; Supermarket Serenade: Extreme Bacon Cheese Pizza

Friday, April 24, 2009

Extreme Bacon Cheese Pizza

I am not so old that I cannot remember fun and fabulous times on Spring Break in college. I can actually map out my life to date in a sort of "Spring Break" timeline:
  • Let's start with college...fun times in Ft. Lauderdale (yeah I know, I'm old- Ft. Lauderdale for Spring Break is so 80's)
  • Post graduation years...Spring Break morphed into summer weekends in the Hampton's in a house shared with 20 of my "closest friends".
  • Early married life...Spring Break was romantic weeks or weekends just for two-enjoying Robert Cray at Jazz Fest in New Orleans comes to mind.
  • The kids were young years...Spring breaks were spent usually in a place with costumed characters and eating at anyplace that served chicken nuggets.
  • The kids are getting older years...I've come almost full circle, we just returned from Spring Break and it was spent going on college visits for my oldest son who is a Junior this year.
I am pretty sure that I am a college marketers dream come true; I sat at every power point presentation mesmerized...drawn in...wishing I could choose college all over again. Don't get me wrong I love my alma mater (Fordham) and would probably choose it again given the choice (and would be thrilled if my son got in and chose it), but man...the presentations we saw this week...each one out did the next. I had to keep reminding my son (and myself) that they were in fact sales presentations. Oh and it didn't hurt that at one campus it was "Spring Fling" and the campus was bustling with activity-of course my 17 year old liked that school the best.

Our return from "Spring Break" has given me a real hankering for college foods so the kids and I made Extreme Bacon Cheese Pizzas which got an A+ from everyone.

Extreme Bacon Cheese Pizzas

5 slices bacon
1 prepared pizza crust divided into 4 equal pieces
1 cup prepared sauce
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Arrange the bacon in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake the bacon in the preheated oven for 10 minutes; remove bacon to a paper towel lined plate to drain.

Stretch the dough pieces into 6x4 inch ovals and place on a baking pan lightly sprayed with cooking spray. Divide the sauce between each crust, spreading in an even layer.
Sprinkle each with the cheeses, evenly dividing. Crumble the bacon and divide between the pizzas arranging on top of the cheeses.
Raise the oven temperature to 425 degrees. Bake pizzas in the oven for 12 minutes or until cheese is bubbly and crusts are golden brown.

7 comments:

vanillasugarblog said...

geeeeez girl that looks heavenly right now. I would gladly eat this for hot or cold. Starving!

Mary Bergfeld said...

Count me in! I'll follow you anywhere.

Elyse said...

Late night pizza was my favorite!! This pizza looks fantastic--like a perfect way to walk down memory lane. I'm so excited that your son is about to head to college! What a great time. Oh man, he doesn't know how much fun he's in for. I'm so jealous!

Jersey Girl Cooks said...

My daughter saw this picture and is nowing begging me to make them. I went to spring break right down the road to Daytona. And that is one bus ride I would not want to relive!

The Inexperienced Foodie said...

Anything is great with bacon

Justin said...

extreme bacon? nice. I keep seeing pizza posts and they're making me so hungry.

The JR said...

This would be my husbands little piece of heaven. Of course I would like it too, but have to eat that nasty ol turkey bacon because of my mean Dr.

Looks great.