Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Personalized Pizzas

I've heard just about every quick recipe for pizzas out there (or so I'd thought until last week)--english muffins, tortillas, biscuits, etc.  This was my mother-in-law's idea for a quick lunch--and it is the quickest, tastiest personalizable pizza recipe I've ever come across.  Thanks, Mom!


Seriously, this takes about 10 minutes from start to finish--amazing for a snack or quick meal.  Plus, they're small, so its very easy to individualize them to your liking.  We made ours with pepperoni, bell peppers and onions, but you can use whatever pizza toppings you like.  Recipe is 4 servings.




Ingredients

  • 4 complete hamburger buns
  • About 1/2 cup pizza sauce
  • About 1 cup shredded cheese
  • Pizza toppings of choice, finely chopped

Using a rolling pin, flatten each side of the buns to about half their original thickness.  Too thin will burn easily, so don't go over board!  Toast the buns in the toaster.


While you're toasting the buns, chop up the toppings of your choice (or if you have veggies prepped ahead of time, this makes the process even shorter!)  These are about how much toppings we used for our pizzas...about half a small onion, half a bell pepper and just a handful of pepperonis.



Place the toasted buns on a nonstick or greased baking sheet.  Top each bun with about 2 teaspoons of pizza sauce and spread evenly.  Top with shredded cheese and then toppings.  You may have to do them in batches, depending on how many you are making, but they take virtually no time to cook, so it isn't a big deal.


Put the pizzas under the broiler for about 2-3 minutes, or until cheese is melted. They only need to be in long enough for the cheese to melt and the pizza to be heated through, so it doesn't take long at all.  If you leave these in for even a minute too long, they WILL burn.


 Ta-da!  The results...as you can see, we had a few casualties to the broiler, so really keep an eye on them.  Best, easiest mini pizzas I've ever made.

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