Instant Pot Pizza Pull Apart Bread
I saw a post in a group on Facebook that asked if you could do Instant Pot Pizza pull apart bread, I saw it and accepted the challenge. The results were amazing!
I don't have the small bundt pan yet, so I used my springform pan with a heat-safe bowl in the middle.
The thing I kept reading was that this needed a dry heat that you get from a conventional oven and that the Instant Pot would be too moist. However because I had already done this Apple Cinnamon Pull Apart Bread, I knew that this was completely doable.
So for this challenge. This was super simple to make and my kids loved it. I should have listened months ago when I was told to get me a pressure cooker and start making recipes because now I just want to cook everything in my instant pot!
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Instant Pot Pizza Pull Apart Bread
Ingredients
- 2 cans pizza dough
- ⅓ cup olive oil
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley chopped
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 pack mini pepperonis
- pizza sauce for dipping
Instructions
- Cut pizza dough into 1-inch strips, then about 1 to 2 inch sections I used a pizza cutter.
- Combine ingredients in a bowl.
- Use your hands to toss all ingredients.
- Put into either springform pan, or bundt pan.
- Add 1 cup of water to the bottom of your ip.
- Drop your pan in.
- Place in the pressure cooker on manual high pressure for 10 minutes and Quick Release.
Cathey
Hi! Would love to make this but not sure what you mean when cutting the pizza dough. Do you have separate pieces of dough? Then it is all mix together? Look forward to hearing from you.
Pink
Yes you cut the dough into squares. That's how you make it "pull apart "
Don
What size can of pizza dough did you use? Pillsbury comes in 13.8 ounce tubes, from the refrigererated section.
Pink
Those are the ones I got
Kelly Pelicaric
I did 10 min and the dough was still wet and raw. My manual button doesn't allow for temp adjust. Any suggestions
Pink
What do you mean? Like you can't do manual high?
Kelly Pelicaric
If I use the manual setting I can't adjust for low med or high.
Pink
Doesn't it default to high? I usually just hit manual and it's already set to high.
Kelly Pelicaric
I assumed manual just meant high, as well. I'll try it again, won't cross it off my list just yet.
Cyndie
When you first turn it in hit pressure and the arrow button for either low or high then when you hit manual it should be on high pressure
Jessica
Do you have to have the bowl in the middle? I cook this in the oven and as long as I don’t pile it on in the middle it usually turns out great!
Pink
Yes I added the bowl to keep the middle from falling in. I hadn't gotten my bundt pan yet.
Jennifer
Do you put the bundt pan right on the water or do you put a trivit in first?
Jamela Porter
On a trivit
Samanrha
Do you cover it with foil?
Jamela Porter
You can. But I didnt
Chari
Against my better judgment, I went ahead and made this anyway. Sure enough, the end result was to be expected. Raw and mushy. Doesn’t matter where you live, what altitude you’re in, etc…. This doesn’t work in the Instant Pot. I see from your picture that you used the oven to brown the top; you don’t mention that in the recipe instructions.
Jamela Porter
I didn't use an oven to brown and it does work.. Which the post proves... It has been made before, by others with no issue. And yes altitude will have an effect on cooking results
Barb G.
What size IP do you use and what size was the spring form pan.?? I have all the ingredients but pans too large for my 8 quart IP. So have to go out and buy something that will work. Yours looks nice and crispy..not sure I can achieve that without oven..but will experiment.
Jamela Porter
I have a 6 qt and I use a 7 inch spring form
Mary Jane
Are you using a standard non-instant pot made spring form pan inside your IP?
Jamela Porter
No the inner pot of the Instant pot is 8.66″, leaves plenty of room. Most I have seen used are 7"
Marilyn Simmons
Silly me. I bought all ingredients then discovered I have no spring form or bundt pans that will fit into my instapot- any idea what oven temp and time to use for conventional cooking?
Jamela Porter
I have a 6 qt any 7 inch should fit you can also use a 7 cup oven safe Pyrex bowl.
Erica
I do not have a bundt or springform pan. Can I use a cake pan?
Jamela Porter
If it fits. Anything oven safe.
Mindy Ezell
Can I use fresh pizza dough like from Publix?
Do I mix the dough with all of the ingredients. No sauce added to the dough? What makes it look reddish brown then?
Does the dough rise or is it a flat pizza with double dough layers?
Thanks!
Excited to make this tomorrow!
Kathy Kelley
I used a cake pan. I had to cook on manual high pressure for 20 minutes to get the dough in the middle done.