Butterfly Pizza

4 ingredients
10 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 recipe pizza dough
  • 2 cups tomato sauce
  • 3 cups mozzarella cheese grated, or cheddar or monterey jack

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 475 degrees F. Grease a large flat baking sheet with olive oil.
  2. 2
    Separate 13 of the dough and set aside.
  3. 3
    On a greased baking sheet shape the remaining two-thirds of the dough into a butterfly with 2 wings.
  4. 4
    Roll the reserve d piece of dough into a snake and position in the center of the two wings as the body.
  5. 5
    Pull some of the body dough up to shape into a head and pull some of the body dough down for a tail.
  6. 6
    Spread sauce over the wings.
  7. 7
    Sprinkle with cheese and decorate with toppings of choice.
  8. 8
    Bake the pizza on the middle rack of the oven for 20 to 30 minutes until crust is golden brown and cheese is bubbly.
  9. 9
    Serve warm.
  10. 10
    As an alternative the dough can be divided into 4 pieces and then shaped into bug or creature of choice, i. e. spider with legs, ladybug, dragonfly, snake, etc

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