Homemade Stuff Crust Pizza

This pizza is easy to make and will definitely impress others.  Feel free to top your pie with your choice of ingredients.

Ingredients:
7-8 low moisture, part skim mozzarella cheese sticks
Pre made pizza dough
1/2 cup pizza sauce
1.5 cups Quattro farmagio cheese
1/4 teaspoon Oregano
Extra virgin olive oil
Salt
Garlic powder

Toppings:
Pre cooked Canadian bacon
Canned pineapple pieces

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.  Spray 12-inch pizza pan with cooking spray. Unroll dough onto pan. Starting at the center of the pan, press dough towards edges of pizza pan extending dough 1 inch beyond pan edge.

Place string cheese around inside edge of crust.  Fold edge of dough over cheese and pinch to seal.

Note: You should only fold about 2 inches of dough over cheese to keep the pizza light.  Any excess dough can be saved for a separate recipe.  The pizza will get crispier if you go liberal on the dough.  

Bake the plain pizza for 5 minutes.  Top with pizza sauce and oregano.  

Top pizza with one half of the cheese.  Top with the toppings of your choice.  I used Canadian bacon and pineapple chunks.  Cover toppings with remaining cheese.  Lightly coat pizza crust with olive oil and sprinkle with garlic powder and salt to taste.

 Bake pizza 12-16 minutes.

Crust should be a deep, golden brown when pie is done.

Now that is an impressive pie.

Boneless Buffalo Chicken Bites Made Easy

I love chicken wings, but seeing the cartilage as I rip the meat of the bone leaves me a little uneasy.  This recipe packs the same punch as traditional buffalo chicken bites, but has far less fat since they are baked.

Ingredients:

• 1 pound boneless, chicken tenders
• 1 package of chicken seasoning and coating mix (Shake 'N Bake is a good choice)
• 1 cup Franks Red Hot Buffalo Wings Sauce
• 1 tablespoon honey
• Low fat blue cheese dressing, optional

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Wash the chicken and pat dry.  Cut the chicken into bite size pieces.

In a large plastic bag (most boxes of coating mix come with a plastic bag or two) add the chicken and coating mix.  Shake until the chicken pieces are evenly coated.

Spread out chicken pieces on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.  Note: Chicken will get crispier if pieces are not touching one another.

Bake chicken for 20 minutes.

A few minutes before the chicken is done combine Frank's Red Hot with the honey in a microwave safe bowl.  Heat on high for 2 minutes.  Add cooked chicken bites to sauce, mixing until each piece is coated.  Serve with a side of blue cheese for dipping.

Hot Cookies

I wish I had made these cookies, but I cannot take credit for them.

The picture was forwarded to me in an email that read, "The church threw my cookies out of the bake sale again!"

So brilliant.  I have to make these for a future event since the look very easy.  My guess is to roll out dough for a sugar cookie.  Cut out heart shaped pieces and chop off the bottom of the heart near the tip.  Cook as directed, cool, and decorate to your hearts content.