Pizza Monkey Bread in a Skillet

I like the Dorot Gardens Prepackaged and Portioned Herbs that are stored in the freezer and are available for use whenever the urge to cook strikes. For this recipe, I’m using the crushed garlic and chopped basil for a savory monkey bread.

This twist on traditional pizza is made in a skillet and makes perfect pizza bites that just pull apart. With the garlic basil butter, it is a cross between the best garlic bread you’ve ever had and a pepperoni pizza.

Delicious as a meal or an appetizer. Lovely pizza flavor and everyone went back for more until it was all gone.

16 Bridgford Parkerhouse Roll Dough
1 cup pizza sauce
½ cup butter, divided
4 cloves garlic, minced or 4 cubes Dorot Crushed Garlic
¼ cup fresh basil, chopped or 2 cubes of Dorot Basil Cubes
2 cups mozzarella cheese, grated
¼ cup chopped pepperoni
¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional)

Thaw the 16 rolls in the refrigerator. Lightly oil a 10 inch cast iron skillet.

Place ¼ cup butter, garlic and basil in a small skillet. Melt the butter and stir to let flavors combine. Remove from heat and set aside. Combine cheese and pepperoni and mix well. Grate the remaining ¼ cup butter into the cheese mixture and stir.

Place ½ cup pizza sauce in the bottom of the skillet. Dredge the thawed rolls of dough in the garlic basil butter. Then dredge in the cheese, pepperoni and butter. Place the rolls in the skillet until filled. Sprinkle over the top any leftover cheese pepperoni mix. Set aside in a draft fee area for 1 hour or until the rolls are puffy. I put mine in the cold oven with the oven light on.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Place the skillet on the middle rack and bake for 30 minutes or until rolls are browned and cheese is bubbly. Put a sheet pan beneath to catch any drips. Allow the monkey bread to sit in the pan for 5 minutes to cool before turning out onto a plate (be careful of the small amount of pizza sauce that wasn’t absorbed by the rolls while cooking). Sprinkle the top with red pepper flakes if using. Warm any remaining pizza sauce for use in dunking.