Cream cheese – cream cheese is our secret ingredient in this pizza – it helps to provide extra tangy, cheesy, delicious flavor, additional fat content, and helps garlic powder stick to the bread.

And with just a little extra care, this recipe for French bread pizza will live up to — or even best — any TV-watching childhood memories. AS GOOD AS YOU REMEMBER FRENCH BREAD PIZZA (AKA F.B.P.) ...

5. Bake for another 8-10 minutes or until cheese is melty and bubbling. Then, for more molten cheese/blackened bread-edges, throw on the broiler for a minute or three. 6.

Once you’ve tried this cheese-only version, feel free to tweak the toppings to your liking. My family loves a bit of pepperoni, but any topping — sausage, mushrooms, peppers or olives ...

This week, we take a pre-teen Gen-Xer's fever dream back to 1983 and nosh on a crispy-crunchy, saucy local fave.

Make your own French bread pizza, maybe even better than you remember, with bubbly cheese and blackened edges from a few extra minutes under the broiler. (Bethany Jean Clement/The Seattle Times/TNS) ...

(Somewhat unnervingly, the box also feels the need to specify, “Made with 100% real cheese” and that the pepperoni contains “pork, chicken & beef.” ...

Note: To freeze French bread pizzas for later: Stick unbaked FBPs in the freezer for a couple of hours until completely frozen. Put them in airtight containers, then back into the freezer they go ...

Chicken seems weird for pepperoni-making, but then chicken is cheap, and so is Stouffer’s French Bread Pizza — a box of two for $3.99.) ...