Cheesy Pizza Party Ring

• Meat

  • 1/4 cup Pepperoni, slices

• Produce

  • 1/2 cup Spinach, fresh

• Condiments

  • 1/2 cup Pizza sauce or marinara sauce

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 tbsp All-purpose flour

• Bread & Baked Goods

  • 1 Pillsbury french loaf bread, refrigerated crusty

• Dairy

  • 1 cup Mozzarella cheese

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Description

Ingredients

• 1 Pillsbury™ refrigerated crusty French loaf bread
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup pizza sauce or marinara sauce, plus additional for dipping
• 1 cup (8 oz) mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 1/4 cup pepperoni slices, chopped
• 1/2 cup fresh spinach leaves (optional), coarsely chopped

Directions

• 1 Preheat oven to 375ºF.
• 2 Grease a Bundt or angel food pan with cooking spray. Open the French bread and place the dough log on a surfaced sprinkled with the flour. Use your palms to roll the log of dough until it is about 20 inches long. Circle the dough into a ring and pinch the edges to seal. Place in the prepared pan and bake for 20 to 22 minutes, or until the top starts to brown.
• 3 Let the bread cool in the pan for 5 minutes. If using a Bundt pan, invert the ring onto a cutting board. If using an angel food pan, just transfer the ring to a cutting board. Let the bread cool to the touch and use a serrated knife to cut slices about 1-inch apart in the bread around the ring, making sure not to cut all the way through the loaf.
• 4 Stuff a rounded teaspoon of pizza sauce or marinara sauce between each slice. Then, stuff mozzarella cheese between each slice, reserving a few tablespoons of the cheese. Stuff a few pieces of pepperoni and spinach leaves between each slice. Transfer to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Lightly sprinkle the remaining cheese over the loaf.
• 5 Bake for an additional 7 to 10 minutes, or until the cheese begins to brown. Serve with extra pizza sauce or marinara sauce (warmed) on the side for dipping.

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