This Cheesy Pepperoni Pizza Quick Bread is the best savory appetizer for pizza lovers! It’s a cheesy pepperoni pizza in the form of a soft & moist loaf of bread!
Cheesy Pepperoni Pizza Quick Bread
Pizza night is always a happy night in our house and as I was rummaging through the refrigerator a few nights ago I saw a nice bag of pepperoni just begging to be used. Because we make pizza all the time, I was in the mood to mix things up a bit and this fun quick bread was just what I needed to jazz up the pizza we have so often. Now I just need to get my husband off my back about getting “all natural” low- fat pepperonis. 🙂 Baby steps hon.
I was quite shocked after I cut into this pizza bread to find distinct swirls of marinara and bits of pepperoni within the bread. I love the contrasting colors. Slice and serve with a fresh crisp salad. Enjoy!
Here’s your line-up of ingredients: my mistake, I left out a jar of Italian Seasoning from the above photo 🙂
How to Make The Best Pizza Bread
Add all ingredients–except the marinara–into the mixer in no particular order however, I started with the flour.
Then the seasonings and eggs.
Oil and buttermilk.
Time for pepperoni!
Cut each pepperoni into fourths 🙂
Time for the cheeses!
Mix, mix, mix!
Pour half of the batter into a bread pan. The one I used measures 9x5x2 3/4-inches.
Top evenly with marinara.
Like so 🙂
Add the rest of the batter over the marinara.
Top with more Parmesan!
….and some Italian Seasoning!
Time to bake, 350 degrees F. 45-55 minutes.
How gorgeous is that?!
Let cool for 30 minutes, slice and EAT!
Cheesy Pepperoni Pizza Quick Bread
Equipment
- Oven
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 cup shredded parmesan cheese
- 1 1/2 cups shredded mozarella cheese
- 1 cup quartered pepperoni slices about 32 slices
- 1/2 cup marinara sauce
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1/4 cup shredded parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and spray small bread pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- Place flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and pepper into the bowl of a stand or electric mixer, mix to combine. Slowly add in eggs, oil, buttermilk, Parmesan, Mozzarella and pepperoni until just combined.
- Pour half of batter into prepared bread pan that measures 9x5x2 3/4-inches. Top evenly with marinara sauce then pour remaining batter over sauce. Top with Italian seasoning and additional Parmesan cheese.
- Bake for 45-55 minutes or until toothpick comes clean from center. Let cool for 30 minutes before removing from pan. Slice and serve warm or room temperature.
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Wow, that looks so tasty! Nice job. I made one almost identical not too long ago, but I used haha duck sausage. It was smoked. Very different, but very scruptuous.
TY
good day
can I make the batter a day ahead and leave it in the fridge then bake it the second day?
How do you get your bread out of the pan? My husband tried tipping it upside down and just the top half of the bread came out. I don’t really have experience making this type of thing!
This bread was so easy to make and very delicious as well. It tasted just like cheesy bread sticks. I would make it again, but i would double the recipe to make more.
I found a 1/2 cup of sauce is too much. The bread was vert soggy. Your photo of the sauce does not look like 1/2 cup. My sauce completly covereed the 1st layer of dough, so maybe there is a misprint. I almost didnt serve it
Drool!! Many thanks to HuffPo for featuring this recipe in their Quick Bread slideshow.
We tried to make this today. The bread looked great, but the baking soda made it too salty. :/ Otherwise, it was wonderful!
Just curious, why did you use flour and baking soda? I would’ve used plain flour and yeast.
normally I see recipes like this with no comment on anyone that tried it. Usually when I try recipes it looks and tastes NOTHING like it. But this however was wonderful! I just made it myself and it was delicious and super easy to make. And this comes straight from the mouth of a woman that usually fails at making slice and bake cookies!
The only thing I did differently was use turkey pepperoni to cut down on the oil factor and I added a sprinkle of garlic powder on top before baking. Overall I recommend everyone to try. It tastes just as good as it looks =)
Sooo I sort of want to make these into little pizza muffins to make them easier to bring to a party. Any suggestions on how much to decrease the cooking time? Another alternative would be to make it the night before. Does it keep pretty well? Could I reheat it in the oven a little before leaving? (I usually only reheat in the microwave, but I imagine the oven would be better suited for this particular task.)
Thanks for your ideas!
I’ve been looking for fun recipes to make without a bread maker. This one looks fabulous!
Thanks Sarah, you’ll love this recipe, it’s great!!
Made this tonight after seeing it on RecipeGirl.com. Our 11 yr. old grandson loved it and said it was “brilliant!” An unusual way of describing food, but I totally agree with him. Delicious! And brilliant!
Hey Jenny, these quick bread would be perfect for the appetizer portion of the Get Grillin’ event I am hosting with Cookin’ Canuck. Please submit this and any two others if you wish 🙂
Made the bread this weekend it was gone in a flash!!! Love the quickness and ease of this recipe. I’ll be making it frequently and possibly switching up the “toppings” for the pizza. Also thinking about making this in a muffin tin for cute little one serving pizza snacks! Love your ideas, thanks for the recipe 🙂
We’ve made this twice now and it’s absolutely delicious!! Thank you for creating this mouth watering easy recipe that the whole family can like!
Hi! I recently tried this recipe for a craft night I had with some wives. It was a huge hit. Everyone was asking for the recipe, so I sent them over to your blog. I could barely save a piece for my husband! Thanks for a recipe I can add to my repertoire!
Hi there! I have a quick question – is it really only ONE cup of flour for this recipe? My batter looked so runny I ended up adding an extra half cup – just wanted to check. Just found your website and LOVE it! Thanks so much!
Do you think this would be suitable to make in mini muffin pans for a popable treat? Having a baby shower soon and thought it would work on the menue if I can make it that way. Thanks, am anxious to try either way.
Ann
Yes! It would be perfect!
I am a big pepperoni pizza girl, so this bread has my name all over it! Can’t wait to try it!
I just made this for lunch and I LOVED IT. Great idea for a quick meal!
So glad you enjoyed the recipe Kerry!! Thanks for sharing!
I found you through stumbleupon and my goodness I’m loving your recipes! I can’t wait to try this one!
Girl… This bread is awesome.. I made it for a Mary Kay Party I had and it was the hit of the party… I used the mini turkey pepperoni and it worked out great..
I will be doing different varietys for my kids and hubby to try cause he is the picky one..
Thanks for the great recipe…
So glad to hear it Diana, we have really enjoyed this recipe too, have fun playing around with other ingredients!
You became my 13-year-old son’s best friend with this recipe! Thanks for sharing!
Ahhhh, so glad to hear it!!
Very good- and I even burnt mine! Subbed ham, olives and red peppers for the pepperoni. Good, versitle recipe! Thanks!
how can something that look THAT delicious be quick? impressive!
Hi there! I tried this out tonight and it was DELICIOUS!! I posted my adjusted recipe with the links back to your original:
http://sweetlittlesmoothie.blogspot.com/2011/04/yummy-pizza-quick-bread.html
Thanks so much for the deliciousness!
We made this tonight and it was a huge hit. Next time I will use mini-pepperonis, as they’re about the same size as quartered pepperonis. I was imagining other possibilities as well, like Pesto and Chicken and Feta – I can’t wait to experiment. Thanks for another great recipe!
This was a really fun meal. If I were to make it a second time, I would layer most of the cheese with the tomato sauce instead of mixing it in with the bread and tone down the black pepper just a little. And it worked well using whole-wheat flour!