Mini Christmas Tree Pizzas
Servings: - 12 mini pizzas
Make your family meals a little more special this holiday season with these precious mini Christmas Tree Pizzas! They're incredibly easy to make yet will make any meal taste like a special occasion. The kids can help make them, too!
Ingredients
- 1 lb whole wheat or regular pizza dough (can use store-bought or homemade)
- 1/2 cup pizza sauce
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- Red, green and yellow pepper, finely diced
- Mini pepperoni, thinly sliced (optional)
- Christmas tree cookie cutter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- On a floured surface, roll out pizza dough to ½-inch thickness. Use a Christmas tree-shaped cookie cutter to cut Christmas trees out of the dough. Lay each tree on the lined baking sheet. Continue to roll out the dough and repeat, until all of the dough has been used.
- Top each pizza with pizza sauce, cheese, peppers and mini pepperoni slices (if using) or other desired toppings.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until lightly browned and cheese is melted. Serve warm.
Notes
- Use your preferred dough for this recipe. You can use store-bought whole wheat, regular pizza dough or this 3-ingredient pizza dough with Greek yogurt! Note: I found the homemade dough was less finicky to work with and cut shapes out of since it was easier to roll out and cut shapes from.
- If you use store-bought dough, the Christmas trees will rise more and become more puffy. I recommend rolling out the dough slightly thinner if using store-bought so that you can still tell they’re Christmas trees once baked. You’ll also need to increase the baking time to 15-20 minutes, or until the dough is cooked through.
- I chose to arrange the peppers in little lines to resemble Christmas lights, but you can scatter them around the pizza as well.
- Be sure to flour the surface that you’re working on to prevent the dough from sticking. You can also dip the cookie cutter into a bit of flour to make it easier to cut out the shapes.
- The number of pizzas you get will depend on the size of your cookie cutter.
- The baking time will depend on the size of your Christmas tree cutter. If it’s a really large cutter (or you make a large pizza instead), you may need to add a few extra minutes (or more). Just watch the cheese. When it turns golden brown, they’re usually ready!
- Bake in a preheated oven. The pizza dough will get the best rise and crust in a hot oven. Let the oven preheat for at least 20 minutes before you start baking.
Nutrition
Calories: 132kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 319mg | Potassium: 45mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 129IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 58mg | Iron: 0.2mg
