Texas Toast Pizzas
Quick, cheesy Texas Toast Pizzas are perfect for busy nights or fun family dinners—cheesy, meaty, garlicky, buttery, and customizable for everyone!
20-MINUTE GARLIC BREAD PIZZAS
Looking for a quick, kid-approved (and adult approved!) dinner idea that’s as fun to make as it is to eat? These Texas Toast Pizzas are the perfect recipe. With their crispy, garlic buttery base and endless topping possibilities, these personal pizzas are a quick way to have a yummy pizza night. Using frozen garlic bread Texas Toast is the perfect (and delicious!) shortcut. I love having fun with Garlic Texas Toast and use it for lots of recipes like: Texas Toast French Dips, Texas Toast Sloppy Joes, Texas Toast Chicken Parmesan Pizzas.
We love these especially on Cole’s Texas Toast. Turned out great and will definitely make again and again!
– Jenny
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
The toppings are endless. You can use whatever toppings you enjoy on regular pizzas. Grilled onions, ham pieces, ground beef, diced peppers, olives, mushrooms, and banana peppers. If you don’t want Italian sausage, just leave it out. This is more of an idea than it is an exact recipe.
You can use regular Texas Toast but I would add a light layer of garlic butter. You can make your own garlic butter by using softened butter and garlic powder or make some fancier Garlic Herb Butter. Then bake the toast for a few minutes before moving on to the rest of the recipe. You could even use any leftover hamburger or hot dog buns and make some garlic bread out of those the same way. We did that a lot as a kid to use up leftover buns.
Anything you enjoy with regular pizzas is what would go great with these Texas Toast Pizzas! A nice garden salad with some steamed vegetables would work nicely.
Sure, change up the pizza sauce for other options like Pesto Sauce or Alfredo sauce for a few more fun twists.
You can keep the cooked pizzas in the fridge for up to 3 days. You can reheat in the oven or air fryer at 350° F for 3-5 minutes or until heated through.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (SEE RECIPE CARD BELOW FOR THE FULL RECIPE)
- Italian sausage– you can use ground beef instead of sausage if desired. Additionally, you can leave the meat off.
- frozen garlic Texas Toast – use any brand you like. The Wal-mart great value brand is my go-to usually. Some of them have different cooking temperatures and time so you really want to go with what is on the back of the box.
- warmed pizza sauce– you can whatever your favorite pizza sauce brand is or you can make some Homemade Pizza Sauce.
- shredded mozzarella cheese– I really like the Kraft Shredded Mozzarella Cheese that has the Philadelphia Cream Cheese in it. I think it melts so much better but obviously, any brand of shredded mozzarella cheese will work or you can shred it yourself.
- pepperoni slices
- dried parsley– this is an optional garnish for your pizza slices. Instead of parsley, you can use Italian seasoning or dried oregano for even more flavor.
- red pepper flakes – this is an optional topping.
HOW TO MAKE TEXAS TOAST PIZZAS
Cook and crumble Italian sausage. Drain any excess grease. Preheat the oven to the temperature on the garlic Texas Toast box. On a parchment paper-lined baking sheet add the Texas Toast. Cook the toast according to the directions. Flip halfway through cooking so both sides are toasted. This will take approximately 7-9 minutes. Remove the toast from the oven. To each slice add about 1 Tablespoon of pizza sauce.
Sprinkle the cooked sausage on top of the sauce. Sprinkle the cheese evenly on top of all the slices.
Top the cheese with the pepperoni slices. Place back in the oven. Bake for 3-5 minutes or until the cheese is melted.
Remove from the oven and sprinkle the parsley and red pepper flakes on top. Add the remainder of the sauce to a bowl for dipping.
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Texas Toast Pizzas (+Video)
Ingredients
- ½ pound Italian sausage
- 1 box frozen garlic Texas Toast (8 slices)
- 14 ounce jar pizza sauce (slightly warmed, divided use)
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese (more or less to taste)
- 24 pepperoni slices
- 1 Tablespoon dried parsley (optional)
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional)
Instructions
- Cook and crumble 1/2 pound Italian sausage. Drain any excess grease.
- Preheat the oven to the temperature on the 1 box frozen garlic Texas Toast. On a parchment paper-lined (or sprayed with nonstick cooking spray) baking sheet, add the Texas Toast.
- Cook the toast according to the directions. Flip halfway through cooking so both sides are toasted. This will take approximately 7-9 minutes. Remove the toast from the oven.
- To each slice add about 1 Tablespoon pizza sauce.
- Sprinkle the cooked sausage on top of the sauce.
- Sprinkle 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese (divided evenly) on top of all the slices.
- Top each pizza with 3 pepperoni slices.
- Place back in the oven. Bake for about 3-5 minutes or until the cheese is melted.
- Remove from the oven and sprinkle dried parsley and red pepper flakes on top (optional).
- Add the remainder of the warmed pizza sauce to a bowl for dipping.
Video
Notes
- Please refer to my FAQ’s (Frequently Asked Questions) and ingredient list above for other substitutions or for the answers to the most common questions.
Nutrition
Nutritional Disclaimer
“The Country Cook” is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories and other nutritional values can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.
We love these especially on Cole’s Texas Toast. Turned out great and will definitely make again and again!
I love Cole’s Texas Toast – it’s the best!