Bread Pizza Recipe

Bread Pizza is a quick cheat’s version of Pizza made with your everyday bread, pizza sauce, toppings and cheese. It can be easily made on a skillet/frying pan or in an oven. This Bread Pizza is the way to go when you’re craving cheesy, tomato-y goodness and simply can’t wait. Perfect for after-school snacks, work-from-home lunches, or easy suppers, this skillet pizza bread is a snap to make and is totally customizable based on whatever you’re craving (or whatever you have on hand).

About Bread Pizza Recipe

This recipe is the ideal quick and easy snack to make whenever a pizza craving strikes. You’ll have this tasty pizza bread snack ready in just 15 minutes, start to finish.

You just need a loaf of bread, a tasty tomato sauce (I would definitely recommend my homemade Pizza Sauce, but Pesto or Alfredo are also lovely!), some melty cheese, and whatever veggies you like.

This is a great recipe for clearing out the fridge. Use any sauce, cheese, and whatever bits and bobs of veggies or fresh herbs you have languishing in the crisper drawer.

A variety of veggie toppings can be included in this pizza. I always stick to onions, tomatoes and capsicum (bell pepper).

I also like to add some olives and sometimes I add steamed sweet corn too. You could even use baby corn, sautéed mushrooms or sautéed spinach.

You can even make the recipe gluten-free by swapping in your favorite gluten free bread, or vegan by either omitting the cheese or swapping in a plant-based alternative.

 In fact you can easily double or triple the recipes and make for small get togethers or parties.

How To Make Bread Pizza

Toast Bread

1. Heat a heavy tawa or a flat skillet or griddle. Spread about ½ to 1 teaspoon olive oil on it. You can also use butter if you prefer. Keep the heat to its lowest setting.

2. Place bread slice on the warmed pan. Depending on the size of the tawa or pan, you may be able to fit 1 to 2 slices.

You can use any variety of bread like white bread, whole wheat, brown bread, or multi-grain bread.

In the recipe I have used 6 large bread slices. Depending on the bread size, you could make this snack with more or less bread.

3. Lightly toast the bread from the base and then flip it.

Assemble Bread Pizza

4. Now quickly spread some pizza sauce on the lightly toasted side. For pizza sauce recipe, you can check here – Pizza Sauce.

5. Quickly top with small onion cubes.

6. Then quickly place capsicum cubes. While adding the topping keep the heat to its lowest. You can also turn off the heat when you place toppings on the pizza.

7. Now quickly top with small tomato cubes. Also, add some sliced olives. Both tomatoes and olives are optional and you can skip them.

You can even add steamed corn kernels or sautéed mushrooms. Sautéed spinach can also be included.

8. Sprinkle dried herbs like oregano, basil. Additionally sprinkle some crushed black pepper or black pepper powder.

You can even include fresh basil leaves instead of dried basil. Addition of black pepper is optional.

You can even add pizza seasoning instead of adding dried herbs separately.

9. Now quickly top with grated mozzarella cheese or pizza cheese.

10. Keep the heat to its lowest. Place a lid over the bread pizza.

11. Cook until the cheese melts and the bread is toasted golden.

12. Remove the bread pizza with a spatula and place it on a serving plate. Sprinkle some red chili flakes or oregano if you want — this is completely optional.

12. Serve Bread Pizza hot as is or accompanied with tomato sauce or pizza sauce. Similarly make more bread pizza with the remaining slices of bread in batches.

Ingredients & Substitutions

• Sandwich Bread – You can use whole wheat, white, multi-grain, sourdough, or brown bread. Gluten-free bread also works!
• Olive Oil – For toasting the bread to golden perfection. Feel free to use butter for a richer flavor.
• Pizza Sauce – Homemade pizza sauce is simple to make at home, and is great to keep in the freezer. You’re also welcome to use store-bought sauce, or feel free to swap in any alternative that suits you! White Sauce, pesto, BBQ sauce, or even sriracha can be be used instead.
• Veggies – For the recipe, I used onion, capsicum, tomato, and olives, but you can use veggies of your choice. Some other good options include steamed or sautéed corn, cooked mushrooms, spinach, artichoke hearts, roasted eggplant, and asparagus, but the sky (and your creativity) is the limit!
• Cheese – I used mozzarella cheese for more of a traditional pizza flavor profile, but any variety of melting cheese will work well.
• Herbs & Spices – Dried oregano, dried basil, red pepper flakes, and black pepper are excellent additions, but are not necessary.

Expert Tips

• Pan Type: Be sure to use a heavy tawa, skillet or pan. If you use a tawa or skillet that is not heavy, then the bread can get burnt from the bottom.

• Heating: Low heating is the key here as it slowly creates a nice golden crust on the base of the bread. Keep the heat to its lowest setting when making the entire recipe.
• On Preparations: Chop all the veggies and keep them ready before you start preparing the pizza. Once you get started toasting the bread, the process goes very quickly! Also, keep the veggie cubes small.
• Bread: Feel free to use a loaf that is a few days old. Adding the oil and pan-frying it will give it new life, and the addition of veggies, sauce, and cheese will add plenty of moisture to keep it from tasting too dry.
• Serving Suggestions: While these toasted bread pizzas are excellent on their own, you’re also welcome to dip them in the sauce of your choice. I like serving mine with some extra pizza sauce or Tomato Ketchup on the side. Other options include ranch dressing, BBQ sauce, hot sauce, mayonnaise, and pesto.

Bread pizza recipe from the archives was first published on July 2017.