{"id":56814,"date":"2026-08-28T15:24:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T21:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/?p=56814"},"modified":"2026-08-28T15:27:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T21:27:15","slug":"french-bread-pizza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/2026\/08\/28\/french-bread-pizza\/","title":{"rendered":"French Bread Pizza"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Yield: 4<\/h4>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">Spend with Pennies<\/h6>\n<p>Crusty French bread is topped with garlic butter, pizza sauce, oregano, and two kinds of cheese before baking to melty perfection, perfect for busy weeknights.<br \/>\nPrep: 10 Cook: 20<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">1<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">loaf French bread<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">\u00bc<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">cup salted butter softened<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">1<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">clove garlic minced, or \u00bd tsp garlic powder<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">1\u00bd<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">cups pizza sauce<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">\u00bd<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">tsp dried oregano<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">2<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">cups shredded mozzarella cheese<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">\u00bc<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">cup shredded Parmesan cheese<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"id-ingredient-name\">toppings as desired pepperoni, ham, sausage, mushrooms, peppers, pineapple, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Preheat oven to 450\u00b0F.<\/p>\n<p>Cut the <strong>bread<\/strong> in half lengthwise.<\/p>\n<p>Combine <strong>butter<\/strong> and <strong>garlic<\/strong> in a small bowl. Spread over the <strong>bread.<\/strong> Place on a baking sheet, cut side up, and bake for 5 minutes or until lightly browned and crisp on top.<\/p>\n<p>Remove from the oven and spread <strong>pizza sauce<\/strong> on the top. Sprinkle with <strong>oregano.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Top with <strong>cheese<\/strong> and <strong>toppings<\/strong> as desired. Bake 12-15 minutes or until browned and bubbly. Broil for 1-2 minutes if desired.<\/p>\n<p>Cool for 5 minutes before slicing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yield: 4 Spend with Pennies Crusty French bread is topped with garlic butter, pizza sauce, oregano, and two kinds of cheese before baking to melty perfection, perfect for busy weeknights. Prep: 10 Cook: 20 1loaf French bread \u00bccup salted butter softened 1clove garlic minced, or \u00bd tsp garlic powder 1\u00bdcups pizza sauce \u00bdtsp dried oregano 2cups shredded mozzarella cheese \u00bccup shredded Parmesan cheese toppings as desired pepperoni, ham, sausage, mushrooms, peppers, pineapple, etc. Preheat oven to 450\u00b0F. Cut the bread&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/2026\/08\/28\/french-bread-pizza\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[486],"tags":[488],"class_list":["post-56814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pizza","tag-french-bread"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/FrernchBreadPizza.jpg?fit=594%2C396&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56814"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56819,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56814\/revisions\/56819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}