Peace of Pizza |
These mini-pizzas are a great family project: kids can use cookie cutters to create the peace signs out of cheese. Enjoy them as a quick dinner or simple snack!
Ingredients
Makes 2 dozen.
Make ahead: The baked pizza crusts can be stored in a gallon-sized resealable freezer bag in the freezer for up to1 week. They can also be topped with sauce and cheese and refrigerated for several hours before being finished in the oven.
Tip: If you can’t find ready-made pizza dough, use mini pitas or halved English muffins as the base.
For the pizza:
- 1 14-ounce piece store-bought pizza dough
- All-purpose flour, for rolling
For the topping:
- 24 slices mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup store-bought marinara sauce
Directions
Pizza:
1. Preheat the oven to 450°F.
2. Place the pizza dough on a lightly floured work surface and roll it out 1/16-inch thick. Using a 1-inch round cookie cutter, cut out 24 rounds of dough. Place the rounds on a rimmed baking sheet and prick each one with a fork.
3. Bake until slightly golden, 2 to 4 minutes. Remove from the oven, set aside, and reduce the oven temperature to 350°F.
Topping:
1. Using a paring knife or a peace sign– shaped cookie cutter, cut each slice of cheese to form a peace sign.
2. Spread 1 teaspoon of the marinara sauce over each pizza crust and top with a cheese peace sign.
3. Return the baking sheet to the oven and bake just until the cheese is half melted, 1 to 2 minutes. (If you overcook the cheese, it will spread too much and won’t look like a peace sign.)
Serve: Using a spatula, transfer the pizzas to a platter. Serve hot.
Excerpted from Bite By Bite by Peter Callahan and Raquel Pelzel. Copyright © 2011 Peter Callahan and Raquel Pelzel. Excerpted by permission of Clarkson Potter, a division of Random House of Canada Limited. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
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