S'mores Pizza
Two words that belong together.
My
husband's favorite food- pizza. My favorite dessert- s'mores. Could anything be
better?
Trust me on this. You will love it. And you
can make this in any dessert flavor you like. Strawberries, peaches, ice cream-
it all works with this super easy and impressive dessert.
In our house, we love homemade pizza. It is
our Friday night "fun food" and we make our dough from scratch and
set up a "Make Your Own" pizza bar with lots of toppings. Everyone
gets the pizza they love and it is a great way to use up vegetables, meat and
cheese in the fridge.
So this week we decided to change it up a
little and turn pizza into dessert! I still set up a "Make Your Own"
toppings bar, but this time with fruit, chocolate and of course, marshmallows.
The pizzas are on the small side so we didn't overload on sweets and everyone
loved making their own dessert.
I made a S'mores Pizza, of course, and the
results were so divine I just had to share with you.
Here is my dessert pizza crust- so easy to
make! And some ideas for your Toppings Bar, but add whatever you like and let
everyone have fun!
Dessert Pizza Crust
(makes enough for 4 personal
dessert pizzas)
- In a large bowl, pour in 1 1/2
cups warm water. Add 1 teaspoon sugar and stir to dissolve.
- Add 2 Tablespoons instant yeast
to the water and stir. Allow to sit until foamy, about 10 minutes.
- Once foamy, stir again and then
add 3 cups all purpose flour and 1 cup whole wheat flour. Add 1 teaspoon salt, 1
Tablespoon ground cinnamon, 2 Tablespoons honey, and 2 Tablespoons vegetable
oil.
- Mix to combine. Dough will be
sticky.
- Turn dough onto lightly floured
surface and knead until smooth, about 5 minutes. Place in a large lightly oiled
bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Keep in a warm place while oven preheats.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- When oven is ready, divide
dough into 4 balls. Roll out each ball of dough with a rolling pin on a
lightly
floured surface until dough is 1/2" thick.
- Bake the pizza shells for
approximately 20 minutes or until lightly brown on the edges and baked through.
Remove from the oven and now you can top it and bake it to finish it.
- Now you are ready to top your
pizza- for the S'mores Pizza version first use white, dark, or milk chocolate
chips
(or all 3!) to make the "sauce" by sprinkling dough with
chocolate.
Place in oven and bake until chocolate has melted. (Alternately, you
can spread chocolate sauce on crust and add remaining ingredients and bake all
at once).
Remove from oven and top with remaining ingredients such as
marshmallows.
When baking the marshmallows, watch carefully as the marshmallows
will melt and toast very quickly.
- The trick to topping your pizza
is making your "sauce" first with either melted chocolate, baking it
with chocolate chips on it, or spreading jam on the crust. Then add toppings
and put marshmallows on it to be the "cheese" to glue everything
together. Fresh fruit should be added after its baked (the fruit is so watery
that it tends to just add water to the top and it isn't in the oven long enough
to cook)
Dessert Pizza Toppings
- white, milk, or dark chocolate
chips
- marshmallows
- fresh fruit such as sliced
strawberries or peaches, whole raspberries or blackberries
- jam
- chocolate bar pieces or candies
such as smarties or m&ms
·
whipped cream (for topping
after, but allow pizza to cool slightly before using or it will melt)
- nuts or granola clusters
- cookie pieces
Have fun making this easy and fun dessert-
remember, you can always make your dough and prep your toppings in advance. And
this makes an awesome DIY activity for a kids' party- trust me! Messy but oh so
good!
Enjoy~ Kimberley
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Guest Contributor: Kimberley Mulla
My
Mom gave me my first cookbook when I was six years old. I have been baking &
cooking ever since.
I specialize in
artisan marshmallows & confections. I want to sell a product that I would feed my children. The
ingredients are simple, often local, organic & fair trade as
well.
I love making
marshmallows. Every single one. It brings me so much joy to create something
unique, tasty, and delightful.
