Grilled Cheese Pizza

 Sam wanted to be in a picture with the food! And yes, she ate every bite!

Bread (we love Grandma Sycamore's)

Mozzarella Cheese

Pepperoni

Garlic Butter

Parsley

Pizza Sauce

Not much instruction here....Sprinkle some parsley in your garlic butter and stir it up. Butter one side of two pieces of bread using the garlic butter (like you do for a grilled cheese). Layer mozzarella cheese and pepperoni on one slice of bread (the unbuttered side) and place the other slice of bread on top With both buttered sides facing out. Toast in a pre-heated frypan over med. heat flipping over after about 1 minute or until it is golden brown. Toast other side. Serve with Pizza Sauce for dipping!

**A friend gave me this idea! Thanks Kate! This is a very quick and easy twist with pizza. It was a BIG hit at our house! 

Calzones

Using the dough for 1 large pizza crust...divide the dough into 4ths. (Here's the recipe I used).  Roll each piece out to 1/3"-1/2" thick.  Spread pizza sauce on one half of each rolled out section.  Layer your favorite pizza toppings over the sauce along with plenty of mozzarella cheese.  Take the section that doesn't have sauce on and fold it up over the top of the other half then pinch the sides together to create a pizza pillow.  Place all calzones on a greased baking sheet and bake at 425 degrees for 20 minutes or till golden brown.  When done baking, you can either warm more pizza sauce and pour over the top and then sprinkle with cheese, or you can pour pizza sauce over the top, sprinkle with cheese and let it bake another couple of minutes til cheese is melted.

Serve and ENJOY!

**You can make your sections smaller when making them for kids.

**I remember making these when I worked at "Lotsa Pizza Pie".  They weren't on the menu, we just created them for ouselves. 

Pizza Crust

I know this picture is small, but it was blurry and giving me a headache when I enlarged it.

This recipe came from Allrecipes.com.

1 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)

1 tablespoon white sugar

2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast

3 tablespoons olive oil

1 teaspoon salt

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

Directions

1. Stir water, sugar and yeast together until dissolved. Add the olive oil and the salt. Stir in the flour until well blended. Let dough rest for 10 minutes.
2. Pat dough into pan or on to a pizza stone using fingers dipped in olive oil. If desired sprinkle basil, thyme or other seasonings on crust. Top with your favorite pizza toppings and bake for 15 to 20 minutes in a preheated 425 degree oven.

**I loved working with this dough.  It was very quick and tasted great.  This is my new favorite pizza crust recipe.  I used this recipe to make calzones and garlic cheese breadsticks.

Pita Pocket Pizza's

Pita Pockets (I used Whole Wheat ones)

Pizza Sauce

Mozzarella Cheese

Favorite Pizza Toppings

Top your pita pocket with sauce, cheese and toppings...Bake at 400 degrees til cheese is bubbly! 

*The Pita Pocket Pizza idea came from my MOM!  

**We had family come to visit for the Memorial Weekend.  This is one of the meals we fixed.  I let them all fix their own.  We just sat out several toppings and let everyone create their own pizza.  Using the pita pockets, the crust wasn't doughy and didn't take as long to bake.  I told the family that whoever's pizza looked the best, I would share it on my BLOG, so leave it to Mike to be the creative one!  I had a "before baked" picture, but I couldn't get it to load.  It is on my FB page if you want to see the "before baked".  Mike created a face with all of the toppings.

***Pizza Crust Ideas:

French Bread

Pita Pockets

Rhodes Rolls

Pillsbury Biscuits

Orrowheat Sandwich Thins

Hoagie Buns

Steak/French Rolls

   Be Creative and make it fun!

French Bread Pizza

1 Loaf of French Bread

1 jar pizza sauce (get 2 jars if you like it saucy)

mozzarella cheese

favorite pizza toppings

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Cut bread in half length wise from side of loaf. Spread sauce on bread. The more sauce there is the better. Layer cheese over sauce then layer toppings. Bake at 350 degrees till cheese is melted and bubbly. The cheese may even start browing a little. About 15-20 minutes.

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This is quick and easy. The kids love to help put it together. In the picture there is also a pizza made on a English Muffin. I have also made pizza on the new Orrowheat Thin Buns and they turned out great!

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Serve with a colorful GREEN SALAD!