Cheesy Bites Pizza

200 Calories Per Slice

Pizza Hut has some sort of fixation on doing weird shit with their crust.  Can’t leave well enough alone, so lets turn it into an appetizer.  Cheesy Bites seem great in theory, but what you have in reality is a mediocre version of mozzarella sticks.  I’d rather just have mozzarella sticks.  Regardless, we devised a method for you to make these at home, so pay attention.

Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 3 5 mins

Author: HellthyJunkFood
Recipe Type: Entree
Cuisine: American
Serves: 1

Ingredients:

• Pizza Dough
  
• Pillsbury Thin Pizza Crust
  
• 20 Pepperoni Slices
  
• Mozzarella Cheese (minimum 1 Cup)
  
• 10 Polly-O String Cheese Sticks
  
• Grated Parmesan Cheese
  
• Dried Italian Seasonings
  
• 1 Part Marinara : 1 Part Tomato Paste
  
• Butter
  
• Garlic
  
• Oil
  
• Big Cake Pan (12")
  
• Pizza Stone
  

THINGS YOU'LL NEED:

• HJF Cutting Board: https://bit.ly/2Eyhr3R
  
• HJF Apron: https://bit.ly/2Ez9z0
  

Instructions:

1. Cook down your meats such as your sausage, bacon, ham first
   
2. Roll out your dough until it is larger than the 12" diameter cake pan and then using the cake pan trim around it so you can get a nice manufactured looking circle
   
3. Now start filling one half of the dough much like a quesadilla with mozzarella cheese, sausage, ham, bacon and pepperoni and maybe some more cheese...
   
4. Fold the other half over and pinch it down to the best of your capabilities.
   
5. Using the handle of a wooden spoon, press the dough together in one inch increments as an added bonding mechanism, similar to the Pizza Hut version.
   
6. Generously grease up the 12 inch cake pan with oil and carefully transfer your P'Zone to the cake pan.
   
7. Melt butter and garlic and brush that on top of the P'Zone and sprinkle parsley and grated parmesan cheese on top.
   
8. Bake at 425°F for 25 minutes or until golden brown on top.
   
9. Take out of oven and baste it again with the butter/garlic and top it off with shredded parmesan cheese, just like you see in the P'Zone picture from Pizza Hut. The dough will be warm enough for the cheese to stick, but not melt completely.
   
10. Cut in half and eat as if it's your last meal... because this could in fact be... your last meal. 😀
    

Nutritional Information:

Serving Size: 1 Calories: 200 Fat: 8g Saturated Fat: 3g Trans Fat: 0g Carbohydrates: 20g Sugar: 4g Sodium: 490mg Fiber: 1g Protein: 10g Cholesterol: 18mg