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Alien Pizza Squares

 

From oneforthetable.com.

  • Cooking spray
  • 1 pound refrigerated pizza dough
  • 3/4 cup pizza sauce or tomato sauce
  • 8 slices low-moisture mozzarella cheese
  • 1 tablespoon capers
  • Fresh or freeze-dried basil

Preheat oven to 475 degrees. Spray rimmed baking pan with cooking spray. Press and stretch dough evenly into a rectangle shape. Spread sauce evenly over dough, leaving a 1-inch border. Bake until underside of dough is golden, about 10-15 minutes.

While pizza is baking, use a pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter (or any cutter you choose) to cut pumpkin shapes from cheese. Save cheese scraps for a sandwich.

Place pumpkins on top of hot pizza and bake for 2-5 minutes or just until slightly melted. Place two capers on each piece of cheese for eyes and sprinkle basil for the mouth. Let stand 5 minutes before slicing. Serves 4.

Per serving: 403 calories; 11 g fat (6 g saturated fat; 25 percent calories from fat); 54 g carbohydrates; 32 mg cholesterol; 947 mg sodium; 23 g protein; 5 g fiber.

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