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Homemade Garlic Pizza Bread
Garlic bread meets pizza, it just had to be done! This recipe is SO tasty, I’m sure you’re going to be making it over and over again…I’m not kidding!!
Craving pizza but want something different? How about this delicious garlic pizza bread that’s BIG on size and even bigger on flavour. All you need is a handful of ingredients, just over an hour and a few hungry mouths or just one.
This recipe is garlicy, buttery and the texture is both chewy and soft. Plus, the crusted pizza bread soaks up the pools of melted garlic butter, making the taste and texture utterly incredible.
In short, this is the most delicious garlic pizza bread recipe EVER that’s made with a homemade garlic butter spread. It’s so easy to make and I’ll take you through everything you need to know below!
Why You’ll Like This Recipe
- You can make a thin or thick pizza base and crust
- The flavours are phenomenal
- This recipe is so versatile; you can add cheese or additional flavours like pepperoni!
- Bakes in just 10 to 15 minutes
Garlic Bread Pizza Dough
The texture of the garlic dough is chewy, airy, springy and so soft; this is because yeast is added to the dough to help create an amazing texture. You can make pizza dough without yeast, but I find that the texture is denser.
Watch How To Make It
Recipe Ingredients
Below are the few ingredients needed to make this recipe:
- Strong White Bread Flour: Use this type of flour, its high gluten content makes it perfect for making breads and pizzas. Gluten helps to create an airy and chewy bread texture.
- Fast Action Yeast: This causes the bread to rise and creates an open and airy texture.
- Sugar: Helps the yeast to react (it’s basically food for yeast releasing CO2 & ethanol)
- Salt: Adds flavour to the pizza dough and also slows down the growth of yeast.
- Warm Water: It’s important that the water temperature is warm and not too cold or hot, warm water is the optimal temperature for yeast to thrive. Around 40°C is perfect!
- Oil: The addition of oil helps to retain moisture and keep the bread texture soft.
- Homemade Garlic Butter: The garlic butter is made from a mixture of butter, minced garlic and diced parsley.
Do I Have To Proof The Dough?
Yes, especially as this recipe uses yeast, it’s a necessary step for creating an airy and light texture. If you want to make a pizza dough without yeast, simply mix 300g of self-raising flour with 330g of Greek yoghurt and mix together until a dough has formed.
Garlic Butter
You can either make the garlic butter in step five, just after rolling the dough out. Or you can make the garlic butter whilst the dough is proving and keep it in the fridge or at room temperature until you need it.
If you keep it in the fridge, bear in mind that it might be harder to spread. Whenever I keep it in the fridge, I take it out and let it sit at room temperature for at least 15 minutes to make it easier to spread.
Homemade Dough Or Shop Bought Dough?
If you don’t want to make your own homemade dough, then you can always buy readymade pizza dough or a premade base in pretty much any supermarket.
I prefer the taste of homemade pizza dough, as it’s freshly baked and the texture is chewy, soft and springy. I find some shop bought pizza bases are dense and less tasty. However, where it lacks in texture it gains in making this recipe super quick and even easier, it would be ready in just 20 minutes max (including prep time) instead of over an hour.
How To Make Homemade Garlic Pizza Bread
Below is a step-by-step guide on how to make this homemade garlic pizza bread. Full recipe instructions are on the recipe card:
Step One:
Add flour, yeast, sugar and salt to a large mixing bowl and mix until evenly distributed.
Step Two:
Add warm water to the bowl followed by oil and use a knife to mix the ingredients together until a dough has formed.
NOTE: Using a knife helps to cut through the dough easily and combine the ingredients together without overworking it.
Step Thre