Grandmother's Kitchen

Halloween Personal Pizzas

Halloween Personal Pizzas

Ingredients

What you will need

  • 1 recipe of quick pizza dough (see below) - makes ~20 - 4" pumpkins pizzas
  • Pumpkin cookie cutter
  • pizza or tomato sauce
  • mozzarella cheese
  • pepperoni
  • small paring knife

Quick Pizza Dough Recipe

  • 1 pkg. quick rise dry yeast (aka 2-1/4 teaspoons)
  • 1 cup lukewarm water
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 2-1/2 cups flour (1 cup wheat + 1-1/2 cups white)
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon onion powder

Directions

  1. Mix yeast in water in glass measuring cup or small bowl.
  2. In a medium size mixing bowl, combine other ingredients. Once yeast is dissolved, pour over other ingredients and mix well by hand.
  3. Let sit in bowl 5-10 minute, or use immediately.
  4. Roll out pizza dough to 1/4" thick.
  5. Cut with cookie cutter, and transfer to prepared cookie sheet.
  6. Leave a little space between each to allow for the dough to rise and spread while baking.
  7. Spread each pumpkin shaped piece of dough with sauce and sprinkle which cheese.
  8. Cut a few piece of pepperoni into smiles and eyes.
  9. Place pepperoni pieces on each pumpkin pizza and bake for 5-6 minutes at 450 degrees, or until crust is done and cheese is melted.
  10. If needed you can carefully re-position eyes or mouths right after they come out of the oven.
  11. Cool on a cooling rack and serve.
  12. They can be made a head of time and warmed in the oven before serving.
  13. *Note: Pizza dough from the freezer section of your supermarket, could also be used.

Original source: etsykids.blogspot.ca