Recipe #60: Garlic Bread Pizza

I imagine, at this point, that everyone has seen the commercials for Pizza Hut's newest creation: Garlic Bread Pizza. How can you miss them? I admit that I am fully engaged when that 30 second commercial is on my television screen. In fact, Ian and I have been wanting to try these for the entire summer...I mean, if you haven't been, than I can be 100% positive you have not seen the advertisement!

There did not seem like there was anything complicated about these little garlic pizzas so I figured it would hardly be any effort to make them. (Now usually I am wrong about these assumptions but tonight I happened to be right.) It may not surprise anyone that making this at home was less expensive than ordering it from Pizza Hut. But I was proud (or at least as proud as I can be) that I was able to make this guilty pleasure snack with a few less calories and fat than Pizza Hut's version. But yes, they are still bad for you...


Ingredients:

* 1 box of Texas Toast Garlic Bread
* 1 small container of Pizza Sauce
* Dried Minced Basil
* Low Sodium Pepperoni
* Shredded Mozzarella Cheese


Cooking Directions:

First, preheat the oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.

Place the garlic bread on a baking sheet.

Then a desired amount of pizza sauce on each piece of garlic bread.

Sprinkle some dried basil on each piece.

Place about 6 pepperoni slices onto each piece of bread.

Cover the pieces of garlic bread with the shredded mozzarella.

Put the baking sheet in the oven and cook for about 5 minutes for the garlic bread to cook, the pepperoni to brown, and the cheese to melt. Yep, it is just that easy.