Brat and Bacon Appetizer Pizza

Average rating of 9.3

Here is the recipe:

Pizza Dough

8 oz bacon, chopped

1 onion, diced

3 fully cooked beer bratwurst links, chopped

2/3 cup apricot preserves

2 tsp mustard

2 cups cheese

Bake dough for 8 minutes at 405 degrees. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook bacon and onion until bacon is crisp. Remove. Add bratwurst to the same pan, cook until browned.

In a small bowl, mix preserves and mustard. Spread over crust. Top with bratwurst, bacon mixture, and cheese. Bake for 8-10 minutes more.

New Haven Clam Pizza

Average rating of 5.3

Here is the recipe:

Pizza Dough

2 - 6.5 oz cans chopped clams, drained

8 oz bacon, cut up

3 garlic cloves, chopped

1 tsp oregano

2 cups mozzarella, shredded

Bake dough for 6 minutes at 425 degrees. Sprinkle ingredients over crust in order listed. Bake for 12 more minutes.

Squash, Bacon and Cranberry Pizza

Average rating of 8.2

Here is the recipe:

Pizza Dough

3/4 cup duck sauce

2 cups Swiss cheese, shredded

8 oz bacon, cut up

2 cups frozen cranberries

2 cups roasted butternut squash, tiny-cubed

1/2 cup sliced almonds

Bake pizza dough for 10 minutes in 400 degree oven (I didn't do this and that was a mistake). Remove. Spread duck sauce over crust. Then, top with Swiss cheese, bacon, butternut squash, and sliced almonds.

Bake for an additional 8 minutes.

Sausage, Apple, and Thyme Breakfast Pizza

Average rating of 6.8.

Here is the recipe:

Pizza Dough

2 cups mozzarella, shredded

1 link cooked chicken apple sausage, sliced

1 gala apple, sliced

1 onion, sliced

6 eggs, scrambled with 1 tsp thyme

2 T Dijon mustard

Bake pizza dough for 10 minutes in 400 degree oven. Remove. Saute onion and apple slices for 4 minutes.

Spread Dijon mustard on crust. Add half cheese, eggs, apple and onion mixture, and remaining cheese. 

Bake for an additional 8 minutes.

Wild Rice, Sausage and Mushroom Pizza

Average rating of 9.5.

Here is the recipe:

Pizza Dough

1/2 cup wild rice, cooked (in 2 cups water, 45 minutes, drained)

1 lb sausage

10 oz mushrooms, sliced

8 oz. mozzarella cheese

1 cup Parmesan cheese

1-1/2 cups milk

3 T butter

3 T flour

Cook the sausage and mushrooms. Make white sauce: Melt butter, stir in flour, slowly add milk. Add 1/2 cup of the mozzarella and the Parmesan. Top crust with 3/4 cup of cheese mixture. Top with wild rice, sausage, mushrooms and the rest of the mozzarella. Bake at 425 degrees for 13 minutes. Remove from oven and drizzle with the remaining cheese sauce.