This is what you’d get if you crossed cheese bread with avocado.
With pizza.
It’s also vegan, made with whole-wheat flour, and bakes in a skillet with no kneading and no fuss.
The dough comes together in one bowl in minutes, and the bread is ready in 30 minutes. Sold yet?
Last week Gaby invited some San Diego-area bloggers out to lunch to celebrate the release of her new cookbook, Absolutely Avocados
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The recipes are creative and fun, Gaby’s writing is easy-breezy and a joy to read, the photography is stunning, and the book is just wonderful. Two thumbs up.
Reading all those avocado recipes got my wheels turning and I came up with this.
I took advantage of the natural, plant-based healthy fats found in avocado, skipped any butter in the dough, and added just two tablespoons of oil for this big slab ‘ole pizza bread.
Between the seasonings and the cheese, the avocado and sour cream, it’s dense, cheesy, and packed with savory flavor.
Avocado, sour cream, buttermilk, and cheese (use vegan ingredients if desired) keep the bread soft, chewy, and very moist.
It’s so moist that when I placed it on the cooling rack after baking, it released a few tablespoons of water onto the counter. That’s some moist bread. If you’re looking for thin and crispy, dry, light and airy, this isn’t that.
The whole wheat flour adds extra chewiness, texture, and an earthier, nuttier flavor that comes with whole wheat flour.
I love the taste and health benefits of whole wheat flour but it can be tricky to get to rise properly because is has less gluten. However, it’s perfect in dough that it’s okay if it stays flatter and denser, like Whole Wheat Pizza Dough, Honey Whole Wheat Skillet Bread, or this bread.
If you like cheese bread, pizza, or are already an avocado fan, all the bases are covered here.
If you’re not an avocado fan, you’re still in luck because the avocado flavor is hardly noticeable. It adds creaminess, richness, moisture, and softness.
The pizza bread would be great served with a side of guacamole (I ran out of ripe avocados), sour cream, salsa, pico de gallo. And when all else fails, my 6 year old dipped hers in ketchup.
So many bases covered in one recipe. Pizza, bread, cheese, avocado. We were fans.
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30-Minute Cheesy Avocado Skillet Pizza Bread (Whole-Wheat and Vegan)
Ingredients
- 2 medium ripe avocados, mashed (I used Hass)
- 1 ¼ cups buttermilk*, see vegan tip if don’t keep it around
- ¼ cup sour cream or thick Greek yogurt*
- 2 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil
- 2 cups shredded cheese, one 8-ounce package, divided*
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose seasoning blend, or to taste (Mrs. Dash varieties, TJ’s 21 Salute, Lawry’s Seasoning Salt, grill seasoning, etc.)
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- pinch salt, optional and to taste (remember buttermilk is salted, cheese has salt, and many seasoning blends contain salt)
- *To Keep Vegan – Use vegan buttermilk. Make by combining 1 1/4 cups non-dairy milk, or regular milk if vegan considerations aren’t important and you just don’t keep buttermilk on hand with 2 tablespoons white vinegar or lemon juice, let stand for 10 minutes, stir, and use. Use vegan sour cream/yogurt, and vegan cheese to keep recipe vegan.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F. Spray an enameled 10 1/4-inch cast-iron skillet (or skillet that’s 10 to 12 inches in diameter) with cooking spray, grease a seasoned cast iron skillet, or prepare an oven-safe skillet; set aside. Bread could likely be made in a sprayed 9-by-13-inch pan although I haven’t tested it.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine first four ingredients and whisk to combine.
- Add about 6 ounces of cheese and fold to incorporate.
- Add the remaining ingredients and fold to incorporate. Batter will be lumpy, bumpy, thick, and not at all smooth; don’t overmix and don’t try to make it smooth.
- Turn dough out into skillet. Bake at 400F for 15 minutes.
- Remove skillet from oven, and evenly sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top.
- Lower oven temperature to 350F, return skillet to oven, and bake for 15 minutes, or bread is cooked through and cheese is golden.
- Optionally, place skillet under the broiler for 1 to 2 minutes in order to brown the cheese more. Be very, very careful if you use the broiler so you don’t burn it. It can burn in the span of 1 minute; stand right there and watch it the entire time. I keep the oven door ajar.
- With a large spatula, slide or nudge bread out of skillet and onto a wire rack to cool. Don’t keep it in the skillet because it will continue to cook from the carryover heat. Slice and serve after it’s sufficiently cooled. Serve plain, with guacamole, salsa, sour cream, or your favorite dip. Bread will keep airtight for up to 4 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
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How do you enjoy avocados?
What do you like to make in your skillet?
Wow, this looks great! I can’t say I’ve ever had avocado on a pizza before, but I love the stuff. I love using my skillet anywhere I can, too.
Skillet dinners are the best timesavers. You can pretty much throw just about anything in, and somehow it works out!
Wow, these images of your bread & avocado crossbreed is making me hungry. I have just recently switched from eating my regular meat and rice based meals to a selection of simple salads & with a mix of protein shakes. Trying to be healthy and loose weight at the same time.
I’m forwarding this blog to my wife so we can include this in a variety of food choices.
Do you do the photography yourself? What type of lens do you use to produce such wonderful images?
Yes I do all my own photography for my blog and cookbooks! Thanks!
I shoot with a Mark II 5D and either a 24-70 or a 50mm/1.2
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Sweet.. :-) I do photography but weddings…. I see the Macro lens is on your Wishlist.. Have you had any experience with Macro Lens yet? I haven’t :-( I’d like to use it for rings and extreme closeup for my business..
I only use my 24-70 and 50/1.2 and am more than fine with those two. Guess I need to update that wish list…I don’t even really wish for any other lenses. For what I need, my bases are covered!
LOL…. I’m trying to find reason on why I should add a Macro Lens… Haha.. Yeah 99% of mine is covered..
That just made me laugh when she dips hers in ketchup! Sounds just like my 6 yr old! They’ll dip anything into anything…
What a great way to have and make pizza! Love how it’s all on the healthy side. (=
When in doubt, adding ketchup is always a good call. Or ranch dressing :)
ummm YES! Cheese + avocado + pizza + bread = DYING. All my favorite things in one! This is so creative and sounds SO good, Averie!
Thanks, Marie! Glad you like it!
My 3-year old used to be a huge fan of avocados when she was an infant, but her tastebuds have changed. Now she won’t touch them with a ten-foot pole. This sounds like a great way to incorporate avocados into something that she’d really enjoy!
Yes it would be b/c you can’t even taste it. Bad for those who want to taste it, but good if you need to be a sneaky chef!
Oh my goodness…this bread sounds so incredible! My mouth is literally watering…mmmmm!
Oh yes, you sold it well, I pinned it as it’s a must. I found delicious avocados on a marker 5 for 1 euro, so guess how many I have in my kitchen basket :D
Thanks for pinning! And sounds like you found yourself a deal – great timing!
This sounds so incredible!! And those little hidden avocado gems are what makes it!
It’s like chunks of banana in banana bread – the gems, indeed!
Well, you know I love avocados! This pizza or bread or whatever we a re calling it is calling my name! Cheesy, full of avocados and bread. WINNER! Great recipe, Averie!
Oh and that lunch sounds like so much fun!
Well, you know how I am about avocado, but this is totally different in my mind. I do need to try to start cooking with them. I think that’d be a game-changer for me. I know Jason would love this. It looks absolutely amazing. Always love your creativity!
How creative is this recipe??! Awesome! I am impressed you came up with this – it looks amazing!!
Thank you! It was one of those things that just worked out :)
Oh this pizza bread is just a total win! I could eat it all day long!
This is such a creative idea for a savory quick bread–you never cease to amaze me! Now I have another great recipe for my cast iron skillet and you have my wheels spinning. Hubby is having long days at work this week and would probably love something extra special for dinner tomorrow. This would be perfect….and I might even make some homemade marinara for dipping!
Homemade marinara would be perfect with it! And it’s SUCH an easy recipe, Paula. You would love this one, knowing you. And if you want to toss in other veggies, diced this or that, whatever you have, into the batter, that would work too! Mine rose while cooking almost flush with the height of the skillet so don’t overload it too much or you could overflow :) LMK if you try it!
This looks incredible! I love how you have whole wheat dough and its so dense! Avocado and cheese is one of the best pairings out there :)
I love whole wheat bread and dough and anytime I can embrace the density it gives, I roll with it!
This looks amazing! Avocados are my jam.
It seems really delicious, I really wanna try this out. I’m always impressed, you have the most original & yummy recipe ideas!
Thanks, Pauline! I try to come up with new things and comments like yours keep me inspired to push myself :)