Stuffed Italian Bread Loaves

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb frozen bread dough (need 3 loaves)
• 1 lb ground chuck
• 1 lb ground lamb sausage (hot or mild)
• 6 ounces sliced pepperoni
• 8 ounces grated parmesan cheese
• 8 ounces sliced mozzarella cheese
• 6 green onions, chopped
• 5 mushrooms, sliced
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped
• 1/4 cup black olives, sliced
• 1/4 cup green olives, sliced

Recipe

• 1 thaw the 3 loaves of bread.
• 2 brown ground beef and sausage in skillet. season with salt and pepper. drain.
• 3 add grated parmesan cheese. mix well with meat.
• 4 remove from heat and cool.
• 5 add mushrooms, onions, bell pepper, black olives, green olives and mix well.
• 6 cut each thawed bread loaf into thirds. will have 9 sections.
• 7 take one section of dough at a time and roll into rectangle on floured surface.
• 8 spoon about 1 cup of filling onto rectangle of dough.
• 9 top filling with 4 to 6 slices of pepperoni and 2 to 4 slices of mozzarella cheese. your choice of how much to add.
• 10 brush edges of bread dough with egg whites.
• 11 fold 2 edges so they are overlapping. crimp remaining edges with fork to seal.
• 12 bake stuffed italian loaves on rimmed, ungreased cookie pan at 350 degrees until browned.
• 13 makes 9 loaves which after cooled can be individually wrapped in foil and frozen. thaw in foil, reheat in 350 oven for about 20 - 25 minutes. i don't recommend reheating in microwave as bread may be tough.