)
How to Make French Bread Pizza (the RIGHT way)
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Ingredients
- 6 Tbsp. butter
- fresh parsley chopped
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- 1 loaf French Bread
- 1 c. pizza sauce (or more to taste)
- 1/2 c. pepperoni (or to taste)
- 2 c. Mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400-degrees.
- In a small bowl, melt butter. Add garlic powder and fresh parsley.
- Slice French bread lengthwise and brush garlic butter mixture onto the bread.
- Place French bread on a large baking sheet, open-side up. Bake 5-8 minute or until bread is nice and golden-brown.
- Remove bread from oven and reduce oven heat to 350-degrees.
- Place half of the pepperoni in a layer over the bread.
- Spread pizza sauce over the pepperoni, then add cheese and remaining pepperoni.
- Bake for another 8-10 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly.
- Cut into slices and serve immediately.
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Thanks for the great tips and oregano on top and made the garlic butter with fresh garlic!
Excellent! I made it with hot pepper cheese and exactly to the recipe. Very good!
Best French bread pizza I’ve ever made according to 4/4 eaters tonight. The garlic butter sent it over the top! Also easy to customize with toppings after the basic idea of toast, non-sauce layer, sauce, and then toppings. Appreciate the basic ratios, too! Thanks so much! Will definitely make again!
This recipe worked perfectly, though I ended up putting the finished pizzas under the broiler for about 1 1/2 minutes. The temp suggestions and all the preparation tips were spot on. Fabulous. Crispy exterior to the bread, nice interior texture. Perfect. Don’t ever buy frozen and nuke it again.
This French bread pizza is great! I used just a little less garlic powder, I used a box grater to shred my cheese, and Prima Della Pepperoni from Walmart. I used French bread from King Soopers. Follow the directions and you will not be disappointed. It is great reheated.
This is the right way! My family loved it. Thank you for a great and easy recipe!
This is a total family favorite! I love how this method keeps it crisp and delicious, no sogginess here!
Yum!! I love french bread pizza and so does my family! It’s perfect because we can all pick our favorite toppings!
Yum! We love French bread piazza for lunch after church. My husband always asks for wings with his pizza, any chance you have a recipe for buffalo wings? ??
Yes, we do! Boneless Buffalo Wings
I read that it is better if you place down the toppings first, than the sauce and cheese. kepsthem from burning or drying out
I haven’t tried your recipe yet but, the pictures appear that you hollowed out your French Bread first. Can you tell me if that’s what you did?
I actually just pressed down on the soft part of the bread so I could fit more toppings. I didn’t remove any bread from the middle. Hope this helps!
This is by far the easiest and best recipe! Thank you!!!
Thanks Jayson! So glad you liked it!
I love your technique! I’m thinking it’s the perfect dinner after a busy Monday. Thank you for sharing!
I’m so glad you like it, Sarah! Thanks you for the 5 stars! 🙂
Enjoy your recipes . I love to cook . Please keep them coming .
Comments like this make all the work worth it! Thank you so much!