French Bread Pizza Recipe
Say hello to this insanely easy and delicious French Bread Pizza Recipe. It’s topped with your favorite pizza sauce and plenty of mozzarella cheese before being baked to crispy, warm pizza perfection. Toss on some pepperoni or any of your other favorite toppings and enjoy this in less than 20 minutes!!!
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Why I Love French Bread Pizza!
- This recipe is so quick and easy. Make weeknight dinner into something fun but also something you can throw together in no time at all.
- I love that this recipe is family-friendly. Even the picky eaters in my house love to eat this tasty foolproof pizza.
- Serve as a family meal, a birthday party, or even game day. With only 3 ingredients, you really can’t go wrong.
- We all love homemade pizza, but I love when I don’t have to make the crust. This pre-made crust makes it so easy to have a tasty meal quickly.
- Not only is this family-friendly, but it’s also a really fun meal little hands can help with. I love when my kids can help me in the kitchen and this recipe is perfect for just that!
- This pizza recipe is super budget-friendly and perfect for party planning without breaking the bank
Ingredients For French Bread Pizza
- French Bread: For this recipe, all you need is 1 loaf of French bread. This recipe is so easy, if you need to serve more people, just buy more bread.
- Pizza Sauce: Use your favorite kind of pizza sauce. You can get tasty canned pizza sauce, spaghetti sauce, or even make your own.
- Cheese: To make this a traditional pizza, you will want to use mozzarella cheese.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
Tips & Variations
- Don’t add too much sauce. If you add more sauce than what’s called for, you risk making the bread super soggy.
- Offer a topping bar. A great way to get kids involved in the kitchen is by letting them top off their own personal pizzas! Setting up a little topping bar and letting them put exactly what they want on their pizzas before they go into the oven is always lots of fun.
- Don’t let it burn! Keep in mind that the bread is already cooked. When you pop it into the oven, it’s just to crisp up the bread and make the cheese melt. It should NOT be in there for longer than 15 minutes. At the 10-minute mark, peep into the oven and keep an eye on things!
- Add a little spice. Do you like spicy pizzas? Feel free to sprinkle some crushed red pepper flakes on top of the cheese before it goes into the oven! You can also stir it into the sauce for even more spice.
- Switch up the cheese. Mozzarella is always my favorite standard cheese to toss onto a pizza, but you can experiment with any kind of cheese you’d like. A sprinkle of Parmesan on top is never a bad idea!
- Air Fryer. If you have a big enough air fryer, try cooking it in the air fryer for a quick and oven-free method.
How To Make French Bread Pizza
- Preheat. Preheat your oven to 450°F.
- Slice. Slice your French bread loaves down the middle to form 2 even halves.
- Make it saucy. Spread pizza sauce across the two loaves of bread.
- Add the cheese. Sprinkle the mozzarella cheese evenly across both loaves of bread.
- Bake. Bake for about 10-15 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and bubbly. Enjoy!
Recipe FAQs
The best way to keep the french bread from getting soggy is to make sure you don’t use too much sauce. When there is too much sauce, it soaks into the bread. Also be sure to not load the pizza too much with toppings because they naturally release liquids while cooking which could cause the bread to be soggy.
If you freeze this recipe before cooking you will need to cook it in the oven for about 20 minutes at 450°F. It takes longer to cook when it’s frozen than it does when it is freshly made. But this recipe can easily be frozen and made as a freezer meal.
This recipe has 298 calories per serving. This may vary depending on what type of cheese, sauce, or toppings you use.
The best way to reheat this tasty French Bread Pizza is to use the microwave, oven, or air fryer. The microwave is fast, but you are going to get a soft and chewy pizza. The oven is great and can get a crispy pizza just like the day of. The air fryer is the best way to reheat pizza.
Storing
- Store. Cooked French Bread Pizza in an airtight container for 3-4 days. You can wrap this in plastic wrap and freeze it for up to 1 month before cooking and serving.
- Reheat. To reheat this tasty meal, you can use the microwave, oven, or air fryer. Cut it into smaller pieces and reheat it in the air fryer to get a quick cook time and get that same crispy texture you had on day 1.
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Recipe
French Bread Pizza Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 loaf french bread
- ½ cup pizza sauce
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese
TOPPINGS:
- Pepperoni
- Black olives
- Tomatoes
- Sausage
- Green olives
- Bacon
- Mushrooms
- Peppers
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450°F.
- Cut french loaf in half. Place each loaf on a baking sheet.
- Spread each half with pizza sauce. (don’t add too much pizza sauce or the bread will be soggy)
- Top with shredded cheese. Add favorite toppings.
- Bake for 10-15 minutes or until cheese is melted.
Notes
- Don’t add too much sauce. If you add more sauce than what’s called for, you risk making the bread super soggy.
- Offer a topping bar. A great way to get kids involved in the kitchen is by letting them top off their own personal pizzas! Setting up a little topping bar and letting them put exactly what they want on their pizzas before they go into the oven is always lots of fun.
- Don’t let it burn! Keep in mind that the bread is already cooked. When you pop it into the oven, it’s just to crisp up the bread and make the cheese melt. It should NOT be in there for longer than 15 minutes. At the 10-minute mark, peep into the oven and keep an eye on things!
- Add a little spice. Do you like spicy pizzas? Feel free to sprinkle some crushed red pepper flakes on top of the cheese before it goes into the oven! You can also stir it into the sauce for even more spice.
- Switch up the cheese. Mozzarella is always my favorite standard cheese to toss onto a pizza, but you can experiment with any kind of cheese you’d like. A sprinkle of parmesan on top is never a bad idea!
- Air Fryer. If you have a big enough air fryer, try cooking it in the air fryer for a quick and oven-free method.
- Store. Cooked French Bread Pizza in an airtight container for 3-4 days. You can wrap this in plastic wrap and freeze it for up to 1 month before cooking and serving.
- Reheat. To reheat this tasty meal, you can use the microwave, oven, or air fryer. Cut it into smaller pieces and reheat it in the air fryer to get a quick cook time and get that same crispy texture you had on day 1.
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This was so good and my kids devoured it! Will be making this on repeat.
This french bread pizza is so satisfying. It is so easy to make and it turned out to be so good and tasty. I’ll surely make this again.
Pizza is one of my family’s favorites. We love making our own pizza, it became a habit. We find this recipe interesting, we tried it and the result was satisfying! We will definitely use this again. Highly recommended!
This is my kids favorite thing to eat! Now, my daughter makes it, super simple and very delicious!