Pizza Monkey Bread

Name: Pizza Monkey Bread
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Ingredients: 2 (1-pound) balls, pizza dough; 4 ounces sliced, pepperoni; 3 tablespoons, extra-virgin olive oil; 1 1/2 ounces, Parmesan cheese, grated (3/4 cup); 1/2 teaspoon, dried oregano; 8 (4 1/2-inch) sticks, mozzarella string cheese; 3 tablespoons, extra-virgin olive oil; 4 , garlic cloves, minced; 1 (28-ounce) can, crushed tomatoes; 1/2 teaspoon, dried oregano; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 1/2 teaspoon, pepper

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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2014

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As a fresh twist on sweet monkey bread, this pizza-flavored version is a knockout concept. Too bad most of the recipes we tried failed to execute it well.

SERVES6 to 8

TIME1¾ hours, plus 30 minutes rising and 20 minutes cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Just as does the sweet, cinnamon sugar version, this monkey bread consists of balls of dough baked into a ring meant for pulling apart and eating with your hands. For ease, we start off with store-bought pizza dough. Instead of shaping and ...

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