When I crave cheese or bread, I would most definitely bake pizza toast because I now have a recipe that is simple and flexible. The hot bread with melted cheese would be ready in very little time!
Here are links to the pizza toast journey:
I was searching for cooking classes in Texas and a quick and easy recipe popped up on my search results, the type I normally look for when I want to cook something.
My Story
I usually don’t eat pizza or toast unless it was selected by someone else or the best available choice at the time. My go-to dishes are ones that go well with rice and can easily be reheated for a future meal.
However, since I had a pizza toast recipe that promised to be both quick and easy, I wanted to try it.
Inspiring Recipe
My family eats pizza almost on a weekly basis, so why not try The BakerMama’s recipe for pizza toast? The beautiful images also pulled me.
First Try
Since this was the first time using the recipe, I wanted to stick to it as closely as possible.
Ingredients to Use
Even though the recipe was written for six slices of toast, the ingredients for one serving were also included, so I easily scaled up the recipe for eight pieces. The only other thing I tweaked was to use a baking pan greased with a little oil, instead of a baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray, due to what was available in the kitchen.
Steps to Prepare
Here are photos from the assembling process:
Time to Eat
Below is the pan of pizza toast straight out of the oven:
Recipe Rating
After trying out a couple slices of pizza toast, I summarized the results of the recipe as follows:
| # of Ingredients | Effort | $ / Serving | Try Again? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 * |  | |  |
Second Try
I couldn’t wait to retry this recipe with a different meat topping!
Ingredients to Use
This time I kept with the recipe and made six slices of toast. However, instead of using pepperoni slices, I wanted to top the slices of brioche with Italian sausage.
Steps to Prepare
Since I was using raw meat, I cooked it in a skillet according to the package instructions.
Also, remembering that the bread was too soft the first time around, I wanted to bake the bread slices for more than five minutes, which I ended up doing for seven minutes.
Lastly, I wanted all the ingredients to be hotter than last time, so I planned to bake everything for more than ten minutes.
Time to Eat
After baking the pan of pizza toast for eleven minutes, the cheese was nicely melted:
Recipe Rating
With one bite of the Italian sausage pizza toast, I enjoyed the crispy bread and warm, melded toppings. Here are the summarized results of the modified recipe:
| # of Ingredients | Effort | $ / Serving | Try Again? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 * | | | |
Though I did receive a comment from one of my sons that this version had more flavor, I can still experiment with the recipe next time as follows:
Continuous Improvement
- Use different toppings!
As I reflect on how I stumbled upon the pizza toast recipe, it makes me think of the following lesson:
Lesson for Dumber Self
- Try something different; you might end up liking it!
What will you do now?
Next Step for You
- Try the pizza toast recipe from The BakerMama?
- Customize the above recipe before using it?
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