How To Make French Bread Pizza

December 4, 2009 | Posted by Kristen

French Bread Pizza can be purchased in the freezer section of most grocery stores, but I find that it is an easy task to make these at home myself, and the result is much cheaper.

I bake my french bread pizzas on my pizza stone, which helps the bottom of the bread become crispy.

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If you don’t have a pizza stone, you can bake the pizzas on a wire rack which has been set on top of a baking sheet/pan.

As with most pizzas, this is a handy thing to make if you want to use up small bits of vegetables, meats, or cheeses.  It’s also a good way to use up dry French bread (or day old French bread from the reduced rack at the grocery store).

French Bread Pizza

You will need:

• French bread loaves
• prepared tomato sauce
• shredded mozzarella cheese
• whatever toppings you like (sausage, pepperoni, vegetables)

Cut the French bread loaves in half lengthwise. In order to fit these onto my baking stone, I have to cut them in half again, but if you’re just using a baking sheet, you can skip that step.

Spread them with tomato sauce. It’s good to be a little stingy here, because you’re putting tomato sauce onto a very porous surface, and if you are heavy-handed with the sauce, your pizza will be on the soggy end of things.

Sprinkle the pizzas with mozzarella cheese. Add your preferred toppings.

Bake in a preheated 400 degree oven for 10-15 minutes, or until the crust is crispy and the cheese is melted.

If you like a browner topping, you can put these under the broiler for a minute or two. However, if you’re using a pizza stone, you’ll want to transfer the pizzas to a baking sheet before broiling, as a pizza stone may crack under a broiler.

Enjoy!

This post originally appeared on The Frugal Girl.
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Kristen blogs about saving money cheerfully at The Frugal Girl. In addition to being a life-long devotee of frugality, she’s a photography nut, a baker, a homeschooler, a musician, and more importantly, a wife and mom who loves God.

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