Pepperoni Stromboli

On several Christmas eves over the years when we lived in Arizona, our next-door neighbors would knock on the door with a warm loaf of “pizza bread” stuffed with pepperoni and cheese. It was the perfect treat, especially at that stage in our lives with young kids and ensuing holiday madness. Some time during those years, back when I subscribed to the long-defunct Family Fun magazine, I came across a recipe for Inside-Out Pizza Bread that looked to be similar. I then started making “pizza bread” during the Christmas break when my kids were young and continued when we moved to Washington. I hadn’t made it in years, but for whatever reason post-Christmas this year my husband kept sprinkling the conversation with the word “stromboli.” The stromboli gods had spoken. Time to bring out the pepperoni pizza bread of yesteryear.