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★ Why You’ll Love this Recipe ★
So many reasons. Tied for the most important reason are: they're super easy to make and the kids will eat them.
Last-Minute Dinner
These delectable little homemade pizza bagels are one of my favorite last-minute dinners to make. It's perfect for when you're extremely short on time or forgot to plan dinner in advance.
Kid-friendly
Kids love creating their own pizzas by adding cheese, seasonings and toppings of their choice. Great for feeding the neighborhood kiddos over the summer months.
Choose Your Own Toppings
100% customizable so everyone gets to make their own little pizza bagel loading up with whatever toppings they want. Anything my kids make themselves, they enjoy.
★ Ingredients You'll Need ★
Here's a look at what you'll need to bake your own pizza bagels for a quick and easy lunch or dinner. Feel free to adjust toppings as desired.
- Bagels. Plain bagels work well or if you want to get fancy, experiment with different flavors. Choose mini bagels to make appetizer pizza bagels or full sized bagels for lunch or dinner. You can use your favorite brand of bagels. I love using bakery-fresh bagels.
- Roma tomatoes. No need for sauce when you can sub in fresh tomatoes. Just dice and go.
- Basil. Speaking of fresh, big green basil leaves bring massive flavor and aesthetic.
- Mozzarella cheese. Freshly grated or pre-shredded works just fine.
- Cheddar cheese. White or yellow, your choice. This adds additional flavor and color.
- Italian seasoning, garlic salt or garlic powder and salt layer in flavor.
Toppings
Feel free to get creative when you prep these cute little pizzas. Go traditional with pepperoni or have some fun and try your favorite pizza topping combinations.
My favorite topping combinations are:
- Hawaiian Pizza - top with pineapple and ham
- Veggie Pizza - top with mushrooms and black olives
★ How to Make this Recipe ★
These mini pizzas are fun, kid-friendly and simple to prep, starting with bakery-fresh bagels!
Here's how:
- Slice bagels if needed and gather toppings.
- Place bagels face-up on a baking sheet.
- Top with mozzarella cheese then tomatoes.
- Add toppings.
- Bake until cheese is melted.
- Garnish if desired and serve immediately.
Super simple. Takes 10 minutes and everyone can make their own pizzas and add their own favorite toppings.
★ Tips and FAQs ★
Tip for Easy Clean Up
Lil' tip: For easy clean up (especially if the kids are making them and are getting a little wild with the cheese!) I recommend using silicone baking sheets. They are great for making cookies too and that's why I actually got them, but I now use them for almost everything since they're much easier to clean than the actual baking sheets.
Make these into an appetizer.
Try this recipe with mini bagels and serve them as an appetizer! Great for a quick and easy crowd-pleasing snack for a football party, tailgate, holiday party, or any gathering.
Try using mini pepperonis for appetizer-sized mini pizza bagels.
Yes, you can use the baking tray of place them directly on the rack. Use the oven temperature and adjust it down by 15ºF.
Yes, you can cook pizza bagels in the microwave for a quick option. Heat for 1–2 minutes or just until cheese is melted. However, for a crispier texture, the oven or toaster oven works better. Heating in the microwave will make the bagel a little chewy.
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This recipe for homemade pizza bagels was featured on South Your Mouth!
Homemade Pizza Bagels
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 plain bagels sliced in half
- 1 roma tomato diced
- ½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 2 tablespoon shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- ½ teaspoon garlic salt
Toppings
- 8 pepperoni slices quartered
- 1 teaspoon fresh basil
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Instructions
- Place bagels face up on a baking sheet.
- Layer fresh mozzarella on each. Sprinkle garlic salt and Italian seasoning evenly over each bagel half.
- Layer on diced tomatoes and pepperoni. Top with cheddar cheese.
- Bake at 425˚ for about 5-7 minutes or until cheese it melted.
- Top with fresh basil and serve warm.
Notes
- Feel free to change up the toppings! My favorite combinations are pineapple and ham or mushrooms and black olives.
- Only making a single serving? Use your toaster oven!
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