California Appetizer Pizza Recipes

VEGETABLE APPETIZER PIZZA

Steps:

• Unroll two tubes of crescent dough and press into each of two ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pans; seal seams and perforations. , Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely on a wire rack., In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, mayonnaise and dill until smooth. Spread over crusts. Sprinkle with vegetables, olives and cheese. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. , Cut into squares. Refrigerate leftovers.

FAMOUS CALIFORNIA PIZZA DOUGH

Steps:

• Combine yeast, honey, and 1/4 cup warm water in a large bowl with a whisk. Let stand to dissolve, about 10 minutes.
• Add salt, 1 tablespoon olive oil, remaining 3/4 cup warm water, and 1 cup flour to the mixture and stir until a batter forms. Add another 1 cup flour; stir to combine. Add 1/2 cup more flour and combine.
• Turn dough out onto a surface dusted with 1/4 cup flour. Knead until a smooth, fairly firm, slightly sticky dough is achieved, adding more flour as needed.
• Transfer dough to a lightly oiled bowl and cover with a damp towel. Let sit in a warm place until doubled in size, 30 to 40 minutes.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured cutting board and pat down with your hand. Divide dough into 4 equal pieces. Stretch and fold each piece down and under, tucking as you go, to form pizza dough rounds.
• Cover with a towel and let sit in a warm place until doubled in size, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Dust a baking sheet with cornmeal.
• Transfer dough rounds to a lightly floured board and press each piece out to desired thickness, starting in the center, until 8 to 10 inches wide. Form a crust shape around the outer edges with your fingertips.
• Transfer one round of pizza dough to the prepared baking sheet and brush with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Top with any sauce and toppings you like.
• Bake in the lower rack of the preheated oven for 5 minutes. Move to the center of the oven and continue to bake until golden, about 10 minutes more. Repeat to bake remaining pizzas.

COOL CALIFORNIA PIZZA

Steps:

• Unroll crescent dough and separate into triangles; on a baking stone, arrange dough triangles into a circle with their points toward the center; with a lightly floured rolling pin, roll dough into a 12-inch circle, pressing seams together to seal.
• Bake at 350°F for 12-15 minutes or until light golden-brown; remove from oven and cool completely.
• Stir together Parmesan and cream cheeses until smooth; add garlic and half the basil; mix well.
• Spread cream cheese mixture evenly over top of baked crust; top with vegetables and remaining basil; cut into squares.
• NOTE: Two teaspoons dried basil my be used if you don't have fresh basil.

TWO-BITE PIZZA

Steps:

• In a skillet, brown sausage and drain well.
• Add cheddar and Parmesan cheeses, oregano, garlic salt, tomato paste, and tomato sauce and mix well. Simmer 20 minutes. Cool.
• Open one of the biscuit cans and remove the biscuits. Separate each biscuit into 4 layers. Place the layers on a cookie sheet.
• Spread 1 teaspoon of sauce mixture on each layer.
• Repeat with second can of biscuits.
• At this point, you can place the cookie sheets in the freezer until pizzas are frozen. Store frozen pizzas in a ziploc bag in the freezer until ready to use.
• When ready to serve, top pizzas with mozzarella cheese. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.

CALIFORNIA APPETIZER PIZZA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Unroll crescent dough; separate into 8 triangles.
• On a round baking stone arrange triangles in a circles with points in the center and wide ends toward the outside.
• Using lightly floured rolling pin roll out dough to a 12-inch circle, pressing seams together to seal.
• Bake 12-15 minutes, or until light golden brown.
• Remove from oven; cool completely.
• Mix together avocado, lemon juice, salt, onion and sour cream; mix well.
• Spread mixture evenly over crust.
• Shred cheese over avocado mixture.
• Sprinkle chopped crabmeat and tomato over cheese.
• Snip cilantro and sprinkle over top.
• Cut into squares.