BLT Pizza

Who does not like pizza? With all of the options with dough/bread, sauces, meats, veggies, cheeses...the opportunities are endless and seemingly impossible to not find SOMETHING you like. We have pizza in our house every Friday without fail. It's a quick and easy dinner which is always welcome at the end of a (usually) long week and it makes everyone happy to sit down to dinner (or sit down to movie...a Peter Pan obsession about a year ago led to a "Peter Pan Pizza Picnic Party" one Friday and now the "pizza picnic" happens more often than not with all of us spread out on a blanket in the living room with the lights out watching a kid movie). The only complaint I sometimes get is from my little 5-year-old munchkin if there are no mushrooms on the pizza. Yes, you read that correctly, it is not a typo, I said if there are NO mushrooms on the pizza. One of the pickiest children in the world LOVES mushrooms and gets PO'd when they are not on her pizza. Go figure.

This pizza does NOT have mushrooms on it (which qualifies NOT-picky-but-doesn't-like-mushrooms Erin to like it), but the bacon I'm sure makes up for it.

~Leah

BLT Pizza

Prep time: 15 mins

Cook time: 12 mins

Total time: 27 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup mayonnaise


• 1/4 cup Miracle Whip


• 1 tsp. dried basil


• 1/2 tsp. garlic powder


• 1/8 tsp. onion powder


• 1 (16 oz) prepared pizza crust, your favorite homemade prepared pizza crust, or dough from your favorite local pizza joint or grocery store


• 12 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled, divided


• 3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese


• 3/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese


• 1 1/2 cups shredded lettuce


• 2 medium tomatoes, chopped

Instructions

1. Combine mayo, Miracle Whip, basil, garlic powder and onion powder and refrigerate for at least a 1/2 hour.


2. Place the pizza crust on an ungreased pizza pan or cookie sheet.


3. Spread mayonnaise mixture over crust.


4. Set aside 1/4 cup bacon and sprinkle remaining bacon, cheddar cheese and mozzarella cheese on crust.


5. Bake according to the instructions on the crust you chose, or until done.


6. Top with lettuce, tomatoes, and reserved bacon.

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