Garlic Bread Cheesy Pizza Dip {One Pan Skillet Recipe}

Cheesy Pizze Dip topped with pepperoni with a ring of garlic bread around it in a cast iron skillet.

Try serving this Skillet Garlic Bread Cheesy Pizza Dip for a fun weeknight dinner or at your next party or get-together. Simply pull off a piece of garlic bread and get dipping!

Cheesy Pizze Dip topped with pepperoni with a ring of garlic bread around it in a cast iron skillet.

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Garlic Bread Cheesy Pizza Dip

If you’re looking for a fun comfort food to serve for dinner, at a party or for a family movie night, then this recipe is for you.

Everyone will love this cheesy pizza dip topped with pizza sauce, pepperoni and surrounded by butter dipped garlic bread browned in the oven in a cast iron skillet. It’s the perfect cheesy, melty, bready dish that is sure to satisfy all of those comfort cravings.

This dish will definitely warm you up on a cold winter’s night and would be the perfect thing to serve with popcorn and hot cocoa for a fun family movie night.

If you don’t like pepperoni, feel free to switch it out for your favorite pizza toppings such as sausage, bell peppers, Canadian bacon or black olives. You can really customize it and make it just like your favorite take out.

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How to Make Garlic Bread Cheesy Pizza Dip:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Combine the butter, ½ teaspoon garlic powder, and red pepper flakes in a small bowl.

Cut each dinner roll into four equal parts rolling each piece into a ball.

Dip the dough ball into the butter mixture.

Place the dough ball along the outer edge of a 10-inch cast iron skillet, leaving the center open.

Bread dough balls dipped in butter in a small glass dish inside of a cast iron skillet.

Stack the remaining dough balls on top of the bottom layer.

Bread dough dipped in butter layered around the inside perimeter of a cast iron skillet.

Cover and allow the dough to rise until almost doubled in size, about 30 minutes.

While the dough is rising, mix the cream cheese, 1 cup mozzarella , mayonnaise, Italian seasoning and remaining garlic powder.

When the rolls have risen, layer the center of the skillet with the cheese mixture, pizza sauce, and shredded mozzarella. Top with pepperoni.

Pizza dip layered with pepperoni surrounded by raw bread dough in a cast iron skillet.

Brush the rolls with remaining seasoned butter and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the rolls are golden brown. If the rolls begin to get too brown, you may tent with aluminum foil.

Optional: Garnish with fresh basil before serving.

Cheesy Pizze Dip topped with pepperoni with a ring of garlic bread around it in a cast iron skillet.

Cheesy Pizze Dip topped with pepperoni with a ring of garlic bread around it in a cast iron skillet.
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Garlic Bread Cheesy Pizza Dip

A cheesy pizza dip surrounded by bread dough dipped in butter and baked in a cast iron skillet until golden brown.
Prep Time45 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time1 hour 5 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American, Italian
Keyword: Garlic Bread Cheesy Pizza Dip
Servings: 8
Calories: 358kcal

Ingredients

  • 6 tablespoons butter melted
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder divided
  • ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1 - 16 ounce package frozen bread dough dinner rolls, thawed
  • 1 - 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
  • 1 ½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese divided
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • ½ cup pizza sauce
  • ¼ cup ¾ ounce sliced pepperoni
  • 2 tablespoons shredded parmesan cheese
  • 2 tablespoons minced fresh basil for garnish

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
  • Combine the butter, ½ teaspoon garlic powder, and red pepper flakes in a small bowl.
  • Cut each dinner roll into four equal parts rolling each piece into a ball.
  • Dip the dough ball into the butter mixture.
  • Place the dough ball along the outer edge of a 10-inch cast iron skillet, leaving the center open.
  • Stack the remaining dough balls on top of the bottom layer.
  • Cover and allow the dough to rise until almost doubled in size, about 30 minutes.
  • While the dough is rising, mix the cream cheese, 1 cup mozzarella , mayonnaise, Italian seasoning and remaining garlic powder.
  • When the rolls have risen, layer the center of the skillet with the cheese mixture, pizza sauce, and shredded mozzarella. Top with pepperoni.
  • Brush the rolls with remaining seasoned butter and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
  • Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the rolls are golden brown. If the rolls begin to get too brown, you may tent with aluminum foil.
  • Optional: Garnish with fresh basil before serving.

Nutrition

Calories: 358kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 36g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 56mg | Sodium: 549mg | Potassium: 87mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 544IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 132mg | Iron: 1mg

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