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Create delicious cheesy bread that tastes just like your favorite pizza place!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
So I have been on a bit of a carb kick lately. I do love my carbs! And one of my favorite things to enjoy with those carbs is cheese. Bread and cheese are a match made in haven!
This Cheesy Bread is a make at home version of that yummy cheese bread you can get at your local take and bake pizza place. Like most things this make at home version is better!
Ingredients Needed
- Pizza Dough, you can use a store bought dough or check out my pizza dough recipe
- Mozzarella Cheese
- Parmesan cheese
- Italian Salad Dressing, prepared
- Oil
- Yeast
- Sugar
- Garlic Powder
- Ground Oregano
- Dried Thyme
- Salt
- Pepper
How to Make Cheesy Bread
- Roll out pizza dough into about a 12 inch circle on a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Combine salad dressing and seasonings.
- Brush dough with seasoning mixture.
- Sprinkle mozzarella and Parmesan cheese evenly over dough.
- Bake at 450 degrees F. until golden brown, about 10-12 minutes.
Tips from leigh Anne
- If you are short on time, use your favorite store bought pizza dough. You will need 1 lb. of pizza dough. I prefer to make this recipe with my homemade pizza dough.
Check out some of my favorite recipes to serve with cheesy bread:
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Cheesy Bread Recipe
Cheesy bread just like your favorite pizza restaurant.
Prep:15 minutes
Cook:3 hours 11 minutes
Let Rise:35 minutes
Total:4 hours 1 minute
Ingredients
Dough:
- 2.5 C flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 Tbsp yeast
- 1 Cup warm water 120*F
- 1 Tbsp oil
Topping:
- 1/4 C prepared Italian salad dressing
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp ground oregano
- 1/4 tsp dried thyme
- dash pepper
- 1-2 Tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 C shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine the first four ingredients.
- Combine water and oil; add to flour mixture.
- Add additional flour if needed to form a soft dough. Turn onto a floured surface; knead for 1-2 minutes or until smooth and elastic.
- Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place for 20 minutes.
- Punch the dough down; place on a greased 16″ pizza pan and pat into a 16″ circle.
- Combine salad dressing and seasonings, brush evenly over dough, all the way to the edges. Sprinkle with cheeses.
- For a fluffier cheese bread, at this point, allow the bread to rest for 15 minutes or so. If you’re in a hurry, just skip this rise. (The bread will rise while it bakes, too.)
- Preheat the oven to 450*F. Bake for 11 minutes or until golden brown. Slice. Serve warm.
Nutrition Facts:
Calories: 138kcal (7%) Carbohydrates: 21g (7%) Protein: 5g (10%) Fat: 4g (6%) Saturated Fat: 1g (6%) Cholesterol: 8mg (3%) Sodium: 285mg (12%) Potassium: 38mg (1%) Fiber: 1g (4%) Sugar: 1g (1%) Vitamin A: 63IU (1%) Calcium: 56mg (6%) Iron: 1mg (6%)
Jane says
Wow, this looks perfectly delicious! Thank you, I think I’ll make it this week with spaghetti, I shall report back =)
Susan says
Leigh Anne, this sounded so good and I didn’t feel like going to the store for two rolls to go with my salad, so I made this Cheesy Bread. Was surprised how fast this went together and ready to eat. Delicious, because this made a pizza pan full I took half over to the neighbors. Everyone really liked the bread. Thanks so much for a great recipe.
Tamara says
This looks so delicious. Another recipe for the “to try” file. Thans for sharing!
Kara says
This looks very similar to a focaccia bread recipe that is one of my family’s favorites. I’ll have to try this one. Yum!
Avanika (Yumsilicious Bakes) says
Oh, I am drooling!!!