Recipe: English Muffin Pizza

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I know it doesn’t seem like a real recipe, and yes, anyone could make these.  So, the thing you can do is use up any old bread product, no matter how stale as long as it isn’t moldy or if you scrape the mold off first. You can just spread your baking sheet with bread product of choice. I would like to suggest using English muffins forked apart into two lumpy halves, or even bagels split into halves. Those are my personal favorites. You can toast them lightly under the broiler to make the bread more firm.

Spread your sauce of choice onto the pizza base. Pizza sauce is, of course, acceptable, as is pasta sauce of any kind or barbecue sauce. Feel free to be creative. Now, if you chose to use bagels, I recommend using a pepperoni slice to cover the hole in the middle so your cheese doesn’t melt through.

This is also the time when you load you bread with sauce spread over it with the toppings of choice. Consider the usual meats, pepperoni, sausage, chicken, ham, bacon, or you can even go meatless.

Consider making your mother smile by putting a fruit or vegetable on there while you are at it. Another good option, if you chose to go meatless, is to cover the hole in a bagel with a spinach leaf. Other great choices are green pepper (red, orange or yellow work fine too), onion, green onion, pineapple, tomato, mushroom, black olives, green olives, banana peppers, and/or hot peppers of any kind. I am sure I am forgetting something but basically, if it sounds good to you give it a try.

Top everything with the shredded cheese of your choice, and consider sprinkling with some Italian seasoning and Parmesan cheese for extra goodness. Then you bake these under the broiler until they look perfect to you.

You MUST watch them while they are under the broiler as things can go south really quickly if you don’t watch them. For those that are not aware, when you use the broiler on your oven, the door is to remain open about two inches for ventilation and this gives you the perfect space to keep an eye on your creations lest they burn.

As you can see in the photo below, these were just on the verge of getting too done in the back and middle rows and we were very messy with our cheese.

 

So, what if you don’t have bagels or English muffins? Well, when we were kids growing up, we made what we called pizza bread. This was plain white bread, not toasted, with pizza sauce and a slice of American cheese with the plastic wrapping removed. We thought we were living large eating our fancy pizza. I have also used tortilla shells as a super thin pizza crust, but be careful not to overload them with toppings.

So, there you have it, my “recipe” for making English muffin pizzas. Remember, don’t be afraid to experiment, use up whatever you have around the kitchen. Consider making dessert pizzas using leftover pie filling or sliced fruits, maybe marshmallow creme with peanuts and chocolate chips as toppings. Be brave and please share what you came up with in the comments below.

 

 

 

 

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