Italian Pizza Bread Recipe

Course Appetizer, Bread

Cuisine Italian

Keyword Bread, italian bread, pizza

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 1

Bread Proofing 2

Servings servings

Calories 188kcal

Author Janine Waite

Place flour, yeast, salt and sugar in a mixing bowl. Bread makers always say to not place the yeast on top or near the salt.
Mix dry ingredients and create a well in the middle and pour lukewarm water in the hole.
Mix with a spoon or spatula.
Attach the dough hook to your Kitchen Aid mixer and knead the dough for six minutes.
You can knead the dough by hand, but this will take about 20-25 minutes.
Once the dough is done kneading, lightly flour a bowl and place the dough in the bowl.
Cover with a wet tea towel.
Allow dough to sit in a warm part of your house until it is double in size. You can also proof the dough in a 100° oven. If you do this, it takes about an hour to double the dough.
Once the dough has doubled in size, knock the air out of the dough by lightly punching it.
Place the dough on a lightly floured counter.
Shape in a rectangle, four squares across and two squares down. You can view my photos and videos for this step.
Place toppings on your dough.
Cut into to somewhat equal squares. You should have eight small square pizzas.
Fold the squares in half.
Place your pizzas in a greased loaf pan with the fold on the bottom.
Proof or allow your loaf to rise for 15 minutes.
Preheat your oven to 350° while you are waiting for the bread to rise.
Bake in a oven for about 60 minutes.
Once out of the oven, coat your loaf with olive oil.
Serve in pan or out of pan on a plate. Pull apart the pizza.