Bill Roper's Journal

Yesterday, when I was over at Sam's Club, I picked up a couple of the big loaves of ciabatta bread. Today, I cut them in half in both directions and we made pizza bread. This took a can and a half of pizza sauce (happily, I had a half-sized can in the pantry), two pouches of shredded cheese, pepperoni (for all), and mushrooms (for Gretchen and K). Assembly was simple, I popped the two cookie sheets into the oven, and eight minutes later, we had some lovely pizza bread.

It *looked* huge. Gretchen and I had no trouble getting through our half-loaves; the kids didn't quite manage to finish theirs, but it can be reheated.

I'm keeping this approach in mind for the winter break festivities, because the ciabatta loaves are a lot cheaper -- and easier to manage! -- than Boboli crusts. Or pizza crust dough. :)