Pizza Cupcakes
Description
These pizza cupcakes are similar to mini pizzas but in cupcake form. They're easy to customize for a portable snack to bring to a game-day gathering.
Ingredients
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cooking spray
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8 medium cherry tomatoes
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1 (11 ounce) can refrigerated pizza crust
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8 teaspoons shredded mozzarella cheese
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1/2 cup pizza sauce (such as Classico®)
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8 teaspoons finely chopped red onion
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1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
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8 slices pepperoni, quartered
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Italian seasoning to taste
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red pepper flakes to taste
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garlic salt to taste
Directions
1
Gather ingredients. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease 8 cups of a muffin tin with cooking spray.
2
Finely chop cherry tomatoes and drain any liquid; set aside.
3
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 out 8 circles in dough.
4
Place dough circles in the prepared muffin cups, pressing dough into the bottom and up the sides of each cup.
5
Drop 1 teaspoon mozzarella into each cup. Top with 1 tablespoon pizza sauce. then add tomatoes and red onions.
6
Add 1 tablespoon mozzarella to each cup and top with pepperoni. Sprinkle with Italian seasoning, red pepper flakes, and garlic salt.
7
Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is bubbling and melted, 14 to 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool in the tins, about 5 minutes.
8
Remove pizzas from the tin and serve hot.