Pizza Recipes - Cool appetizers for your next party
There are lots pizza recipes out there that aren’t your typical dough and sauce and cheese. Pizza recipes today include a myriad of ingredients and can be prepared for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and appetizers.
Appetizer pizza recipes can be made ahead of time and cut into serving sizes just before you are ready to entertain. When preparing your pizza recipes, you may want to use baking stones for the cooking portion of the recipe. Baking stones can be found at many kitchenware stores, department stores, and through Pampered Chef. You will notice that pizza recipes, cookies and other foods that you bake won’t stick to the stone.
Following are some great pizza recipes that can be served as appetizers and are great for your spring and summer picnics, parties and get togethers. Each of the following pizza recipes yield ten servings.
Southwest Salsa
Ingredients
- One package (8 ounces) refrigerated, crescent rolls
- One package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- One garlic clove, pressed
- ¼ cup minced fresh cilantro or parsley, divided
- Three plum tomatoes, seeded and chopped
- ¼ cup coarsely chopped green pepper
- Two tablespoons chopped red onion
- Salt and pepper to taste
- One ripe avocado, peeled, pitted and sliced
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Unroll crescent roll dough; separate into triangles. Arrange triangles in circle on a baking stone or greased fourteen-inch pan, with points toward the center and wide ends toward the outside. Pat out dough with fingers to a twelve-inch circle, pressing seams together to seal. Bake twelve to fifteen minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven; cool completely. In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese, garlic and two tablespoons of cilantro; mix well. Spread mixture evenly onto crust. In medium bowl, combine the remaining two tablespoons of cilantro, tomatoes, pepper and onion. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon tomato salsa over cream cheese mixture; top with avocado slices. Cut into wedges to serve.Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato
Ingredients
- One package (8 ounces) refrigerated crescent rolls
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 1-1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- Six bacon slices, cooked, drained and crumbled
- One cup shredded lettuce
- One medium tomato, chopped
- ½ cup (2 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
- ¼ cup onion slices
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Unroll crescent roll dough; separate into triangles. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Unroll crescent roll dough; separate into triangles. Arrange triangles in circle on a baking stone or greased fourteen-inch pan, with points toward the center and wide ends toward the outside. Pat out dough with fingers to a twelve-inch circle, pressing seams together to seal. Bake twelve to fifteen minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven; cool completely. In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise and mustard; spread evenly onto crust. Sprinkle with bacon. Top with lettuce, tomato, cheese and onion. Cut into wedges to serve.
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