How to Make French Bread Pizza: Easy & Cheap

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I don’t like pizza. Okay, put down the pitchforks. I should say, I don’t like traditional pizza. I do love homemade French bread pizza, though! French bread pizza is such an easy and inexpensive meal. You can take a few ingredients or even leftovers, and turn it into a wonderful meal! Here’s how to make French bread pizza!

We love French bread pizza for so many reasons. It can feed our large family for much less than even store bought pizzas. We also love that we can customize different toppings according to everyone’s preferences. We generally use two full French loaves of bread for our pizzas. This leaves us enough to eat for supper, as well as lunch leftovers the next day. I generally heat the French bread pizza in the air fryer at 350 degrees F for 3-5 minutes.

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How to Make French Bread Pizza:

Ingredients:

• 1 loaf French bread (we use the $1 loaf from Walmart)
• sauce (we like BBQ, ranch, pizza, or pasta sauce)
• toppings (pepperoni, black olives, bacon bits, even leftover bbq chicken or buffalo chicken)
• cheese (measure with your heart)

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Line a large rimmed baking sheet with foil.
2.  Cut French bread in half length wise and place it on the prepared baking sheet.
3. Top bread with sauce of your choice
4. Put toppings on top of sauce
5. Add cheese to toppings
6. Cook for 10-12 minutes until cheese is melted
7. Let sit for 5 minutes before cutting into pieces

How to Make French Bread Pizza

Are you looking for a cheap and easy meal? Here's how to make French bread pizza! A great way to use up leftovers or stretch your budget!

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 12 minutes mins

Total Time 27 minutes mins

Servings 4 servings

Ingredients

  

• 1 loaf French bread (we use the $1 loaf from Walmart)
• sauce (we like BBQ, ranch, pizza, or pasta sauce)
• toppings (pepperoni, black olives, bacon bits, even leftover bbq chicken or buffalo chicken)
• cheese (measure with your heart)

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Line a large rimmed baking sheet with foil.
•  Cut French bread in half length wise and place it on the prepared baking sheet.
• Top bread with sauce of your choice
• Put toppings on top of sauce
• Add cheese to toppings
• Cook for 10-12 minutes until cheese is melted
• Let sit for 5 minutes before cutting into pieces

There you have it! An easy and cheap meal to stretch those dollars. Have you made French bread pizza before? What’re your favorite toppings? Let me know in the comments below!