Quick and Easy Pizza Recipe - Assemble, Cook and Eat!

This is an easy way to make pizza. I never would have thought of it myself. My 5 year old daughter wants pizza. Right now things are a little tight, so my wife came up with a better way to do it than trying to make everything herself.

She actually did try making everything herself a couple of times with differing results. It wasn't always the best result, but she is a good cook, so it wasn't too bad.... :)

She knew about this method of making pizza previously and decided to give it a try. When I saw it I asked her how she knew about it. She said, "Doesn't everyone?"

Anyway, I digress, on with the recipe:
Here's what you will need.

English muffins. (Cheaper store brand will work)
OR
You can use Pita Bread (for thinner crust).
OR
Any kind of bread product that strikes your fancy I was thinking even a hot dog bun or hamburger bun would be good.

Pizza toppings. (sausage, peperoni, etc.)
Mozzarella Cheese. (Shredded, you can shred it yourself for extra savings.) You can also throw in a little cheddar, or any other kind of cheese you want, for extra, or different, flavor.
Pizza sauce (Ready made Pizza Sauce from a store). As commented, you can use salsa, instead. For me, I think I'd rather use a taco mix and hamburger, but I'm not much for salsa. Your choice! (Are we still making pizza?! :) )

No too bad so far. This stuff cost a lot less by itself than buying the whole pizza, over the long run. Can you see where I'm going with the ingredients?

Pre-heat the oven to 425 degrees.
Just take an English muffin(or Pita), or a couple of them. Split them up (halves) and lay them down on a cookie sheet(can cover with tin foil to keep it clean). Spread pizza sauce on them, put on your choice of toppings and then the cheese. Pop them in the oven for about 10 minutes (I'm guessing on the time, so keep your eye on them.) You want the cheese to melt and for it to cook a little. When you take it out the English muffins will look just like little pizzas. If you think it's cooked but want it browned a little put the oven on low broil for a few seconds. Keep your eye on them if you broil. Broil gets hot fast!

Yum! My 5 year old went crazy and ate almost 3 of them. If she eats more than one of anything that means she likes it. If she eats more than two, then she really loves it. So success, without waiting 30 minutes for the pizza delivery.

If you want the crust (the english muffin half) to be a little crunchy, put them in the oven by themselves for a few minutes before decorating them with sauce, cheese and toppings. To make this process better/faster put the oven on Low Broil. Careful not to burn them!

If you're wondering if this is cheaper. Yes! It's a lot cheaper to do this yourself than to buy a pizza. To make it even cheaper make sure you buy everything in bulk, especially if you have a lot of kids around that are going to love these things. :)

This will have you salivating all over them before they even get cooked. Instead of getting the cold pizza delivery you get them fresh and hot.

Good luck!

The pictures are small, but doesn't it just make you want to bite the computer monitor, they look soooo delicious!? Yum!

The comment was made that it will also work on a bagel, instead of the English Muffin or Pita. This started me thinking. Does it matter what kind of bread product you use for the crust? I was thinking you could use the end of a loaf of bread, or even just a piece of bread, any type.

Then another thought. You could even use a tortillas shell. Am I getting ridiculous now? :)

With this kind of a recipe anything is possible. It's much faster that waiting for the pizza delivery to arrive.

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Here's an intermediate step where the pepperoni was frozen so they were put on, popped in the oven for a few minutes, then taken out, loaded with cheese and then cooked a final time.

Yum....

Just out of the oven....
Yummy!

Don't forget to put some of those on my plate! :)