Super Easy Pizza Cups

These pizza cups are so easy to make and each one is a full serving! You can make them all the same, or everyone can build their own. And they are so easy and quick to make, you can make them on a weeknight!

Here’s how you do it:

You’ll need a Texas muffin pan. You can use a regular muffin pan, but it’s hard to fit everything inside of them. The Texas muffins are large and easy to fill with delicious toppings! I use silicone because it’s so easy to get the muffin out.

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Start with the dough. I used a premade dough from Trader Joe. It has garlic and herbs in it and it’s good without anything on it!! If you feel so inclined, you can make homemade dough – but any pizza dough will work.

Prep the muffin cups – if you are using metal, spray a little cooking spray on each cup. You won’t need to do this on silicone cups. Sprinkle half the parmesan evenly in the bottom of each cup.

Roll it into a fat tube and cut it into six even pieces.

Roll each piece into a ball, then pull and push it into a flat piece.

Gently work the dough into each muffin cup, pushing it up the sides.

Brush the edges of dough with some olive oil – you can sprinkle more  parmesan cheese on it too.

Now the fillings.

Put the cheese in first, about 2 to 3 Tablespoon in each cup. It will keep the bottom from getting soggy.

Next put in about 2 Tablespoons of sauce on top of the cheese.

From here you can add any toppings you want – olives, onion, sausage, pepperoni – whatever you like on your pizza.

Bake in the preheated oven for about 20 to 30 minutes. The edges will be lightly browned and the insides bubbling.

Remove from the oven and let them cool for five minutes.

Pop them out of the muffin cups and serve – a green salad makes the perfect accompaniment!

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Pizza Cups

Extra large and super easy - these pizza cups make a great weeknight meal, just serve a salad on the side and it's dinner!

Course: dinner, lunch, Main Course, main dish

Cuisine: American, Italian

Keyword: blue cheese, easy, muffin tin, pepperoni, pizza, pizza dough, tomato sauce

Servings: 6 cups

Author: HelenFern

Ingredients

• 1 pound premade pizza dough
• 6-8 Tablespoons parmesan cheese (the canned kind)
• 3/4 cup grated mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 cup pizza or spaghetti sauce
• 18 slices pepperoni
• 12 kalamata olives cut in half
• 1-2 Tablespoons olive oil
• Any other toppings you want to add on your pizza

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

2. Start with the dough. I used a premade dough from Trader Joe. It has garlic and herbs in it and it's good without anything on it!! If you feel so inclined, you can make homemade dough - but any pizza dough will work.

3. Prep the muffin cups - if you are using metal, spray a little cooking spray on each cup. You won't need to do this on silicone cups. Sprinkle half the parmesan evenly in the bottom of each cup.

4. Roll it into a fat tube and cut it into six even pieces. Roll each piece into a ball, then pull and push it into a flat piece.

5. Gently work the dough into each muffin cup, pushing it up the sides.

6. Now the fillings.

   Put the cheese in first, about 2 Tablespoon in each cup. It will keep the bottom from getting soggy.

7. Next put in about 1 Tablespoons of sauce on top of the cheese.

8. From here you can add any toppings you want - olives, onion, sausage, pepperoni - whatever you like on your pizza.

9. Brush the exposed edges of dough with some olive oil - you can sprinkle more  parmesan cheese on it too.

10. Bake in the preheated oven for about 20 to 30 minutes. The edges will be lightly browned and the insides bubbling.

11. Remove from the oven and let them cool for five minutes.

12. Pop them out of the muffin cups and serve - a green salad makes the perfect accompaniment!

Recipe Notes

 

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