OK, are you ready for a week of Halloween recipes? It is so much fun cooking for holidays, I just love it. There are so many great ideas out there. I think I have a list of about 20 new ones that I want to try this year.
This first idea is one that I tried for the first time last night. Mummy Pizzas. I hesitate to call it a recipe because it’s so easy. I used homemade dough and sauce, but you could use English muffins or canned biscuits for the crust if you want.
You could also use purchased pizza sauce.
These were fun to make, and very tasty. And I thought they turned out stinkin’ cute! I loved seeing the looks on my family’s faces when I pulled these out of the oven. It was great to be a “Cool” mom for the evening! I don’t know a kid who doesn’t like pizza, so these are sure to be a hit at your house.
Mummy Pizzas
Mini Mummy Pizzas
Ingredients
Pizza Crust
- 1 ½ cups warm water (105°F to 110°)
- 2 ¼ teaspoons instant yeast
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 ¼ cups flour, more or less (all purpose or bread flour)
To Make Pizzas
- 1 cup pizza sauce or marinara sauce
- 16 mozzarella cheese sticks (approximately)
- 16 black olives, sliced
Instructions
Pizza Dough
- Stir together the warm water, yeast, and sugar in a liquid measuring cup. Let sit for about 5 minutes, or until small bubbles form. Pour into a large bowl.
- Add the oil, salt, and about 1 1/2 cups of the flour to the yeast mixture. Whisk or beat until smooth.
- Gradually add enough flour to form a soft dough that is slightly sticky, but won't stick to your fingers.
- Dump out onto a floured surface and knead for a couple of minutes, or until smooth.
- Spray the bowl with cooking spray and place the dough in the bottom. Cover and let rise in a warm place for about an hour, or until doubled. Punch down.
- Preheat your oven to 450°. Spray cookie sheets with cooking spray.
- Divide the dough into 16 portions. (They should be about 2 ounces each.) Press each portion out into a 4 1/2-5 inch circle on a prepared cookie sheet.
- Poke holes in the dough with a fork. Bake at 450° for about 5 minutes.
- Remove crusts from the oven and spread each one with about a tablespoon of sauce. Add two olive slices for the eyes. Pull off pieces of the string cheese and lay them across the pizza so they look like mummy wrap.
- Turn the oven down to 400° and bake the pizzas for 8-10 more minutes or till crust is golden brown and the cheese is melted.
Notes
- You may need less olives, but I usually cut off the ends and just use the two slices from the middle of each olive.
- If you want to add other toppings (like pepperoni), simply place them on top of the sauce, then place the strips of cheese and olive eyes on top.
- After the dough has risen for an hour, you can punch it down, cover it, and store it in the refrigerator it for up to 24 hours.
- For a crisper crust, you can just leave the oven at 450° for the second baking.
- Leftover pizzas can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3-4 days. We like to reheat ours in the air fryer, but you can heat them in a skillet or the oven if you prefer.
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