French bread pizza is a simple, quick, and delicious take on pizza.
Crusty French bread is topped with garlic butter, pizza sauce, oregano, and two kinds of cheese before baking to melty perfection, perfect for busy weeknights.
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Holly’s Recipe Highlights
- Flavor: Thick slices of crusty bread combined with melty, salty cheese, and finished off with your favorite toppings, make the perfect flavor combo.
- Skill Level: Easy to make, this recipe is so much faster than delivery. No pizza dough needed, no rolling, no rising, just top and bake.
- Swaps: Replace the French bread with hoagie rolls, ciabatta, or gluten-free bread if needed.
- Serving Suggestions: Cut portions any size you like to feed a few or feed a crowd. French bread pizzas are great for sleepovers and movie nights.
Ingredient Tips for French Bread Pizza
- French Bread: Pick up a large loaf of French bread at the market or make homemade French bread. Top it with garlic butter for an extra layer of flavor.
- Sauce: Either buy a jar or make some homemade pizza sauce. Change it up by stirring in some BBQ sauce or a couple of tablespoons of pesto. You can also use marinara sauce with a sprinkle of Italian seasoning.
- Toppings: Start with mozzarella cheese and a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese. Then add pepperoni, Homemade Italian sausage, leftover shredded chicken, or ham. Toppings can be any assortment of onions, olives, red peppers, artichokes, chopped spinach, diced zucchini, sliced mushrooms, or jalapenos.
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 loaf French bread
- ¼ cup salted butter softened
- 1 clove garlic minced, or ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 ½ cups pizza sauce
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- ¼ cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- toppings as desired pepperoni, ham, sausage, mushrooms, peppers, pineapple, etc.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450°F.
- Cut the loaf of bread in half lengthwise.
- Combine butter and garlic in a small bowl. Spread over the bread. Place on a baking sheet, cut side up, and bake 5 minutes or until lightly browned and crisp on top.
- Remove from the oven and spread pizza sauce on the top. Sprinkle with oregano.
- Top with cheeses and toppings as desired. Bake 12-15 minutes or until browned and bubbly. Broil for 1-2 minutes if desired.
- Cool 5 minutes before slicing.
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Notes
- Cooking the bread with garlic butter adds a crisp topping and keeps the bread from getting soggy.
- If you don’t have garlic butter, brush the bread with olive oil or melted butter and sprinkle with garlic powder or a few cloves of minced garlic.
- Ensure meat is cooked before adding. If your toppings have a lot of moisture, cook them first (like mushrooms) or lightly squeeze them dry (like pineapple).
- Place finished French bread halves under the broiler to make the cheese and toppings extra crispy!
Nutrition Information
Calories: 607 | Carbohydrates: 63g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 79mg | Sodium: 1547mg | Potassium: 490mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 1184IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 422mg | Iron: 5mg
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Appetizer, Pizza
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Just made this and it’s really good.
Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed it.
I use this recipe every time I make French bread pizza and it’s the best. Making it like garlic bread first before the sauce and cheese is what makes it so special.
The only thing I did differently was to make it in my countertop convection oven so I reduced the cooking time.
love this recipe so easy and flavorful
i have made this receipe about 5 times now always crunchy and chees
love it very easy
tasty! but is it 600 cals per serving or 600 cals total?
The nutrition information is per serving. I am glad you enjoyed this recipe Bella!
So great for an easy pizza night. I’ve done so many “professional” style pizza crusts that are long and drawn out and take days. I’ve made my own sauces and used sliced mozzarella and other expensive ingredients.
I love THIS! I buy all storebought ingredients and pre shredded pizza cheese. No headache, no prep, just perfect pizza every time, in no time. I can’t until my daughter is old enough to enjoy making and eating this with me and hubs.
Made this pizza for a weekend camping trip by pre-slicing and preparing the bread with garlic butter. Added toppings and wrapped the loaves in foil after a day of hiking then put the packet into a lidded pan over the fire. Definitely one of the most unexpectedly amazing campfire meals ever!!
What a great idea Julie!
Perfection. Our new go to for quick and easy pizza. Pre baking with the garlic butter (I melted and used garlic powder) makes all the difference. So tasty!!!
It was good but the bottom of our bread was burnt. I would recommend cooking for shorter time.
Good af
Thanks Holly :)
Perfect
I am so glad you enjoyed this recipe Chet!
Wow this is delicious! I made the garlic butter and so glad I did. Then I just added the toppings that I had to work with. Tonight, leftover pizza and I will reheat it in my trusty air fryer.
So glad you loved it Anne, I agree… the garlic butter is so good on this!
further to the above comment…
Yeah 100%… the GARLIC BUTTER twist… So easy… Why didn’t I think of that?
This was incredibly delicious. I served it to a group for an appetizer and they all loved it, too! Not a bite left. I used a locally made ciabatta bread and it was awesome. Thanks and we will make it often!
That sounds delicious Kathy! I am so glad you enjoyed this recipe!
Great recipe! So easy and amazingly delicious! I used butter and garlic powder as I was cooking just for myself and it was fantastic! Thank you!!!
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Great recipe! So easy and amazing delicious! Thank you!!!
This is Delish I didnt even add the butter and it was still delish next time I will add garlic butter first and I added onion was so amazing will make this again
I’m so glad you loved this recipe Mary!
Was extremely easy and made a excellent pizza. Definitely will do this one again
So glad you loved it as much as we did Douglas!
Delicious and so easy to make. Our grown kids had a blast making their own pizzas. Thank you for sharing this quick & easy recipe!
So happy you enjoyed it, Shannon!
Loved it! My Grandkids love for us to make it together.
That is such a special memory to be creating with them. So happy you are enjoying cooking in the kitchen with them!
Quick, easy and delicious!!!