Our easy braided pizza loaf recipe with refrigerated pizza dough is just that, easy pizza bread that is totally delicious. No need to over complicate it, just whip it up and enjoy it as a budget-friendly recipe for dinner or as an appetizer.
For this Pillsbury pizza crust recipe we start it out with pepperonis, but don’t let that stop you from making this how you’d like it. Truly, the possibilities are endless!
That is also the nice this about our braided pizza loaf with pizza dough, you can make it fit into your personal preferences. If you don’t like pepperoni’s no big deal, just leave them off and fill it with your go-to pizza toppings.
Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make our braided pizza loaf, you need the following ingredients:
- Refrigerated pizza dough
- Pizza sauce
- Shredded mozzarella cheese
- Sliced pepperoni
- Olive oil
- Garlic powder
- Italian seasoning
- Grated Parmesan cheese
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How to Make Our Braided Pizza Loaf Recipe
- Preheat oven to 400℉.
- Unroll pizza dough on a greased baking sheet.
- Spread pizza sauce down the middle of your dough.
- Add Mozzarella cheese and pepperoni on top of sauce.
- Cut 1-inch diagonal strips up each side of the dough.
- Fold 1-inch strips up and over pizza filling, alternating sides to get a braided look.
- Brush the tops of the braided dough with olive oil and then sprinkle with the garlic, Italian seasoning and Parmesan cheese
- Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Let cool for a few minutes then cut into slices and serve.
Frequently Asked Questions
For some, you might not have known there is a difference between pizza dough and bread dough, and that is completely okay! Honestly, there is not a lot of difference when it comes down to the ingredients that go into making the dough. It has more to do with the amount of the ingredients. Baking Kneeds has a wonderfully detailed answer to the differences between bread dough and pizza dough that you can check out for a great answer!
Generally, dough will stretch best when it is at room temperature. So, if you are looking for a thinner crust, pull the dough out about 45-60 minutes before you need it so the dough will stretch better without breaking. Then you can hold onto the dough, turning it like a steering wheel. As you turn it it will begin to stretch out even more. Continue turning the dough until you reach your desired thinness. However, for this recipe, no stretching is required! Just open the can of refrigerated dough, roll it out, and you are ready to go!
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Braided Pizza Loaf Recipe
Ingredients
- 13.8 ounces pizza dough, refrigerated
- ½ cup pizza sauce
- 1 ½ cups shredded Mozzarella cheese
- 3 ounces sliced pepperoni
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 2 Tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400℉.
- Unroll pizza dough on a greased baking sheet.
- Spread pizza sauce down the middle of your dough.
- Add Mozzarella cheese and pepperoni on top of sauce.
- Cut 1-inch diagonal strips up each side of the dough.
- Fold 1-inch strips up and over pizza filling, alternating sides to get a braided look.
- Brush the tops of the braided dough with olive oil and then sprinkle with the garlic, Italian seasoning and Parmesan cheese
- Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Let cool for a few minutes then cut into slices and serve.
Notes
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Awesome, I have got to try it. Thanks for breaking it down so it’s not so complicated! Pinned this!
Yum, I love a good twist on pizza!
Oh my goodness! I remember making this in our foods class in high school and I still remember how GOOD and DELICIOUS it was! Glad you resurfaced that memory for me!
oohhh I’m sooo trying this next time!!
Do you use all-purpose flour in your dough? I switched to 00 grade flour in my pizza dough and it makes such a difference. Our favourite topping is caramelised onion and goats cheese.
I am making this tonight!!! Thank you!!!!!
Mmmm this looks so good. We eat pizza so much, and I dont have a pregnancy to excuse myself for that. we’ve made a goal to not eat pizza for 3 weeks, because normally we have it twice a week, but once we are done I will most definitely be making this. Yum!
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Wow, nice recipe. Fantastic looking pizza, this is making me hungry 🙂
Oh yum. This looks so delicious! Thanks 🙂
This looks amazing! I’m pinning it to use later. My husband loves pizza so this will be great.
This looks SO yummy! I love how you brushed the top. Again, mouth watering! Thanks for sharing at oopsey daisy!
I made this on Friday night for my family and they LOVED it! My canned pizza dough was expired (embarrassingly so) but I used my favorite quick, easy dough recipe and rolled it out into a rectangular shape and it worked great! Everyone said it was better than take out pizza. Definitely a keeper!
WE LOVE pizza in our house. IF you want, come over and link this to my Must Try Monday link party right now. I am going to pin this to my “pizza” board :).
We love this unique concept for pizza! We weren’t big fans of the pre made refrigerated pizza dough, so next time we will use homemade dough, but we WILL be making this again!
Have made it twice (it’s in the oven right now). The family loves it! Thanks for such a fun and easy recipe.
This is one of our favorite meals! We’re having it this week. 🙂
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I just found this recipe, (I know, I know, it’s been up for over a year) Anyway, I am looking forward to trying it but was wondering if it freezes well? Can I make them ahead of time and freeze them for a rainy day (so to speak)? If so, would you bake it first and then freeze? Thanks!
We have not frozen it, but we don’t know why it wouldn’t work. May be a little soggy from sauce, but not much. Let us know if it works. Always nice to have meals prepared that you can tuck away and pull out in short notice. 🙂
This was a hit and so easy to throw together! The olive oil, garlic powder, italian seasoning and Parmesan was the perfect finishing touch.