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Easy Pizza Muffins

Made with my 10 minute no knead no rise pizza dough, these Easy Pizza Muffins are perfect little snacks. Eaten warm or cold, they are great to pop into lunch boxes.

Easy Pizza Muffins

I love these little muffins. They are like mini pizzas, but in a little muffin form. Topped and filled with your favorite toppings, to make it something that everybody will enjoy.

The great thing about these easy pizza muffins is that you can prepare them in advance. It can be reheated or served at room temperature making it a really quick and easy lunch box idea.

Easy Pizza Muffins

If you are packing these for your kid’s school lunch…they are going to really love it. In fact let them help make these muffins by adding their favorite toppings. Just have fun.

10 MINUTE PIZZA DOUGH RECIPE

For the base of these muffins, I used my 10 minute no knead no rise pizza dough. It is a yeast based dough using basic ingredients and very easy to make. The ingredients for the dough is just basically mixed together to form a soft dough. It is not necessary to knead or leave the dough to rise for an hour.

Easy Pizza Muffins

 

MAKING THE EASY PIZZA MUFFINS

Start by making the pizza dough

Warm the water in the microwave or kettle. It should not be boiling, just lukewarm. Add in the oil and mix

In a large bowl, sift in the all purpose / cake flour. Add in the instant / fast acting yeast, sugar and salt and stir to combine.

Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the warm water and oil mixture.

Using a spoon or your hands, just mix together, to form a soft dough. Do not knead the dough, just gather it together until it is well combined and soft.

Easy Pizza Muffins

Leave covered to rest for 10 minutes. During this time, I usually prepare the toppings and sauce for the pizza muffins. You can either use bottled pizza sauce, make your own, or try out my favorite pizza sauce recipe. The pizza sauce recipe is included in the recipe card below.

Grease the muffin tin with a little butter. I also like to dust a bit of polenta or semolina into the muffin tins. This further prevents the dough from sticking as it bakes. Using semolina or polenta is totally optional and can be left out. Just ensure that your muffin tin is greased with butter.

After 10 minutes, roll out your pizza dough to about 5mm thick. Using a 3 ½ inch  / 10cm cutter, cut 12 rounds from dough. Line the mold of the greased  pan with dough rounds, pushing into pan to come 3/4 up side of each mold.

Easy Pizza Muffins

Spread pizza sauce over base and sides of pizza bases. Fill halfway  with grated cheese and filling of your choice. Finish by covering the filling with cheese and dried mixed herbs or ground black pepper

In my recipe, I just filled the dough with homemade pizza sauce, grated cheddar, mozzarella, chopped sweet basil and cherry tomatoes. A simple filling, but really delicious.

Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until bases are baked and cheese is melted. Leave in the pan for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Serve warm or cold.

Easy Pizza Muffins

So give the sandwiches a break and try these easy pizza muffins, perfect for lunch boxes or just a snack.

I think that you are going to love this one.

Enjoy ♥

Easy Pizza Muffins

Easy Pizza Muffins

5 from 4 votes
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 15 minutes
Total: 30 minutes
Servings 12 Pizza Muffins
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Made with my 10 minute no knead no rise pizza dough, these Easy Pizza Muffins are perfect little snacks. Eaten warm or cold, they are great to pop into lunch boxes.

Ingredients

FOR THE PIZZA DOUGH

  • ½ Tablespoon instant dry / fast acting yeast
  • ½ Tablespoon sugar
  • ¾ cup warm water 110°F / 32°C
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • 1 Tablespoon oil
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons cornmeal / polenta or semolina for dusting baking trays. optional SEE NOTE 1
  • Grated cheese and filling of your choice SEE NOTE 2

FOR THE PIZZA SAUCE ( NOTE - USE BOTTLED PIZZA SAUCE, YOUR OWN FAVORITE SAUCE, OR GIVE THIS RECIPE A TRY

  • 2 teaspoons oil
  • 1 small onion diced
  • 1 small red or green bell pepper diced
  • 1 can diced or pureed tomatoes or 3 tomatoes peeled and finely chopped or blended until smooth
  • 1 teaspoon tomato paste OR thick tomato sauce / ketchup
  • ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 teaspoon mixed dried herbs use your favourite mix SEE NOTE 1
  • Salt to taste

Instructions

  • FOR THE PIZZA DOUGH
  • Start by making the pizza dough.
  • Warm the water in the microwave or kettle. It should not be boiling, just lukewarm. Add in the oil and mix
  • In a large bowl, sift in the all purpose / cake flour. Add in the instant / fast acting yeast, sugar and salt and stir to combine.
  • Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the warm water and oil mixture.
  • Using a spoon or your hands, just mix together, to form a soft dough. Do not knead the dough, just gather it together until it is well combined and soft.
  • Leave covered to rest for 10 minutes. During this time, I usually prepare the toppings and sauce for the pizza muffins. You can either use bottled pizza sauce, make your own, or try out my favorite pizza sauce recipe.
  • Grease the muffin tin with a little butter.
  • After 10 minutes, roll out your pizza dough to about 5mm thick. Using a 3 ½ inch / 10cm cutter, cut 12 rounds from dough. Line each mold of the greased pan with dough rounds, pushing into pan to come 3/4 up side of each mold.

FILLING AND BAKING THE PIZZA MUFFINS

  • Spread pizza sauce over base and sides of pizza bases. Fill halfway with grated cheese and filling of your choice. Finish by covering the filling with cheese and dried mixed herbs or ground black pepper
  • Bake in a preheated oven of 374°F / 190° C for 15 - 20 minutes until the crust is golden and the cheese has melted. Leave in the pan for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Serve warm or cold.

MAKING THE PIZZA SAUCE

  • Pour the oil into a small saucepan and turn the stove on to medium heat. Add in the diced onions and chopped bell pepper. Cook for 2 minutes, and then add in the rest of the pizza sauce ingredients. Let this mix simmer on the stove for 10 minutes until reduced and thickened. Spread over pressed pizza dough and add grated cheese and toppings of your choice.

Notes

  1. I also like to dust a bit of polenta or semolina into the muffin tins. This further prevents the dough from sticking as it bakes. Using semolina or polenta is totally optional and can be left out. Just ensure that your muffin tin is greased with butter.
  2. In my recipe, I just filled the dough with homemade pizza sauce, grated cheddar, mozzarella, chopped sweet basil and cherry tomatoes. A simple filling, but really delicious.

Nutrition

Serving: 1pizza muffin | Calories: 94kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 146mg | Potassium: 22mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 17IU | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 1mg
Have you tried this recipe?I'd love to hear how it turned out, tag me on @gardeningfoodie

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Comments

  1. Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen says

    14th January 2019 at

    5 stars
    I’ve been craving pizza like crazy lately and now I’m craving these muffins too. Love that you can make them ahead! I think I’m going to have to try them SOON!

    Reply
  2. Ron says

    14th January 2019 at

    5 stars
    Those little muffins look totally addictive. I love cold pizza, so I could see myself grabbing one of your pizza muffins straight from the fridge and popping in my big mouth. Great idea!

    Reply
  3. Maria | kitchenathoskins says

    16th January 2019 at

    5 stars
    A lunch box hit right here!!! Perfectly sized for eating and packing in a lunch box and not to mention a total kid favorite:) I’ve got to try this pizza dough, looks easy peasy.

    Reply
    • Ashika says

      27th January 2019 at

      Definitely a great lunch box treat…Thank you Maria 🙂

      Reply
  4. Shireen Baboo says

    19th January 2019 at

    Can you freeze these?

    Reply
    • Ashika says

      19th January 2019 at

      Hi Shireen. Yes these muffins can be frozen. Just freeze in a single layer in an airtight container.

      Reply
  5. geetz says

    27th January 2019 at

    5 stars
    made these today! was so easy to make them n my son totally loved them!

    Reply
    • Ashika says

      27th January 2019 at

      Aww, Thank you, that is absolutely great and I am so glad that you and your son loved these muffins too 🙂

      Reply
  6. Alicia says

    6th May 2020 at

    Best and easiest pizza ever!!! Made this and doubled the recipe, a dozen in muffins and half the dough in a try for a large pizza. Both were absolutely PERFECT!!! I froze some muffins because they were flying off the table! Im officially deleting ALL my tried and tested pizza recipes. This no doubt is the BEST! Thank you for sharing!

    Reply
    • Ashika says

      8th May 2020 at

      Hi Alicia 🙂 Thank you and you are welcome.
      LOL 🙂 These have a tendency to disappear very quickly here as well 🙂

      Reply

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