Daily Archives: January 31, 2011

Twisty Pizza Bread

Hi there! How’s you Monday treating you? I’m not sure what my answer to that one would be. I woke up in the middle of night to go to the bathroom and had a crick in my neck from sleeping the wrong way. Unfortunately this is more than a crick it’s a pretty bad pain in the neck, shooting down my shoulder and back. It makes it very hard to turn my head side to side and up and down. Not cool! I had grand plans of going to the Y for a cardio/weight workout but instead I’m laying low at home.

Last weekend at our Packer Party I made Pizza bread and it was a big hit. We had some of the ingredients left over so I decided to make it again during the week to serve with some chili. You can get the full recipe here.

Here are the ingredients I used. 1/2 packaged of turkey pepperoni chopped.

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Two TBSP of fresh parsley chopped.

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1/2 C of shredded mozzarella cheese.

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One garlic clove pressed.

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And 1 Tbsp. of flour.

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Mix it all up in a small bowl.

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Next comes the fun part. For the bread I used two tubes of Pillsbury French bread. Did anyone else use to get scared of the loud “POP” these made when you opened them? These were pretty lame, I actually had to whack them on the counter to get them to open.

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Lay the bread out on a floured surface with the seam side up. Make a cut down the seam of reach roll of dough to open it up. Be careful not to cut all the way through.

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Next roll the dough down the center to flatten it out.

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Place the pepperoni mixture down the center of each roll of dough.

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Next roll up the sides and pinch to close shut.

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Place the rolls of dough on a baking sheet or in my case a pizza stone, in an X formation. Then twist the ends together.

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Next take one egg white mixed with Italian seasoning to give the dough a little egg wash.

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The final step before baking is to cut a small slit in the top of each twist to expose some of the filling.

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Then all you do is bake for 30 minutes at 375 for golden, flakey, delicious pizza bread!

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Beautiful!

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Didn’t last long in our house! I must say, “kudos” to all those bloggers out there who frequently document their cooking and baking skills. It is not easy and I don’t do it often. When I was done my camera was covered in flour! But it was fun and totally worth it! Hope you enjoyed it!

Have a great start to you week!

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