French Bread Pizza

We've all been there: You're craving homemade pizza, but you want it fast—no time to deal with rolling out finicky pizza dough. The solution? Grab a loaf of  French bread, and get ready for the pizza hack of a lifetime. Instead of dealing with dough, use a loaf to create the delicious base to your pizza. Not only will it get perfectly crisp in the oven, but it's so easy to create—simply toast your bread, add your desired topping, bake and voila! Pizza night has never been easier. 

What is French bread pizza?

Instead of dealing with pizza dough, we use a loaf of French bread to create our pizza! The "crust" that forms will be crispy on the outside, while staying nice and soft on the inside. While it's delicious as is, we decided to take things a step further. We brushed our French loaf with garlic butter here to create a garlic bread-esque crust, adding one of our other favorite Italian restaurant staples into the mix. 

You could skip the garlic if you’re a purist (but hey, we’re making pizza on bread here, so we say anything goes!), but we still recommend toasting the bread for a few minutes before you put your toppings on to keep it nice and crisp.

What toppings should I use?

As for toppings, we went the classic pepperoni route, but there's no reason you can't keep it vegetarian with mushrooms, peppers, and onions, or add in some sausage for a meat lover's pizza. It's your pizza night, so go crazy!

Tip: Want to take this completely to the next level? Take it outside, and turn it into grilled pizza bread. Simply wrap your French loaf pizzas in aluminum foil, and toss them onto a campfire or grill—in 10-15 minutes you’ll be eating pizza, no 500° oven required.

Have you made this yet? Let us know how it went in the comments below!