Ok are you ready for Pizza Monkey Bread. It will kinda change your life. And maybe your waistline. But it’s 100% worth it and so freaking delicious! Imagine a pull apart pizza with herbs and cheese and a warm pizza dipping sauce. It’s good. And way too addicting. And both kids and adults alike will totally fall in love with this snack/appetizer!
I’ve seen Monkey Bread made from scratch or with pre-made biscuit dough from the market. Either would be equally awesome in my book, but I’ve been experimenting with yeast doughs recently and decided to be bold and make the dough from scratch. Once the dough has been made, rested and done it’s thing, you then dunk it in butter, cheese, herbs and garlic. Try not to drop your jaw at the sound of that 
Stick these suckers in mini bundt pans and into the oven they go! A little while later you will have piping hot Pizza Monkey Bread ready to dip into red sauce. Hallelujah!
| Pizza Monkey Bread |
- 2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast
- 1 cup warm water
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2 cups Bread flour
- 1 cup AP flour
- 2 tbsp salt
- 1/2 cup Butter, melted
- 2/3 cup Pecorino Romano cheese, grated
- 3 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
- 5 Scallions, chopped
- 10 Basil Leaves, chopped
- 5 cloves garlic, minced
- Salt and Pepper
- 1 cup Marinara or Pizza sauce
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- In a medium bowl, combine the Bread flour, AP flour and salt. Set aside.
- Combine the active yeast and water in a mixing bowl fitted with a dough hook. Let it sit for a few minutes to make sure your yeast is working. Add the sugar and mix for a quick second. Add the flour mixture in batches, scraping down the sides of the bowl. Let the dough hook work its magic for 5-6 minutes until the dough has come together into a large mass. Remove the dough to an oiled bowl and let rise for 60 minutes.
- After an hour, remove the dough from the bowl and cut into small 1/2 inch cubes. Dust with flour to prevent them from sticking together. Set aside.
- Butter and flour 6 small bundt pans. (You could also use a large bundt pan)
- Melt the butter in a small bowl.
- Combine the cheese, herbs, salt/pepper and garlic in a large bowl. Add the melted butter and mix together with a spoon. Toss in the cut dough and make sure it all gets a coat of the butter mixture. Start layering the cubes into the bundt pans until they are 3/4 of the way full. Let sit for 30 minutes for the dough to rise a little more.
- Place bundt pans into the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes until the bread and cheese is golden brown. Serve with warmed marinara sauce or pizza sauce.
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these look amazing!
I would have no self control around these! Great idea!!!
These look so incredibly good, I can’t stop drooling over the cheese, herbs, and garlic! Yum! And I love how you put them into mini bundt pans, so cute
Adorable! When I make pizza monkey bread, I bake the sauce onto the bread, which tastes awesome. But I love the idea of using it as a dipper too. So pretty.
OMG! This looks incredible. How can you go wrong with pizza and monkey bread and put together!!!
I completely adore this! This would be perfect for movie night or casual entertaining, or watching a game on TV. SU’d & bookmarked!
I have never heard of pizza monkey bread, but it looks and sounds like a winner!
These sound so tasty – and I especially appreciate that you went the scratch route.
This looks awesome! Great idea.
Those look delicious. Im going to try and make these this weekend. THanks.
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Do you know how long to bake this if you use just one big bundt pan? Looks delicious.
Hey Chris,
I’d say bake it for about 50 minutes, take it out, check it out and see! It should be all golden brown on the outside when you are ready to take it out for good!
Anything with the name “Monkey” in it has special significance in our house. Add the word “Pizza” and we’re definitely in. “Bread” puts it over the top. Next family movie night we’ll be munching on MPB…bet it goes well with beer too.
monkey bread for my little monkeys this weekend!
Fun idea!
This is an amazing idea. LOVE this!
I want this now
what a wonderful idea! My mom used to make a garlic herb bread similar to this!
Hmmmmmm. I’ve been looking for something for a teen boy’s snack. These would be great! Yours do look delicious.
Gaby, it looks wonderful! I love how you photographed it, too!
Just the piece of parchment, but with the torn bread and the marinara sauce…it makes for a great photo on the wood, too. I am trying to learn and soak up everything I can
The pics I took at the workshop of my burger when I used wood turned out the best. Note: use wood more often
That looks to-die-for!
are you for real?? this looks amazing! i need to make this for a movie night with the boyfriend.
Note to self: must get mini bundt pans pronto! These look life changing – in the best way
I haven’t heard of this, but it sounds amazing! I would like to try it!
I’ve been using my mini-bundts for dessert only and love your idea for these! The problem is I’ll probably eat all six
Can’t wait to try this one!
Oh my goodness, this looks too good to be true! Dangerously good, I think! Thanks for sharing :]
these would be awesome when entertaining friends. I can smell them baking in the oven already
These look so amazing. I love monkey bread. I love pizza. What a match made in heaven!
Hi, I am from Singapore and not sure what monkey bread is, however I love cheese and especially pizza. Can’t wait to try this one. Look simple and I am sure my kids will love them. Thanks so much for sharing.
This looks delicious… I have these mini turkey pepperonis that would be a great addition to this. I can hardly wait to try this. I love pizza, and I just bought my first house… this might be fun for the house warming party. Thanks for the idea.
I am craving this right now, this very minute. YUM!
I rocked the cinnamony monkey bread version a few weeks ago, but I LOVE your idea here! looks fab!
What a genius idea!! Two of my favorite things comes into one delicious recipe! I could probably eat my weight in this stuff!
If I’m using silicone bakeware (actually meant to make a giant sized donut), would I keep the recipe proportions the same and what baking time would you insist using silicone bakeware?
Now these would be a great idea for the sunday night bowl. But I think i’ll add more garlic to it to give it a much more intense flavor.
Whoa! I am already a Bread junky. I love bread dough, pizza, cookie dough. Used to love helping my mother when she cooked. None of my brothers or sisters cared to help mom so I always hung around to scrape & lick the bowl….Yummy!
I will definately have to try this recipe…..
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Wow Gaby does this look good! Someone sent me the link to see if I can lighten it up, LOL!
This is awesome! So creative!
this looks so amazing! i never would have thought of pizza monkey bread. wow. amazing. I need to make this.
What a creative way to use mini bundt pans. I actually have a couple and want to try this. (bookmarked) thank you!
this WOULD be fatal to my waistline Oh my goodness this LOOKS heavenly….
Yup, I agree with this comment too
This Monkey bread would be a delight right now because I need a snack!!
Great Post! Just wanted to let you know that I linked to it for [Preserving Mondays]! Thanks for the fantastic recipe.
These are making me hungry!
Now that’s when I cal playing with your food a success!
Wow! That looks fantastic and my kids would love it!
Any type of monkey bread is just a win/win situation!
This looks amazing, perfect for Friday night pizza night!
That pizza money bread looks so good!
Yum! It’s like a more fun version of a breadstick. I can’t wait to try this.
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I HAVE to make this – it looks amazing!
I just made these and they are reallly delicious! I’ll definitely make this again.
Wow…I love pepperoni bread, but would never have thought of this. My family will love this — what a great idea. Can’t wait to try it!
This is awesome! While piling the balls into the bundt pan I also sprinkled in some diced up pepperoni!
This is really amazing bread. I will love to definately try this out.
Made this for the teens tongiht. They LOVED it. Only change I would suggest is to use 2 teaspoons of salt, not 2 Tablespoons. Is that a typo? Surely has to be… Thanks for creating wonderful food and even better memories.
Just stumbled on this….and all I have to say is….d r o o l
I’ve often made monkey bread (and have even written about it) but this looks special. I love the idea of pizza bread with the traditional tomato topping as a dipping sauce.
Wow, my mom has been making Monkey Bread for as long as I can remember, but I’ve never thought of making it into a savory dish. Nice idea!
Very cool concept. I think my kids would seriously love these.
I have done pizza a lot of ways – bagel pizzas, wonton pizzas, but never with monkey bread. Definitely something to look into doing. Thanks!
Looks great.. I bet it tastes better
this looks incredibly delicious. my teenage granddaughters will love this. along with my son of course. great recipe.
these are great
As a previous commenter noted, I think it should be 2 tsp instead of 2 Tbsp of salt. Mine didn’t rise but I cooked it anyway just to see what would happen and the pieces were WAY too salty. I hate that I wasted all of the time and ingredients, but I will probably try again another day and decrease the salt.
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