PIZZA CUPCAKES

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They're portable, sort of like a mini pizza, except shaped like a cupcake. They're a great savory snack and a great addition to a game day buffet. Feel free to customize to your family's tastes with additions like ham, sausage, bell peppers, salami, mushrooms, olives, jalapenos, etc. I recommend not omitting the tomato, that really adds something special.

Provided by lutzflcat

Categories Holidays and Events Recipes Recipes for the Super Bowl® Big Game Appetizer Recipes

Time 35m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

cooking spray
8 medium cherry tomatoes
1 (11 ounce) can refrigerated pizza crust
8 teaspoons shredded mozzarella cheese
½ cup pizza sauce (such as Classico®)
8 teaspoons finely chopped red onion
½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
8 slices pepperoni, quartered
Italian seasoning to taste
red pepper flakes to taste
garlic salt to taste

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spray 8 cups of a muffin tin with cooking spray.
Finely chop cherry tomatoes and drain any liquid. Set aside.
Unroll pizza crust on a floured work surface and roll out thinly into a large rectangle. Using a 4-inch round cookie or biscuit cutter, cut 8 circles in the dough. Place dough circles in the prepared muffin cups, pressing dough into the bottom and up the sides of each cup.
Drop 1 teaspoon mozzarella into each cup. Top with 1 tablespoon of pizza sauce. Add chopped tomatoes and red onions. Add 1 tablespoon of mozzarella to each cup, and top with pepperoni. Sprinkle each cup with Italian seasoning, red pepper flakes, and garlic salt to taste.
Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is bubbling and melted, 14 to 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool in the tin for about 5 minutes. Remove from the tin and serve hot.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 148.5 calories, Carbohydrate 21.3 g, Cholesterol 8.1 mg, Fat 3.8 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 6.6 g, SaturatedFat 1.3 g, Sodium 434.6 mg, Sugar 2.8 g