Pillsbury Pizza Pretzels

I got this idea for pizza pretzels from the Pillsbury site.  It was such an easy and fun looking recipe that I knew the little ones would love helping me in the kitchen.   I was right, because my kids had such a fun time making these pretzels and  layering the pizza ingredients inside.   The entire family loved eating them (what's not to love it's a big pretzel with pizza filling inside).  You can play around with this recipe and make it vegetarian, fill it with other filling like cream cheese and veggies.  The possibilities are endless with this simple method.   I will definitely be experimenting with this recipe again and again. If you have kids I really recommend you to try it.  If you don't have kids and are just a big kid at heart you'll love it too. : )






To make 4 giant pizza pretzels you will need:
1 canister Pillsbury pizza dough (I recommend regular not thin crust)
6 sticks of string cheese
Some Pepperoni slices
Some jar tomato sauce for dipping






 Roll out your pizza dough on a surface you can cut on




 Cut the dough into four strips (from side to side) The easiest way to do this is to cut the dough into half and then each half into half again.




 Place pepperoni slices along each strip of dough




 Place string cheese along the length of the dough. You will want to cut the string cheese into half (lengthwise). So you will use 6 sticks but place 12 total for your four strips.









 Roll up the sides of each dough strip over pepperoni and cheese, and tightly seal together. You will need to stretch dough as necessary to fully enclose the cheese and pepperoni. Then pinch the ends to seal.










Form into your desired pretzel shape. Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray and place pretzels to bake.






 To top the pretzel you will need:

Some grated parmesan cheese
1 Tbs olive oil
white sesame seeds (optional)







Brush each pretzel with olive oil and sprinkle parmesan cheese/sesame seed topping over each pretzel.










 Bake at 425 degrees for 13-17 minutes. Mine were done at 15 minutes.











Enjoy with your favorite pizza/spaghetti sauce for dipping. . Hope you try it and enjoy them as much as my family and I did.


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Bacon, Fig and Arugula Pizza

Today I took a new step in my culinary journey. I just tried for the first time today.... the Fig.  I have never eaten a fresh fig before.  I don't know if I've had figs in anything other than the famous Fig Newtons cookies.  So I was a little apprehensive when I saw the figs on sale at my local grocery store.  Should I buy it and see what all the hype is about?  I see figs used in so many "fancy" recipes.  Yes, I consider them as fancy because I don't really see figs as a every day ingredient.  I decided that I would take a safe route with my two precious newly bought figs by pairing it with Bacon!  Now how could I go wrong there?  I loved my BLT Pizza so much I decided to make it's "fancy" cousin the BLF Pizza.  I don't know if I came up with the combination or not,  but darn if it wasn't a good idea.  The sweetness of  the fig paired so wonderfully with the salty bacon.   The "lettuce" I decided to use was spicy arugula.  I think I ate two pieces after I took my glamor shots for the blog and now I'm ready to go down and eat another piece because yes it was just that darn good.    


                                              



Ingredients:
 2-3 fresh ripe figs
5-6 slices of bacon crispy
1 large handful of baby arugula
1/3 cup of plain cream cheese
Salt and pepper to taste
1 premade pizza crust such as pita, naan, afghan bread or boboli








Directions:


Bake your bacon in the oven.  Place bacon on a cooling rack over a baking tray and bake at 450 degrees for 10-15 minutes or until the bacon is crispy enough to crumble.  While you have the oven on heat up your pizza crust base until it is warm and slightly crispy around the edges.






Next spread some cream cheese to cover the base of the crust.

Note: I recommend using "whipped" cream cheese if you can get it because it's lighter and easier to apply.







Chop one fig well and apply over the cream cheese in an even layer.





Next top with your crumbled bacon.  I like a lot of bacon.









Finally top with your arugula leaves a salt and pepper you like and more sliced pieces of figs.

Enjoy!  : )

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7 Layer Taco Pizza

This is my version of a 7 Layer Taco Dip turned into a pizza.  I was planning on putting some taco flavored chicken on a pizza when my son saw a can of refried beans and said he wanted that on the pizza too.  So I decided to layer it all in and then the 7 layer taco dip came to mind.  The kids and I had fun making and counting the layers so we could come with seven separate layers.  In the end the pizza turned out just like dip on a toasted pizza crust and was a big hit. 



1 pre-cooked pizza crust (ie.. afghan bread, pita, naan, etc...)
1 can of refried beans
6-8oz of sour cream
1 tomato chopped
small handful of chopped black olives
taco flavored ground meat (see note)
8oz of shredded cheddar or Mexican mixed cheese
2 large handfuls of shredded romaine lettuce
1 packet of taco seasoning
1 cup of salsa



Note:  To make the taco flavored ground meat do the following:  Brown any lean ground meat (beef, chicken, pork, turkey) in a pan with 1 Tbs of canola oil.  Then add 1 packet of taco seasoning and 1 cup of salsa.  Cook for 10 minutes and set aside to top the pizza. 



Layering Process :
Step 1- apply the refried beans



                                                     











Step 2- apply a layer of sour cream









Step 3- put layer of seasoned ground meat

                                                      









 Step 4--put layer of black olives










Step 5-put layer of tomatoes





                                                
                                                  







Step 6-put layer of shredded cheese





               Bake in a 350 degree oven for 7-10 minutes until the cheese is melted and the crust gets crispy.  Finish off with the final layer of shredded romaine lettuce and enjoy.          

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BLT Pizza -Bacon Lettuce and Tomato Pizza

I was having a dinner time dilemma.  I had two hungry/tired kids, one grumpy husband and I was rushing to get dinner on the table after coming home from piano lessons.  I had nothing really planned so I decided to just wing it and make this BLT Pizza.  It came together surprisingly fast and I know I had it done before I could order pizza.  What a fun dinner.  My son is not a fan of tomatoes (except in sauce form) so I was able to even accommodate him by just making him a bacon and lettuce pizza.  One dish, 4 happy people and only 1 baking tray and cutting board to really wash up.  Yes, now that's my kind of dinner.



 Ingredients:
1 bunch of romaine lettuce shredded
1 pint of grape tomatoes sliced
4oz Philadelphia Chive & Onion Cream Cheese (see note)
Pizza base (see note)
8-10 slices of bacon crumbled
Salt and Pepper to taste


Notes:  Chive flavored cream cheese is a key ingredient giving this pizza some extra pizazz.  If you cannot find this, you can try to make your own by mixing plain cream cheese with 1/2 tsp of onion powder and 2Tbs of minced fresh chives.  I also like the texture of the "whipped cream cheese because it spreads much easier.

Notes:  You can use any pita, naan, boboli style pizza crust or afghan bread for your pizza crust.  If you decide to use pizza dough, pre-bake your pizza crust before making this pizza. 

Directions:

You will need to first get your bacon cooked.  The easiest way to make bacon is to bake it in the oven.  You will get perfectly crispy bacon and you don't have to do anything but let it bake.  Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.  You will need a baking tray and some cooling racks placed on top of it or you can use your broiler pan that is slotted with a drip pan.  Lay your bacon across the cooling racks.  Place them in the oven for 15 minutes or until the bacon is fully cooked and ready to crumble.  The bacon will be crispy, perfectly straight and all the oil will have dripped to the lower tray.  I love this method. 


Yummy BACON!!




While your bacon is baking, you can also crisp up your pizza base.  I used this great Afghan bread that makes perfect pizza crust.  But any of your favorite pizza bases that are pre-baked and heated are perfectly fine.   Once the pizza base is heated (but not too hot) apply the chive and onion cream cheese all over the base. 
 


Next layer the shredded romaine lettuce, sliced grape tomatoes, salt and pepper and bacon.

 
Enjoy.

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