Personal Pizzas

Ingredients:

Pizza crust

Pizza sauce

Bite-size and shredded toppings

Directions:

• Divide pizza dough into single-size portions or take a whole pizza crust and designate a section for each kid.
• An efficient way to make a lot of individual pizzas: pat most of the dough into a large rectangle and make a grid pattern with strips of remaining dough. Let kids fill the grids with the toppings of their choice. When the pizza is baked, use a pizza wheel or large knife to cut along the grid lines.
• Explore other pizza shapes. How about hearts, flowers, bears, fish or even kid-shaped pizzas?
• Make individual pizza pockets--or calzones--by spreading half a round of raw pizza dough with sauce and toppings, leaving a 1-inch border. Fold the other half over and seal the edges by pressing the dough together with a fork. Brush with olive oil and bake.
• For a quick and easy pizza night, start with pre-baked pizza crust or make your pizza dough ahead of time.