How To Make Deep-Dish Pizza Muffins
These deep-dish pizza muffins are the perfect little bites! Make them using homemade or store-bought dough and add your favorite toppings.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Roasted Garlic Butter:
- 1garlic head,small, halved crosswise
- 2tspextra virgin olive oil
- 6tbspbutter,unsalted, melted
For Pizza Muffins:
- Nonstick cooking spray
- all purpose flour,for dusting
- 1tubepizza dough
- ¾cupmozzarella cheese,shredded, divided, (75 g)
- 8pepperoni,slices
- ½cuppizza sauce,divided, (130 g)
- 1tbspparmesan cheese,grated
- ¼lbground italian sausage,cooked, (105 g)
- 2tbspgreen bell pepper,finely diced
- 2tbspyellow onion,finely diced
- 8cherry tomatoes,cut in half
- balsamic glaze,store bought, for garnish
- 1tbspbasil,fresh, sliced, for garnish
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F or 200 degrees C.
Roasted Garlic Butter:
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Drizzle the halved garlic head with the olive oil and wrap tightly in aluminum foil.
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Transfer to the oven to bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until the garlic cloves are golden and tender. Set aside to cool completely.
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Squeeze the garlic cloves into a bowl and mash into a paste using a fork. Add the melted butter and stir to combine.
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Keep in a warm place until ready to use. If the garlic butter solidifies, microwave for 15 to 20 seconds before using.
Pizza Muffins:
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Lightly grease a 12-cup muffin tin with nonstick spray.
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Unroll the pizza dough onto a lightly floured surface. Cut the dough lengthwise into quarters and crosswise into thirds to make 12 squares in total.
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Gently shape each piece of dough into a circle and place into a prepared muffin tin.
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Press the dough gently against the sides and bottom. Brush each dough cup with the roasted garlic butter.
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To 4 of the dough cups, add 1 tablespoon of shredded mozzarella and 2 slices of pepperoni. Top with 1 tablespoon of pizza sauce and a sprinkle of grated parmesan to create mini Chicago-style deep-dish pizzas.
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To another 4 dough cups, add 1 tablespoon of pizza sauce, 1 tablespoon of Italian sausage, ½ tablespoon of diced green pepper, and ½ tablespoon of diced onion. Finish with 1 tablespoon of shredded mozzarella to create mini Italian sausage and pepper deep-dish pizzas.
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To the remaining 4 dough cups, add 4 cherry tomato halves and 1 tablespoon of shredded mozzarella on each to create mini caprese deep dish pizzas.
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Transfer the pizzas to the oven to bake for 15 to 18 minutes, or until the dough is golden brown and the cheese is melted.
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Drizzle the caprese pizzas with balsamic glaze and garnish with the basil.
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Serve warm and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 323.46kcal
- Fat: 23.93g
- Saturated Fat: 10.56g
- Trans Fat: 0.54g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 8.81g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.11g
- Carbohydrates: 14.87g
- Fiber: 1.32g
- Sugar: 1.57g
- Protein: 12.03g
- Cholesterol: 57.03mg
- Sodium: 680.41mg
- Calcium: 141.99mg
- Potassium: 227.21mg
- Iron: 1.33mg
- Vitamin A: 90.44µg
- Vitamin C: 19.92mg
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