Pizza Monkey Bread, a fun twist on traditional pepperoni pizza! Easy to make, this savory pull apart bread is made with refrigerated biscuit dough, cheese, and pepperoni all baked in a small baking dish. Recipe makes enough to serve one or two people. Step-by-step video can be found in the recipe.
Are you familiar with monkey bread? It is an easy to make, pull apart bread made with refrigerated biscuit dough. You'll often see monkey bread recipes as desserts, but this pepperoni pizza monkey bread is savory. It's full of cheese, gooey, and wonderfully delicious. This just might soon become your new favorite way to enjoy pizza.
I revisited this mini pizza monkey bread recipe a few weeks ago. I like to go back and update old pictures and remind myself why I love certain recipes so much.
This monkey bread recipe, also known as Bubble Pizza and Pull Apart Bread, is an oldie but goodie here at One Dish Kitchen and I'm pretty sure you're going to love it too.
Why This Recipe Works
- It's easy to make!
- If you love pizza, you will love this pizza monkey bread recipe.
- This recipe will serve one or possibly two people.
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What You Need
Ingredient Notes
See recipe box below for ingredient amounts and full recipe instructions.
- Refrigerator biscuits: Tubes of refrigerated biscuit dough can be be found in the refrigerated bread section of many grocery stores. You can also use a tube of pizza dough or crescent rolls instead.
- Pepperoni and mozzarella cheese: The MAIN ingredients found on a pepperoni pizza.
- Tomato sauce: Use your favorite brand or use our homemade tomato sauce recipe.
- Olive oil: I use extra virgin olive oil in this pizza monkey bread recipe as well as in every other recipe on One Dish Kitchen that calls for olive oil. Extra virgin olive oil is the least processed form of olive oil. It is an unrefined oil and the highest-quality olive oil you can buy. Because of the way extra virgin olive oil is made, it retains more true olive taste. It also contains more of the vitamins and minerals found in olives. It's my favorite type of olive oil to use but you may use a lighter olive oil instead.
- Parmesan cheese and dried basil: For tons of flavor.
How To Make This Recipe
- Open up the tube of refrigerator biscuits and cut each biscuit into quarters. Place each biscuit quarter into a either a zip-topped bag or a large mixing bowl. I find it easier to use a zip-topped bag, but you can certainly use a bowl or large dish. Add the olive oil, parmesan cheese and dried basil to the bag (or bowl), zip up the top and shake or mix the ingredients together.
- Create a single layer of the seasoned dough in a small baking dish.
- Top the layer of seasoned dough with tomato sauce and chopped pepperoni.
- Next, add a layer of shredded mozzarella cheese.
- Top the cheese with another layer of seasoned dough.
- Finish with additional sauce and mozzarella cheese and place in the oven to bake for 20-25 minutes.
Expert Tips
- It's important to coat each piece of the biscuit completely with the olive oil, cheese, and basil. I have found the fastest, easiest way to do this is to put the biscuit rolls, the parmesan, and the dried basil in a ziplock bag and shake it up until everything is well coated.
- Be sure to spray your baking dish with oil or oil spray to prevent sticking.
- This monkey bread recipe is easily adaptable. Feel free to add more pepperoni and cheese or use cooked ground sausage and another type of cheese instead.
- Chop your pepperoni into quarters so that it's easier to get a piece of pepperoni in every single bite.
Frequently Asked Questions
I use a 5-inch baking dish. This dish holds about 1.5 cups and has an area of 25 square inches. A 4×6-inch dish has an area of 24 square inches and will work as well. You can use any smaller-sized baking dish and simply adjust the amount of dough you use depending on the size of your dish.
For smaller sized dishes, use less dough. For a larger dish, you may only use one layer of dough. See our FAQ page for additional information on baking dish sizes.
For examples of the dishes we use, please visit our Store page.
Yes, you absolutely can! Add cooked and crumbled sausage along with pepperoni for a double meat version. Or add mushrooms, sliced olives, or sautéed onions. Feel free to let your creativity shine!
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This pepperoni pizza monkey bread will change the way you think about pizza.
Ways To Use Leftover Ingredients
If you have any ingredients left over from this pizza monkey bread recipe, you might like to consider using them in any of these single serving and small batch recipes:
- Olive oil: Hummus, Pumpkin Soup, Chili
- Parmesan cheese: Parmesan Crisps, Pasta Primavera, Twice Baked Eggplant
- Dried basil: Ratatouille, Meat Sauce, Croutons
- Tomato sauce: Italian Chicken, Pasta with Roasted Vegetables, Butter Chicken
- Pepperoni: French Bread Pizza, Crustless Pizza Quiche, Italian Pasta Salad
- Mozzarella cheese: Buffalo Chicken, Chicken Caprese, Lasagna
If you’ve tried this pizza monkey bread or any recipe on One Dish Kitchen please let me know how you liked it by rating the recipe and telling me about it in the comment section below.
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Mini Pizza Monkey Bread
See the post above for expert tips,
FAQs and ways to use leftover ingredients.
Video
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 tube refrigerator biscuits (8 small or 5 large)
- ¼ cup olive oil
- ⅓ cup shredded parmesan cheese
- 1 tablespoon dried basil
- 6 tablespoons tomato sauce
- 20 slices pepperoni ,chopped
- 3 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Spray the inside of a small baking dish with oil spray. Set aside.
- Open up the tube of refrigerator biscuits and cut each biscuit into quarters.
- Place each biscuit quarter into a either a zip-topped bag or a large mixing bowl. Add the olive oil, parmesan cheese and dried basil to the bag (or bowl), zip up the top and shake or mix the ingredients together.
- Create a single layer of the seasoned dough in a small baking dish.
- Top the layer of seasoned dough with tomato sauce and chopped pepperoni.
- Add a layer of shredded mozzarella cheese.
- Top the cheese with another layer of seasoned dough.
- Finish with additional sauce and mozzarella cheese and place in the oven to bake for 20-25 minutes.
Notes
- It's important to coat each piece of the biscuit completely with the olive oil, cheese, and basil. I have found the fastest, easiest way to do this is to put the biscuit rolls, the parmesan, and the dried basil in a ziplock bag and shake it up until everything is well coated.
- Be sure to spray your baking dish with oil spray to prevent sticking.
- This recipe is easily adaptable. Feel free to add more pepperoni and cheese or use cooked ground sausage and another type of cheese instead.
- Chop your pepperoni into quarters so that it's easier to get a piece of pepperoni in every single bite.
- You can use any smaller-sized baking dish and simply adjust the amount of dough you use depending on the size of your dish. For smaller sized dishes, use less dough. For a larger dish, you may only use one layer of dough.
The information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
Bettie Hammock says
How can I print out the recipe without the pictures (on some of your recipes) I am using too much ink and very costly?
I love all of the recipes that I have tried. They are so convenient and tasty too.
Thank you.
Joanie Zisk says
Hi Bettie, I'm so happy you are enjoying our recipes. We give the option to either print out the recipe with photos OR without photos. To print without photos, simply click the PRINT button, UNCHECK the box that says "Recipe Image" and “Instruction Image” and you will be able to print without photos.
Bettie Hammock says
Thank you Joanie, I now have a printed copy. Appreciated!!
Wendy says
This sounds yummy! Can this be made ahead of time and kept in the refrigerator to be baked the next day?
Joanie Zisk says
Yes.
Kat says
I tried the recipe twice. First, I used crescent rolls because there is evidently a shortage of biscuits. I baked it a little longer than what the recipe said. There was uncooked dough.
Desperate to succeed, I found biscuits and tried the recipe again. I had the same issue: raw dough.
Both times I had to throw the monkey bread out and clean my oven.
Someone please tell me where I went wrong.
Joanie Zisk says
Hi Kat, I'd encourage you to test the temperature of your oven. It sounds like it might not be running as hot as it should. You can do this by purchasing an inexpensive oven thermometer and keeping it in your oven as it heats up.
If the biscuits rose and overflowed in the baking dish, the dish you used was too small. I use a 5-inch baking dish. This dish holds about 1.5 cups and has an area of 25 square inches. A 4×6-inch dish has an area of 24 square inches and will work as well. You can use any smaller-sized baking dish and simply adjust the amount of dough you use depending on the size of your dish. (Also see our recipe photos to see how we layer the ingredients)
For smaller-sized dishes, use less dough. For a larger dish, you may only use one layer of dough. See our FAQ page for additional information on baking dish sizes.
For examples of the dishes we use, please visit our Store page.
Lisa M. Topp says
Hi Joanie! I love your site and all the wonderful recipes you offer😊. Thank you very much.
susan says
Made it today and loved it. Easy to make and full of flavor.
Joanie Zisk says
I'm so glad you enjoyed the recipe. Thank you for your feedback.