Make a batch of air fryer french bread pizzas for lunch or as a late night snack with this quick and easy recipe. In just minutes, you can be biting into a crispy cheesy bite of heaven.
Making french bread pizza in the air fryer is one of the best ways to get a crispy pizza bread with cheese. It's soft in the center, crispy on the crust and absolutely addicting to eat. Once loaf of french bread makes enough to feed all four of us.
If you've tried Baked French Bread Pizzas before, then you already know you're in for a real treat, but making homemade french bread pizza in the air fryer is great too.
Why This Recipe Works
- It's really fast! This recipe comes together in just a few minutes, making it perfect for a faster lunch option. Enjoy a hot meal in no time flat thanks to air frying french bread pizza.
- Minimal ingredients. You don't need much to make this recipe. Some french bread, some sauce, cheese and toppings. You can go as heavy or as light as you want on the pizza toppings to really customize your own slice of heaven.
- Everyone will love it! Everybody loves pizza and this bread pizza has got it all from the crispy to the soft and the melty cheese and toppings all coming together to create a perfect bite and experience.
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🥘 Ingredients
French bread loaf- You'll want a loaf of french bread pizza, or Italian loaf. I like to find my loaves of bread on the day old markdown racks at my local grocery store.
Olive oil- This will help to make your bread more crispy!
Pizza sauce- Use your favorite pizza sauce or homemade.
Shredded Mozzarella cheese- You can shred it yourself or buy it pre-shredded to save time. I like to use the pre-shredded pizza blend of cheeses.
Pizza Toppings- You can use any pizza toppings that you enjoy. Pepperoni, black olives, etc.
For specific quantities, see the recipe card below.
🍽 Equipment Needed
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- Air Fryer
- Pastry Brush
- Spatula
🔪 Instructions
Check out how to make air fryer french bread pizzas with these simple step-by-step instructions:
Slice your french bread into 4 pieces by slicing it in half horizontally and then in half again. Note that you may need to cut the slices even smaller to fit in your air fryer, or you may need to work in batches to get it all to fit.
Place the bread into your air fryer.
Brush the tops of the bread with olive oil before heating at 350 degrees F for 4 minutes.
Remove the bread from the air fryer and then top with your pizza sauce.
Add toppings next, before following with the cheese on top. This will hold the toppings down so that they don't fly around inside of the air fryer.
Place the pizzas back into the air fryer basket.
Cook for another 5 minutes at 350 degrees F.
Serve warm and enjoy.
🧾 Substitutions
Different Bread Options
While french bread is the more "preferred" bread option of choice, you can honestly use just about anything. I've even made Air Fryer Tortilla Pizza before!
Here are some great ideas to choose from if you don't ant to use french bread:
- A loaf of cuban bread- I find this at all of the Walmarts down here in Florida and it works pretty well.
- Italian loaf- This is a softer crust so the pizza wont be as crispy, great if you like your pizzas softer.
- Baguette- You can make air fried baguette pizza by using a baguette. The bread will be more crisp and the slices will be smaller as a result.
📖 Variations
Different Sauces and Toppings
You can mix and match any of your favorite pizza sauces and toppings including:
- Red pizza sauce
- Pesto sauce
- Alfredo sauce (like my Cream Cheese Alfredo Sauce) or Barbecue sauce
- Pepperoni
- Green onions
- Green bell peppers
- Red onions
- Shredded chicken
- Different cheeses
- Pineapple chunks
- and more!
🍴 Recipe Tips
Cut to fit
You will need to cut your bread to size to get it to fit into your air fryer. Whether this means to slice it in half lengthwise or in quarters will really depend on the loaf of choice and the size of your air fryer.
Order matters!
Make sure to place the pizza toppings on the bread after the sauce and BEFORE the cheese. The cheese will melt and hold the toppings down so that they don't fly around inside of the air fryer. Pepperoni is known to pop up and fly around, leaving your pizza behind.
Adjust time as needed
You can adjust the cooking time by adding a minute or two, or reducing it, depending on how crisp or soft you want the pizza to be.
🍳Reheating
To reheat your pizza bread in an air fryer, place it back into the air fryer basket and cook at 380 degrees F for 2-3 minutes or until warmed through.
💭 FAQs
You can keep your leftover french bread pizza stored in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 3 or so days, but it will taste best when freshest. Reheat again before serving to help restore some of that fresh taste.
If you have a frozen french bread pizza (like Stouffer’s or Red Baron) then you can heat it from frozen in your air fryer by cooking it at 350 degrees F for roughly 6 minutes or until warmed through.
By cooking the bread for a few minutes before adding the sauce we help to make the fluffy soft bread a little more firm so that it holds up to the moisture of the sauce and doesn't make our pizzas soggy.
More great air fryer recipes to check out soon
- Air Fryer Chicken Tacos
- Air Fryer BBQ Chicken Breasts
- Air Fryer Tortilla Pizza
- Air Fryer Tostadas
- Air Fryer Pizza Rolls
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📖 Recipe
Air Fryer French Bread Pizzas
Equipment
- Spatula
Ingredients
- 1 French bread loaf ($1.00)
- ¼ cup Olive oil ($0.52)
- ½ cup pizza Sauce ($0.38)
- 2 cups Shredded mozzarella cheese ($1.98)
toppings of choice
- Pepperoni
Instructions
- Slice your french bread into 4 pieces by slicing it in half horizontally and then in half again. Note that you may need to cut the slices even smaller to fit in your air fryer, or you may need to work in batches to get it all to fit.
- Place the bread into your air fryer.
- Brush the tops of the bread with olive oil before heating at 350 degrees F for 4 minutes.
- Remove the bread from the air fryer and then top with your pizza sauce.
- Add toppings next, before following with the cheese on top. This will hold the toppings down so that they don't fly around inside of the air fryer.
- Place the pizzas back into the air fryer basket.
- Cook for another 5 minutes at 350 degrees F.
- Serve warm and enjoy.
Notes
- You will need to cut your bread to size to get it to fit into your air fryer, whether this means to slice it in half lengthwise or in quarters will really depend on the loaf of choice and the size of your air fryer.
- Make sure to place the pizza toppings on the bread after the sauce and BEFORE the cheese. The cheese will melt and hold the toppings down so that they don't fly around inside of the air fryer. Pepperoni is known to pop up and fly around, leaving your pizza behind.
- You can adjust the cooking time by adding a minute or two, or reducing it, depending on how crisp or soft you want the pizza to be.
- To reheat your pizza bread in an air fryer, place it back into the air fryer basket and cook at 380 degrees F for 2-3 minutes or until warmed through.
- You can keep your leftover french bread pizza stored in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 3 or so days, but it will taste best when freshest. Reheat again before serving to help restore some of that fresh taste.
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