Pizza Bagels
October 30, 2009 by Quick Chef
Filed under freezer cooking, recipes
I don’t know about your house, but in my house they are always asking for bagel bites. They are easy to heat up and they get eaten quick. BUT, they are so easy to make that it’s silly not to make your own and freeze. Double and triple the recipe for future appetizers.
Pizza Bagels
12 bagels or 24 mini-bagels
1 jar spaghetti sauce or pizza sauce
1 pack of mini pepperoni’s
1 pack of sliced ham
1 small jar sliced olives
8oz bag of shredded mozzarella cheese
1. Half bagels and place face up on cookie sheet.
2. Thinly spread spaghetti or pizza sauce on bagels.
3. Place toppings on bagels and sprinkle with cheese.
4. Bake in oven just until cheese starts to melt, about 12 minutes.
5. Cool completely and freeze in containers, foodsaver packages or ziplock baggies depending on how many your family eats at at time and if you made regular bagels or mini’s. To reheat, bake at 425 degrees for 10-15 minutes until cheese is nice and bubbly.
Anita DeFrank on Tue, 18th May 2010 12:35 pm
These are the best! Why I’ve never thought of making a bunch and freezing them ahead of time I’ll never know! I guess that’s exactly one of the reasons why I *love* this site!
My kids love these too. The love the fact that they can make their very own mini pizza with whatever and however much they want. They also really enjoy getting to make them themselves. Hmmm … Maybe mommy should really let them have a ball and put together a bunch of them themselves and freeze them. I bet they’d love that idea!
These make such a great spur of the moment snack idea and to have them easy enough to pull out of the freezer, pop in the oven and eat … that makes them even better! Plus the fact that my kids could even take care of that part, lol!
You’ve just made me two very happy kiddos! Thanks for the great ideas as usual!
Oh and P.S. We often use turkey pepperoni on our homemade pizzas/bagel pizzas – and are big fans of putting them on our homemade hoagies – you can’t taste a difference and they’re so much better for you!
Anita DeFrank on Tue, 18th May 2010 12:38 pm
Oops! Just one more thing …
Something else my family loves to use other than bagels are English Muffins. I don’t see why you couldn’t make and freeze a bunch of them ahead of time as well.
And to think that’s something I learned in Home Economics as a Freshman in high school! lol!