Make-Your-Own-Pizza Party!

This past weekend, my student ministry's girls 

had a sleepover and we had sooo much fun!

The first thing we did when we all arrived was to make personal sized pizzas.

I'm going to share what we did because it was awesome

AND it'd be so easy to replicate for 

birthday parties

or dinner parties

or really any kind of social gathering!

We had:

• pizza dough
• red sauce (the HEB brand in a can)
• white sauce (alfredo sauce in a jar)
• shredded mozzarella cheese
• pepperoni
• bacon
• spinach
• mushrooms
• olives
• caramelized onions
• sliced tomatoes
• green bell pepper
• pineapple 
• grated Parmesan cheese

I used this recipe for the dough and made it the day before. 

It made enough for eight girls, 

and most of us didn't finish our pizzas.

(Although that may have been because we were 

scarfing down guacamole while they were in the oven.)

But if you have big appetites, adjust accordingly.

Or use naan instead and save yourself the trouble. 

Need gluten free? Use corn tortillas.

You can also forgo sauce and just brush with olive oil.

So much versatility!

The day before, I sliced the bell pepper, mushrooms, and tomatoes.

I caramelized the onions, baked the bacon and tore it into small pieces, 

and shredded some mozzarella cheese

Then I put everything in cute little containers .

It would have been even better if I'd made little matching labels

but that didn't happen. 

The girls loved it!

We sprinkled some olive oil on each pan before 

and let everyone roll out their own crust- thin, thick or stuffed crust 

and then create their own masterpiece.

Check out some of our pizza creations:

Jadzia's margherita pizza- it came out tasty!

 Yalani's was piled with pineapple!

 Bella and Mercedes made one monster pizza with everything on it.

 Olivia made a smiley face with olives.

Our host generously ran to Wal-Mart and bought several of these cute pizza baking sheets! I'm pretty sure they were under $2 each and were perfect for our project. They cool down really quickly out of the oven too!

We baked them at 400 for about fifteen-twenty minutes 

(thicker ones took longer).

I think next time I'd turn it up to 450 

and turn the broiler on for the last few minutes.

You could also throw them on the grill- 

perfect for summery get-togethers.

After baking:

the margherita pizza

 My half and half- one side white sauce with spinach, mushrooms and onions, 

one side red sauce with tomatoes, pepperoni, bacon and olives!

It was a fabulous night of:

movies and snuggling with puppies

experiments with nail polish

And fun facials

 

(photo cropped to protect green-faced students :) )