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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)
Safflower 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
- 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 your bowl and microwave on high for 30 seconds. Let everything 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, 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 layers.
- Bake for 40 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
- 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.
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.
Pizza Monkey Bread FAQs
Use a serrated bread knife to cut the pepperoni pizza monkey bread apart. Because it uses biscuit dough, it should come apart easily.
You can reheat pull-apart bread by wrapping it in aluminum foil and baking it in the oven at 350°F for enough time to melt the cheese, approximately 10 minutes. Or, add individual servings to the microwave in 1-minute intervals until heated through.
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.
Oléico® High Oleic Safflower Oil
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!
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Pizza Monkey Bread
Equipment
- 1 bundt pan
- 1 Large bowl
- 1 Small bowl
Ingredients
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
See our Cooking Conversions Chart for help converting measurements!
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.
Kristen says
This was so good! My family devoured it!
Isabel Laessig says
Thanks so much, Kristen! I’m glad you all enjoyed it!
Toni says
This is really amazing! My new favorite monkey bread recipe!
Isabel Laessig says
That is so awesome to hear, Toni. Thank you so much!
gunjan says
This is such a creative idea. My kids loved it and I am thinking to make this and store it to pack for school lunches.
Isabel Laessig says
So glad your kids loved it! Mine do too! It makes a perfect school lunch.
Kathleen says
What a fun way to have pizza. It’s super easy to make and is perfect for game day or any party.
Isabel Laessig says
Thanks so much for leaving a comment, Kathleen. It’s one of my favorites.
Suja md says
This looks really delicious and fairly simple to make! Can’t wait to try it out! thanks for the recipe 🙂
Isabel Laessig says
I hope you love it, Suja!
Vicky says
We do pizza Friday every week, and I love the idea of changing things up a bit with this pizza monkey bread. We can still enjoy all the flavors of pizza in a new way!
Isabel Laessig says
Thanks so much, Vicky! That’s what makes it one of my favorites, too!
Ali says
This pizza monkey bread made a fantastic appetizer, tasted just like what you’d order in a restaurant!
Isabel Laessig says
So glad you enjoyed it, Ali. Thank you for your review!
Mimi says
Yum! My kids will love this Pizza Monkey Bread! Thank you for the recipe.
Isabel Laessig says
Thank you very much, Mimi!
Andrea says
This is a great monkey bread. I love that the dip fits perfectly in the middle and that it’s pizza flavored. My family will have a lot of fun eating this.
Isabel Laessig says
Thank you so much, Andrea. Please let me know what they think!
Beth says
I barely got to try a piece, this was gone so fast! Totally yummy!
Isabel Laessig says
That’s awesome, Beth! Thank you so much for your review!