Pepperoni Pizza Monkey Bread

When you're 18, you're either bogged down with studies or out partying it up every chance you get.. or something in-between, usually.

When you're 18, you don't have a food blog. Maybe in a decade or two.. but not now; in normal cases, of course.

How does anyone find your little, newly created and completely unknown food blog, anyways?

I've had my sights set on this Pepperoni Pizza Monkey Bread for a while, and finally got around to trying it today.

It's scrumptious.

It comes out of the pan golden, crispy, and so very tasty. Somehow, it's much more appealing (visually, at least) than just a normal pizza, and it's worth the slight extra effort it takes to shape the individual bites.

It's also much more fun to eat.

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Pepperoni Pizza Monkey Bread

Barely adapted from Confections of a Foodie Bride

Ingredients

• 2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
• 4 Tbsp (55 g) butter
• 2 lbs pizza dough
• 6 oz (170 g) mozzarella cheese, cut into small cubes (about 50)
• 50 slices pepperoni
• Marinara sauce, warmed, for serving

Instructions

1. Heat garlic and butter over medium heat just until the garlic begins to brown. Remove from heat and let sit.

2. Lightly brush the inside of a bundt pan with garlic butter.

3. Pull off large marble-sized balls of dough and flatten. Top with a slice of pepperoni and a cube of mozzarella.

4. Wrap the dough around the pepperoni and cheese, pinching well to seal.

5. Very lightly brush the pizza ball with garlic butter and place into the bundt pan.

6. Repeat until all of the dough is used.

7. Cover and let sit for 30 minutes, while preheating the oven to 400.

8. Bake for about 30 minutes, until the top is very brown.

9. Remove from the oven and let sit for 10 minutes.

10. Turn out onto a platter and serve with warmed marinara sauce for dipping.