Pizza Puffs

This weekend I hosted book club at my house and tried making these. I think they were the most popular food I had, so I had to share them on here. I tried two different kinds: pepperoni puffs and ham and cheese puffs.

Ingredients
2 containers refrigerated pizza dough (1 container per set of puffs

Pepperoni puffs
1 package pepperoni
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1 can pizza sauce
1 tsp parmesan cheese 

Ham and cheese puffs
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
3-4 slices ham
1/2 cup shredded swiss cheese

Directions
1. Grease cookie sheet. Roll out pizza dough and cut into 8-12 squares.
2. Add a small amount of all the ingredients to each square. For the pepperoni puffs, spread a little pizza sauce on each square first. For the ham and cheese puffs, spread a little Dijon mustard on the puffs first. 

Ham and Cheese Puffs

Pepperoni Puffs

3. Fold squares up to make a puff shape. In the case of the pepperoni puffs, I sprinkled a little parmesan on top of them. 

4. Follow directions on the pizza dough. In my case, I baked them at 400 for 12 minutes. 
5. Serve warm and enjoy!

Idea for this recipe came from my friend Rachel. 

Easy Margherita Pizza

 
Ingredients
1 tube Pillsbury pizza crust dough
2 Tbsp olive oil 
1 package fresh mozzarella cheese (or 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese)
1 Tomato
A few leaves fresh basil

Directions

1. Follow directions on pizza crust dough package for preheating oven.   
2. Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray and spread out pizza crust dough on cookie sheet. Flatten dough so that it is evenly spread out. 
3. Spread olive oil on dough. You can use as much or as little as you want. You can also season it a little more by sprinkling dried basil and/or pepper in the olive oil. 
4. Slice mozzarella (if fresh) and spread slices out on top of dough. If you're using shredded mozzarella, sprinkle on dough. Layer with slices of tomato and finely chopped basil.

Pre-cooking:

As you can see in my pictures, I layered the tomatoes and basil first and then added the mozzarella. You can do this too, but I recommend doing the mozzarella first. This will give the dough the best consistency for eating. 

You can also experiment with the pizza by adding other cheeses like parmesan and feta with the mozzarella.

Now enjoy!