French Bread Pizza Recipe

French bread pizza cooked and ready to be sliced and eaten.

This Easy French Bread Pizza Recipe is exactly that – SO EASY! French bread is topped off 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 quick and easy pizza recipe!

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword easy french bread pizza, french bread pizza, individual pizza

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Total Time 20

Servings servings

Calories 298kcal

Author Jennifer

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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