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| Cheesy Bacon Ranch Pizza |
Here’s a pizza with the cool taste of ranch, tons of bacon and oodles of cheese. Doesn’t get much better than this for a holiday appetizer or a quick and easy dinner.
Here’s an easy snack, appetizer or dinner that will please anybody!
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| Kiddos and adults love it |
You’d have to go far and wide to find someone who doesn’t like cheese and bacon. And when you combine that with America’s favorite fast food–pizza–you have a real winner.
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| Make rectangular shape for parties–easier to portion |
This will be a crowd pleaser at your holiday party. Just cut the slices smaller. I’d recommend doing a rectangular one to make it even easer on yourself for preparation and cutting.
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| Who can resist gobs of cheese and loads of bacon? |
You can make your own crust or use store bought. Either way, it’s great and if you want to eliminate any rolling or even opening a tube, buy a Boboli bread crust! It’s the toppings here that are the star of the show.
- ¾ cup ranch dressing
- 8 slices crisp-cooked bacon, crumbled
- ¼ cup chopped onion
- ¼ cup diced bell peppers (any color)
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella
- ¼ cup sliced green onions
- pizza dough*
- Homemade Pizza Dough:
- 1¾ - 2¼ cups flour
- 2¼ tsp instant yeast (also called "bread machine yeast)
- 1½ tsp sugar
- ¾ tsp salt
- ⅔ cup very warm (120-130 degrees F) water
- 3 tbs olive oil
- *You may use refrigerated (either in the tube or the one sold in most supermarket bakeries) pizza dough instead of making your own. Ready-made crust like Boboli may be used too.
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- To make your own dough:
- Mix 1 cup of flour, yeast sugar and salt in a large bowl. Add the water and oil and blend well. Add only enough flour to form a soft, yet slightly sticky dough.
- Turn out on a floured board and knead for about 4 minutes; cover and let the dough rest for 10 minutes.
- Lightly spray or grease either a 12-inch pizza pan or small (13 x 9-inch) rectangular baking or cookie sheet (one with sides). Roll or pat dough in pan. Form a rim by pinching or rolling the edges slightly.
- To assemble the pizza:
- Spread the ranch dressing evenly over the crust. Sprinkle with bacon, onion and bell pepper. Cover top with shredded mozzarella.
- Bake in lowest rack in the oven Bake for 12-15 minutes or until crust is golden brown and cheese is melted and bubbly.
- Top with sliced green onions.
- Serves 3 as a meal, 9 as an appetizer.
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| Cheesy Bacon Ranch Pizza |
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This looks so delicious!
Delicious—trust me I ate the whole thing!! Even cold it's good!
What an awesome combination of toppings ! Love the Pizza, Judith 🙂
You'll love it Linda! I used pizza crust yeast in this even though I didn't list it–it's not available everywhere is why, but if you can get it, it's just wonderful to work with, but since it has a dough relaxer, you can't use it like regular yeast.
Oh my! I can almost taste it the deliciousness!! What a great idea for an appetizer, Judith. Thanks for sharing and hosting the linky party too 🙂
I have seen this at the weekend social party. Love it!
Thanks Marion & Hadia!
This recipe for pizza is amazing!! So easy to make and the choices for toppings are limitless. Thank you for sharing 🙂