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5 from 8 votes

Pizza Swirl Bread Recipe

Pizza Swirl bread uses a basic pizza dough recipe as the base and the stuffing is pretty simple with just the pizza sauce and the cheese. If looking to bake savory bread, I would definitely recommend trying this pizza swirl bread.
Prep Time2 hours 20 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Total Time3 hours 5 minutes
Course: Baking, Bread, Breakfast, Kids Friendly, Snacks
Cuisine: American, Italian
Diet: Vegetarian
Servings: 1 Standard Loaf
Calories: 965kcal

Equipment

  • bowl
  • Oven

Ingredients

For the pizza (bread) dough –

  • 3 All purpose flour 3 ½ cups
  • teaspoon Active dry yeast
  • 2 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 tablespoon Sugar
  • 2 tablespoon Olive oil
  • 1 cup Warm water

For the topping –

  • ½ -¾ cup Pizza sauce or smooth marinara sauce
  • 1 teaspoon Oregano
  • 1 teaspoon Red pepper flakes
  • 1 cup Mozzarella cheese
  • ½ cup Parmesan cheese
  • Oil to grease the pans

Instructions

To make the dough –

  • In the bowl of the mixer or a large bowl, add the warm water, sugar and yeast and mix. Let the yeast rise for about 5 to 10 minutes. You will see that the mixture is bubbly after about 5 minutes.
  • To this add the salt and the olive oil and then with the mixer running, slowly add the flour, one cup at a time.
  • Increase the speed and let the mixer knead the dough until it is smooth and elastic. It takes about 8 to 10 minutes for me.
  • Place the dough in a greased bowl and cover well. Let it rise in a warm, draft free place for about an hour to hour and a half until it has doubled in volume.

To shape the dough –

  • Once the dough has risen, place it on a floured surface and gently punch it down.
  • Roll the dough out to a rectangle, roughly about 12 inches x 16 inches.
  • Grease a loaf pan well with oil and keep it ready.
  • Evenly spread the pizza sauce all over the rectangle. Sprinkle with oregano all over the sauce and then sprinkle the cheeses evenly as well.
  • Now roll the dough as tight as possible in a jelly style roll. Pinch the edges and the seam well, so they don’t open up when rising.
  • Fold the log in half (like a U) and then twist the sides over each other (like a braid).
  • Place this carefully in the greased loaf pan and let it rise again for about 30 to 45 minutes or until doubled.

Baking the Bread –

  • Towards the end of the rising period, preheat the oven to 350 F.
  • Brush the risen dough with olive oil and then bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until the bread is golden brown and sounds hollow when tapped.
  • Let it cool in the pan for about 10 minutes and then carefully remove it from the pan and cool it completely on a rack before slicing.

Nutrition

Calories: 965kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 56g | Fat: 69g | Saturated Fat: 27g | Cholesterol: 122mg | Sodium: 6856mg | Potassium: 863mg | Fiber: 11g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 2305IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 1231mg | Iron: 4mg