Maple Bacon Jalapeno Pizza

5 from 2 votes

Make this maple bacon jalapeno pizza for a unique sweet and savory dinner that's perfect for cold winter nights.

Servings slices

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 10

Total Time 30

Equipment

14-inch pizza pan

Ingredients

1 pound pizza dough homemade or store-bought
¼ pound bacon diced and fried
½ cup pizza sauce
½ cup mozzarella shredded
½ cup sharp cheddar cheese shredded
½ cup monterey jack cheese shredded
1 medium jalapeno diced
1 teaspoon maple syrup

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Let the pizza dough rest at room temperature for 1 hour before stretching. Preheat oven to 500 degrees F.
Combine the mozzarella, cheddar, and monterey jack cheese in a bowl and set aside.
Flour a round pizza pan and your hands. Stretch the dough into a roughly 12 to 14 inch circle to fit the pan. Then, assemble the pizza. Spread the pizza sauce evenly on the dough, leaving about a half-inch crust around the edge. Sprinkle the 3-cheese blend evenly over the pizza, then top with bacon bits and diced jalapeno.
Bake until the crust is golden and the cheese is bubbly, about 8 to 10 minutes. Rotate the pan halfway through to evenly crisp the crust.
Finally, drizzle the pizza with maple syrup. Slice and serve hot.

Notes

Pizza dough - We think this pizza is best on a homemade thin crust pizza dough. Flour Water Salt Yeast and Mastering Pizza are our two favorite cookbooks for making dough from scratch. Both have amazing thin crust recipes. However you can also use a 1 pound store-bought dough for this recipe.

Pizza sauce - We recommend trying our easy recipe for homemade pizza sauce (get it here). It's a classic red sauce that tastes great on any pizza. Plus, you can make a whole batch and then freeze 1/2 cup portions for easy pizza nights later on!

3-cheese blend - When it comes to pizza, we always recommend buying cheese in blocks and shredding it yourself. It tastes fresher and melts way better than the shredded cheese you can buy in bags at the grocery store.

The fastest way to cook bacon bits - Chop your bacon up before frying to make the process easier, cleaner, and quicker.

Cook times and temps - Always follow the baking times provided by the pizza dough you are using. The dough is the most important part as it actually has to be cooked.

Author: Nicole & Alex Langdon

Calories: 381kcal

Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course

Cuisine: American

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