Petite Pizzas

Total Time: 33 mins Preparation Time: 23 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup warm water (110 -115 degrees)
• 3/4 teaspoon active dry yeast
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 3/4 cup bread flour or 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
• pizza sauce (see below)
• 1/4 cup finely chopped green bell pepper
• 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
• 2 ounces italian turkey sausage, crumbled and cooked
• 2/3 cup sliced mushrooms, cooked until soft
• 1/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
• 1/4 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese

Recipe

• 1 to prepare crust, place warm water in small bowl. sprinkle yeast and sugar
• 2 on top; stir to combine. let stand 10 minutes or until bubbly. combine flours and.
• 3 salt in medium bowl. stir in oil and yeast mixture; mix until smooth. remove
• 4 dough to lightly floured work surface. knead 5 minutes or until dough is smooth.
• 5 and elastic. place dough in medium bowl sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
• 6 turn dough in bowl so top is coated with cooking spray; cover with towel.
• 7 let rise in warm place 45 minutes or until doubled in bulk. punch down dough;.
• 8 place on lightly floured surface and knead 2 minutes more. cover with towel.
• 9 and let rise 20 minutes more. roll out to 1/4 inch thickness and cut into 32
• 10 circles with 2-inch cookie or biscuit cutter. place on baking sheet sprayed
• 11 with cooking spray. (combine scraps of dough and roll out again to obtain 32
• 12 circles, if necessary. prepare pizza sauce (recipe below).
• 13 place about 1/2 tsp
• 14 sauce on each dough round. spread sauce gently, leaving a small border of crust.
• 15 preheat oven to 400 degrees. combine bell pepper and onion in small bowl.
• 16 evenly sprinkle on top of sauce. place sausage on half the pizzas and 1 or 2
• 17 mushroom slices on each of remaining pizzas. evenly sprinkle cheeses on pizzas.
• 18 bake 10 minutes or until cheese melts. serve immediately. (to reheat, warm
• 19 pizzas in 250 degree oven 10 minutes.) garnish with fresh basil, if desired.