This recipe for Texas Toast Garlic Bread Pizza is the easiest pizza I've ever made and it comes together in 5 minutes. It takes just as long as the Texas Toast takes to cook in the oven. Top with your favorite pre-cooked pizza ingredients and you've got an easy dinner in no time.
The air fryer is one of my favorite kitchen appliances. Check out some of these recipes! Air Fryer Chicken Parmesan, Air Fryer Oreos with Crescent Roll Dough, Air Fryer Grilled Cheese, and Air Fryer Toasted Ravioli.
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Why You Will Love This Recipe
I'm an Aldi Shopper and all these ingredients you can find at that store. These ingredients can be found at almost any grocery store.
Cooking the garlic bread for 5 minutes will help get the garlic bread nice and crispy!
You can make it in the air fryer or oven.
It comes together in under 10 minutes. You're kids can even make these for an after school snack!
Ingredients Needed
- Texas Toast Garlic Bread - Texas toast is a type of garlic bread that is sliced thicker than regular bread and then buttered and toasted.
- Pizza Sauce or Marinara Sauce - Marinara sauce is a basic Italian tomato sauce that typically consists of tomatoes, garlic, onions, olive oil, and herbs such as basil and oregano. I have a recipe for Basic Marinara Sauce.
- Pepperoni slices - or other pizza toppings
- Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese - Reduced-Fat Cheese has a lower calorie count and less saturated fat than regular cheese, but it may also have a different taste and texture. It also helps with keeping the calorie count pretty low for this recipe.
- See the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.
How to Make Texas Toast Pizza
Step 1: Preheat your air fryer to 350 degrees. Place the Texas toast in the air fryer and let it cook for 5 minutes.
Step 2: After 5 minutes, spread on pizza sauce. Can be store bought or homemade. Top with the cheese and pepperoni. Place it back in the air fryer and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes or until the cheese has melted.
Please Note: Sometimes the pepperoni will fly around in the air fryer basket while it is cooking. Just place them back on the garlic bread when it's done.
Bubbly garlicky pepperoni pizza ready in no time!
Enjoy!
What can I serve this recipe?
- Salad: I always love to serve pizza with a bag of Ceasar salad from the store. I won't tell anyone if you will. 😉
- Starches: Make Air Fryer Garlic Bread or Easy Cheesy Garlic Bread Sticks on the side
- Vegetables: Viral Cucumber and Sweet Pepper Salad, Smoked potatoes or smoked asparagus
Recipe FAQS
Yes you can, set the temperature to 375 and time for 5 to 7 minutes. Place the pizzas in a single layer in the air fryer basket so they aren't overlapping.
You can if you want a crispier pice of garlic bread but it isn't necessary.
Cosori 4 Qt Air Fryer- This air fryer doesn't require any preheating and has several different functions for cooking chicken, meat, frozen foods, etc. There are 5 different functions.
Some air fryers require preheating and some do not. Be sure to check your air fryer manual.
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Texas Toast Garlic Bread Pizza
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 5 min
- Total Time: 15 min
- Yield: 8 1x
- Category: Easy
- Method: Oven or Air Fryer
- Cuisine: American
Description
This is the easiest pizza I've ever made and it comes together in 5 minutes. It takes just as long as the Texas Toast takes to cook in the oven.
Ingredients
- 8 slices of Texas Toast Garlic Bread (frozen)
- 8 tablespoons Pizza Sauce
- 2 oz of Pepperoni or other pizza toppings
- 2 Cups Shredded Mozarella Cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375*.
- Place the garlic bread on a cookie sheet that has been sprayed with non stick cooking spray.
- Next add a little bit of pizza sauce to each slice of bread enough to cover the one side of the bread, then top it with pepperoni or your desired pizza toppings. Lastly, cover with cheese.
- Continue this process until all the slices of bread are done.
- Bake in the oven for 5-6 minutes or until cheese is melted.
Air Fryer Instructions:
- Preheat your air fryer to 350 degrees. Place the Texas toast in the air fryer and let it cook for 5 minutes.
- After 5 minutes, spread on pizza sauce. Can be store bought or homemade. Top with the cheese and pepperoni. Place it back in the air fryer and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes or until the cheese has melted.
Notes
Recipe adapted from Mom Hates Cooking
My WW Personal Points: 9 Click here to see in recipe builder (will have to log in)
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 toast
- Calories: 310
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 622mg
- Fat: 19g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 19g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 15g
Meryl says
Probably stupid question, but would the conventional oven settings be the same for a toaster oven? This would be a great after school snack or weekend lunch for my kids, but we don't let them use the oven if we aren't home.
M Waqas says
TEXAS TOAST GARLIC BREAD PIZZA is my favorite recipe that he cooks many times in a week. But I feel your tips are best and it will make this tastier. These are easy tips for delicious recipes.
Thanks for sharing this.
kanisha says
Great content Easy and delicious recipe
Sandystrem says
Love the recipe. The next time I will bake the toast a couple of minutes first in the Air Fryer as my husband thought them too soft/soggy in the middle. But delicious!
Kim RN says
I had to add extra cooking time so the toast wouldn't be soggy. I wonder if it would be better to set the oven temp to the setting suggested on the box as if you were making the toast by itself? Tasty recipe, though!
Maria Smith says
This is one of my favorite recipe that i would like to cook a lot. But now after following your tips, I hope it's going to be tastier. Thanks
Rabada says
Garlic is a natural antiseptic that has several medicinal purposes. This herb is a good natural remedy for cough or cold. Moreover, it is ideal for those with rheumatism, as garlic soothes the nerves and muscles. You can eat it raw by grating it and mixing it with honey. This garlic-honey mixture is truly potent in treating several respiratory ailments.
Jamie says
I made the Texas Toast Pizza. Delicious! SImple to make and my family devoured them. I added peppers, green onions, pepperoni, cheese. Thanks for sharing this recipe
Lydia Carta says
So simple on a busy day. And delicious! Thank you for sharing your recipe. Will make again and again.
Jenna says
No I would have said that you were supposed to cook it in the instructions.