French Bread Pizza might be the best pizza- adjacent food ever! Ever. Not sure that we have anything to debate about there. Except if you put pineapple on your pizza - that's a whole different story entirely. I could write 100 more posts about pizza and it's many many combinations. I

I was recently on the Big Unc & The Nephew podcast, and we discussed my cooking style and how much I love cooking pizza related foods, and especially my usage of the almighty pepperoni. While a proper pizza may have a round or square pizza crust, followed by layers and layers of seasoning and flavors including sauce cheese and various meats and veggies, I prefer to break that mold as often as possible.

That's where this recipe for French Bread pizza came into play. It's a flavorful take on garlic bread that I love making, and I made it as a pizza by adding pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese and pepperonis on top. I love doing recipes like these because, to be honest, I'll eat at Dominos or Pizza Hut, sometimes I'll hop on Google (knowing there's nothing new) and search for "pizza near me". When you want something a little different, but with the same pizza flavors that you love. This is the recipe for you!

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Let's Prep:

But first, French Bread Pizza

If you've read any of my other posts, you know how big of a fan of the prep work I am. Prepping efficiently sets your entire cook up for success whether you're making something quick and easy like this, or a complicated dish. Simply put, when you have your kitchen tools, equipment, and ingredients handy at the beginning it makes the cook a lot more fun. This is a simple recipe that anyone can do. My recipe for French Bread Pizza calls for cutting your bread in quarters, but you can simply cut it in half if you'd like (it looks way cooler that way if you're serving a crowd!

Let's Cook:

While "cooking" French Bread Pizza may be a relative term, we still need to get all of our ingredients and put them together. For example the herb butter is super important to this recipe and adds a TON of flavor. Make sure your butter is softened, but not liquid and your herbs are cut as fresh as you can get them. While dried herbs are fine, and I use them when I need to also - the flavors are a lot more vibrant and bold with fresh herbs. Similarly with the garlic, you could use minced "Jar-lic" (garlic from a jar), but the flavor the that comes from freshly grated garlic is intense and absolutely delicious.

You can choose whatever sauce you'd like for this - whether it's a pizza or marinara sauce that comes out of a jar, or a homemade pizza sauce masterpiece made from the finest San Marzano tomatoes you can find - you really can't go wrong however you do it. Cook everything to your liking and preference and you'll be very happy!

Let's Eat:

The most important part of French Bread Pizza? The Toppings! As mentioned above I'm a huge fan of the pepperoni. Specifically the cupping type of pepperonis that you can get at your local grocery store. These are the ones that curl up into a "cup" and the tops get crispy and toasty and add even more flavor to your food. Simply hard to beat!

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Here is what my final product looked like! Feel free to modify yours however you'd like with different toppings. If you make this please leave me a comment below and let me know what you thought!

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