Pizza Monkey Bread

I wanted to make some actual food and meals instead of all desserts and sweets

So I made this for dinner tonight

(It honestly went better than my real monkey bread attempts)

I was going to buy the pizza dough because I didn't want it to turn out bad 

But this recipe was attached to the Pizza Monkey Bread recipe

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cup warm water, divided
1 tsp sugar
1 envelope (2 1/4 tsp) instant yeast
2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for greasing bowl
4 cups (22 oz) bread flour
1 1/2 tsp salt

Put 1/2 cup warm water into the bowl of your stand mixer and stir in sugar until dissolved.

 Sprinkle the yeast over the top and let stand until frothy, about 5 minutes. Add the remaining water and oil.

Add the flour and salt to the stand mixer bowl fitted with the dough hook.

 Mix on low until the flour is combined and then turn up the speed and knead until the dough is smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes. 

Transfer the dough to an oiled bowl (I remove the dough, oil the stand mixer bowl, and put the dough back in… one less dirty dish).

 Cover with plastic wrap until it doubles in volume, about 1 ½ to 2 hours.

The dough should look something like this after rising

It made really good dough and was extremely easy to make

This was one of my family's new favorite meals it appears

The only problem is that you have to let the dough rise than make all the pieces then it sits again then it takes a while to cook but it was really worth it

Here is the rest  of the recipe:

2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced4 Tbsp butter2 lbs pizza dough (I used all of the dough from recipe above)6 oz mozzarella cheese, cut into small cubes (I cut up string cheese because that is what I had)2-3 cups marinara sauce, warmed, for servingAnything that you would like in you pizza


Instructions
Heat garlic and butter over medium heat just until the garlic begins to brown. Remove from heat and let sit.
Lightly brush the inside of a bundt pan (or other oven-safe dish) with garlic butter.
Pull off large marble-sized balls of dough and flatten (Depending on what you want in it it might have to use more dough)  Top with your       
                                                         toppings and a cube of mozzarella.
Wrap the dough around the filling, pinching well to seal.
Very lightly brush the pizza ball with garlic butter and place into the bundt pan
Repeat until all of the dough is used.
Cover and let sit for 30 minutes, while preheating the oven to 400.
Bake for ~35 minutes, until the top is very brown.
Remove from the oven and let sit for 10 minutes.
Turn out onto a platter and serve with warmed marinara sauce for dipping.

I flipped mine over again so it was easier to pull apart

 

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Culinary Artist in Training
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