Pizza Monkey Bread

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My easy Pizza Monkey Bread is the perfect party appetizer or fun family dinner! Ready to serve in under 1 hour using simple ingredients, including wholesome Oléico® High Oleic Safflower Oil flavored with spices and herbs.

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Pizza Monkey Bread Recipe

When my kids were growing up, we always looked forward to our pizza and movie nights. As they got older and it became easier for me to plan dinner, I started coming up with homemade alternatives to ordering pizza instead: like pepperoni pizza dip, or best of all this pizza monkey bread recipe!

If you have yet to try to pull apart pizza bread, I guarantee you will become as obsessed with it as I am. It's ready to bake in 10 minutes or less using a bundt pan, and out of the oven in 40. Plus, refrigerator biscuit dough makes the perfect pizza dough - it's so buttery and flavorful!

No need for cooking spray, butter, or olive oil for this recipe. It uses Oléico® High Oleic Safflower Oil, which is a neutral oil with high oleic acid content. This means it's filled with monounsaturated fatty acid, which is considered to be a healthy fat, while also not overpowering the pizza!

Use your favorite pizza toppings and get ready to serve the perfect crowd-pleaser!

Monkey Bread Pizza Ingredients

• Oléico® High Oleic Safflower Oil
• Italian seasoning
• garlic, minced
• crushed red pepper flakes
• refrigerated flaky biscuit dough
• shredded mozzarella cheese
• grated Parmesan cheese
• pepperoni slices
• marinara sauce
• fresh basil leaves (optional)

Oil Dipping Sauce

• Oléico® High Oleic Safflower Oil
• black pepper
• dried oregano
• dried basil
• dried parsley
• onion powder
• garlic powder
• dried rosemary
• coarse sea salt
• red pepper flakes
• grated Parmesan cheese (optional)

Monkey Bread Pizza Recipe

1. Preheat your oven to 350°F. In a large microwave-safe bowl, combine Oléico® High Oleic Safflower Oil, Italian seasoning, minced garlic, and crushed red pepper. 
   
2. Cover your bowl and microwave on high for 30 seconds. Let everything cool for 1 minute. 
3. Cut each biscuit into 4 pieces. Add all the cut biscuits into the same large bowl with oil. Toss to coat. 
   
4. Add shredded mozzarella cheese and pepperoni to the same bowl, toss to combine. 
   
5. Grease a 10-inch fluted tube pan with oil. Layer pan with half of the biscuit mixture, and drizzle with half of the marinara sauce. Repeat layers. 
   
6. Bake for 40 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes. 
7. Run a knife around the sides and center tube of the pan. Flip the pan and place the pizza bread onto a serving plate. 
   
8. Top with fresh basil, if desired. Serve with marinara sauce or our oil dipping sauce. 

Monkey Pizza Bread Tips

• Although this recipe calls for pepperoni and marinara pizza sauce, you can make this pizza monkey bread in any flavor you like using your favorite pizza toppings. You could even try making a veggie supreme pizza with mushrooms, olives, and spinach, made exactly the same way!
• This is the perfect game-day appetizer. Dish it out on a serving platter and offer dips for your guests, like our Oléico® High Oleic Safflower Oil dipping sauce, ranch dressing, blue cheese, or even alfredo sauce.
• Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.

Storing Pull Apart Pizza Bread

1. Room Temperature: Keep freshly-baked monkey bread covered with plastic wrap or a kitchen towel at room temperature for up to two days.
2. Refrigeration: If you have leftovers, store them in an airtight container or wrap them in plastic wrap and refrigerate for up to five days.
3. Freezing: To freeze monkey bread for longer storage, wrap it tightly in plastic wrap or aluminum foil, place it in a freezer bag or container, and freeze for up to two to three months.

Reheating Monkey Bread

1. Preheat your oven to 350°F.
2. Place the monkey bread on a baking dish or sheet pan.
3. Cover it with aluminum foil to prevent excessive browning.
4. Reheat for about 10 minutes, or until warm and gooey.
5. Or, add individual servings to the microwave in 1-minute intervals until heated through.

Pizza Monkey Bread FAQs

How to Make Oil Dipping Sauce

1. To a bowl, add Oléico® High Oleic Safflower Oil, black pepper, dried oregano, dried basil, dried parsley, onion powder, garlic powder, dried rosemary, coarse sea salt, and red pepper flakes. Mix to combine completely.
2. If desired, top with grated Parmesan cheese. Serve as a dipping sauce for pizza pull-apart bread.

If you have yet to use Oléico® High Oleic Safflower Oil, you're in for a treat. In addition to having a high smoke point that makes it perfect for everything from baking to deep frying, it's a wholesome, neutral oil with a mild flavor that complements whatever you use it in.

Plus, it's a great source of Omega-9 fatty acids, and it's processed and extracted without any chemicals, so you can feel great about it, too. See the Oléico® website for more details - or find it in any grocery store!

Pizza Recipes

• Pizza Rolls Recipe
• Pizza Dip Recipe
• BBQ Chicken Pizza Recipe
• Pulled Pork Pizza
• I recommend dipping any of these pizza recipes in my Basil Pesto Sauce, too.

This pull-apart bread is one of my favorite football foods - get more Super Bowl Food Ideas!

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Pizza Monkey Bread

Recipe Author: Isabel Laessig

My easy Pizza Monkey Bread is the perfect party appetizer or fun family dinner! Ready in under 1 hour with an oil dipping sauce you'll love.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 40 minutes mins

Total Time 50 minutes mins

Servings 8 servings

Calories 362 kcal

Equipment

• 1 bundt pan
• 1 Large bowl
• 1 Small bowl

Ingredients

  

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Pizza Monkey Bread

• ▢ ⅓ cup Oléico® High Oleic Safflower Oil
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• ▢ 1 garlic clove - minced
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• ▢ 2 cans large refrigerated flaky biscuits - 16.3 oz., 8 count
• ▢ 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
• ▢ ¼ cup grated parmesan cheese
• ▢ 20 slices pepperoni - cut in half
• ▢ ½ cup marinara sauce
• ▢ fresh basil leaves - for garnish (optional)

Oil Dipping Sauce

• ▢ ½ cup Oléico® High Oleic Safflower Oil
• ▢ 2 teaspoons black pepper
• ▢ 1 Tablespoon dried oregano
• ▢ 1 teaspoon dried basil
• ▢ 1 Tablespoon dried parsley
• ▢ 1 teaspoon onion powder
• ▢ 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• ▢ 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
• ▢ 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt
• ▢ 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• ▢ 2 Tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese - optional

Instructions

 

How to Make Pizza Monkey Bread

• Preheat your oven to 350°F. In a large microwave-safe bowl, combine Oléico® High Oleic Safflower Oil, Italian seasoning, minced garlic, and crushed red pepper. Cover the bowl and microwave on high for 30 seconds, then let cool for 1 minute.
  
• Cut each biscuit into 4 pieces. Add all the cut biscuits into the same large bowl with oil. Toss to coat.
  
• Add shredded mozzarella cheese and pepperoni to the same bowl, then toss to combine.
  
• Grease a 10-inch fluted tube pan with oil. Layer pan with half of the biscuit mixture and drizzle with half of the marinara sauce.
  
• Repeat the layers, then bake for 40 minutes or until golden brown.
  
• Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then run a knife around the sides and center tube of the pan. Flip the pan and place the pizza bread onto a serving plate.
  
• Top with fresh basil, if desired. Serve with marinara sauce or our oil dipping sauce!

How to Make Oil Dipping Sauce

• To a bowl, add Oléico® High Oleic Safflower Oil, black pepper, dried oregano, dried basil, dried parsley, onion powder, garlic powder, dried rosemary, coarse sea salt, and red pepper flakes. Mix to combine completely.
• If desired, top with grated Parmesan cheese. Serve as a dipping sauce for pizza pull apart bread.

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Notes

• Although this recipe calls for pepperoni and marinara pizza sauce, you can make this pizza monkey bread any flavor you like using your favorite pizza toppings. You could even try making a veggie supreme pizza with mushrooms, olives, and spinach, made exactly the same way!
• This is the perfect game day appetizer. Dish it out on a serving platter and offer dips for your guests, like our Oléico® High Oleic Safflower Oil dipping sauce, ranch dressing, blue cheese, or even alfredo sauce.
• Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1servingCalories: 362kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 9gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 22gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 765mgPotassium: 146mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 410IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 212mgIron: 1mg