This Easy Twisted Pizza Bread Is Stuffed with Flavour!
Updated July 31, 2025
By Rebecca St.Clair
This twisted pizza bread is perfect if you’re craving comfort food with a fun twist! Baked until golden and loaded with cheese, herbs, and rich tomato sauce, this recipe delivers all the deliciousness of pizza in a soft, sliceable loaf. Perfect for parties, potlucks, or turning into the most flavourful sandwiches!
This cheesy twisted pizza bread is everything you love about pizza—stuffed into a soft, sliceable loaf that’s perfect for sharing. With layers of gooey mozzarella, zesty sauce, and fragrant herbs (or your favourite toppings), this easy recipe makes a crowd-pleasing appetizer, snack, or flavourful twist on the classic loaf.
So, say hello to your new favourite flavoured bread. The perfect garlic bread replacement. It’s warm, melty, packed with Italian flavours, and comes together in no time. The smell alone from this loaf baking in the oven will bring the whole family to the table and is guaranteed to disappear in no time!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Garlic Bread – This is a great garlic bread alternative.
Flavour – Packed with your favourite pizza flavour and aroma.
Look – Not only delicious, this bread has a beautiful presentation. Perfect for serving to guests.
Sandwiches – A perfect flavourful alternative to your favourite bread loaf to make you favourite sandwiches or dip into soups and stews.
How to store twisted pizza bread
Fridge
- Allow the bread to cool to room temperature
- Wrap completely in plastic wrap or store in an airtight container
- Store in the fridge for up to 4 days
- Slice and reheat before serving
Freezer
- Allow the bread to cool to room temperature
- Wrap completely in plastic wrap and store in an airtight container or freezer bag
- Store in the freezer for up to 3 months
Can I add other filling to twisted pizza bread?
Yes! Add any of your favourite pizza toppings to this twisted bread loaf. Make sure not to over stuff the loaf so it can fully bake all the way through to the middle.
Some great topping are,
- pepperoni
- sautéed mushrooms
- diced peppers
- cooked crumbled bacon
- olives
- diced sausage
- diced ham
- sun dried tomatoes
- diced onions
Ingredients
Milk – This loaf is made with an enriched dough, using milk instead of water.
Sugar – For flavour and to help activate the yeast.
Yeast – To rise the dough.
Salt – Flavour.
Flour – Use all-purpose flour for this recipe.
Butter – To add softness and richness to the bread.
Pizza sauce – Pizza sauce is thicker than pasta sauce and will stay in place when rolling up the dough.
Cheese – I used mozzarella cheese for a classic pizza taste.
Herbs – Use the fresh or dried herbs you love. For a classic Italian pizza taste, I used basil, rosemary, and oregano.
How to make Twisted Pizza Bread
- In the bowl of a stand mixer or in a large bowl is making the bread by hand, add in 1 tsp of sugar and 1 1/4 cups of warm milk.
- Sprinkle on top 2 1/4 tsp of dry active yeast and set aside for a few minutes for the yeast to soften.
- Mix in 4 cups of flour and 1 tsp of salt until the dough comes together.
4. Knead in 1/3 cup of soft butter in a few additions until it absorbs into the dough.
5. Knead until you have a smooth soft dough ball. This should take about 5 minutes in a machine or 8 minutes if kneading the dough by hand.
6. Cover and let rise, in a warm place, for 1 hour or until doubled.
7. Tip the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Roll or press it out into a rectangle.
Toppings
8. Spread 1 cup of pizza sauce on top.
9. Sprinkle on 12 oz of grated cheese and add chopped fresh herbs or dried herbs to taste.
Shaping
10. Roll the dough up into a log.
11. Cut the dough down the centre length wise.
12. Twist the two strands together and pinch at both ends to seal.
13. Place the loaf on a cookie sheet and let rise, in a warm place, for 1 hour or until doubled in bulk. You could also split the long loaf in half and place each half in a greased loaf pan.
Baking
14. Preheat your oven to 400 °F (200 °C).
15. Bake the loaf for 30-35 minutes, or until golden brown and sounds hollow when you tap the top.
16. (Optional) Remove from the oven and immediately brush the top with 2 Tbsp of garlic butter.
17. Allow the loaf to cool 10 minutes before slicing and serving.
Twisted Pizza Bread
Baked until golden and loaded with cheese, herbs, and rich tomato sauce, this recipe delivers all the deliciousness of pizza in a soft, sliceable loaf.
Ingredients
- 1¼ cups warm milk 310 ml
- 1 teaspoon sugar 5g
- 2¼ teaspoons dry active yeast 7g
- 1 teaspoon salt 5g
- 4 cups all-purpose flour 600 g
- 1/3 cup softened butter 75g
- 1 cup pizza sauce 250 ml
- 12 oz grated mozzarella cheese 340 g
- Fresh or dried herbs (basil, oregano, rosemary)
- (Optional) 2 Tablespoons garlic butter
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer or in a large bowl is making the bread by hand, add in 1 tsp of sugar and 1 1/4 cups of warm milk.
- Sprinkle on top 2 1/4 tsp of dry active yeast and set aside for a few minutes for the yeast to soften.
- Mix in 4 cups of flour and 1 tsp of salt until the dough comes together.
- Knead in the butter in a few additions until it absorbs into the dough.
- Knead until you have a smooth soft dough ball. This should take about 5 minutes in a machine or 8 minutes if kneading the dough by hand.
- Cover and let rise, in a warm place, for 1 hour or until doubled.
- Tip the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Roll or press it out into a rectangle.
- Spread 1 cup of pizza sauce on top.
- Sprinkle on 2 cups of grated cheese and add chopped fresh herbs or dried herbs to taste.
- Roll the dough up into a log.
- Cut the dough down the centre length wise.
- Twist the two strands together and pinch at both ends to seal.
- Place the loaf on a cookie sheet and let rise, in a warm place, for 1 hour or until doubled in bulk. You could also split the long loaf in half and place each half in a greased loaf pan.
- Preheat your oven to 400 °F (200 °C).
- Bake the loaf for 30-35 minutes, or until golden brown and sounds hollow when you tap the top.
- (Optional) Remove from the oven and immediately brush the top with 2 Tbsp of garlic butter.
- Allow the loaf to cool 10 minutes before slicing and serving.
Notes
Add your favourite pizza toppings to this recipe!
Nutrition Information
Yield
24Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 164Total Fat 6gSaturated Fat 4gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 2gCholesterol 18mgSodium 216mgCarbohydrates 21gFiber 1gSugar 1gProtein 5g
Nutrition information isn't always accurate.
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