It’s hard to call this a “new recipe” since we’ve used it several times before and it is really just using English muffins for your pizza crust with assembly of different toppings on top, so not much of a “recipe”. But I thought I would add it here anyway. I have a small bias towards including pepperoni in every variation, but technically it is optional. 🙂

Ingredients

Base

• 6 English muffins (whole wheat or seeded or original) (Note: 6 English muffins make 12 mini pizzas once sliced!)

Foundational Layer

• 1/4 cup pizza sauce (Note: You can also use tomato paste, tomato sauce or salsa for slightly different flavours)
• 1.5 cups shredded cheese (combo of cheddar, mozzarella and/or swiss)

Topping Layer Options

• Hawaiian:
  1/4 cup cooked ham, diced
  1/2 small onion, chopped
  1/2 cup pineapple chunks
  24 slices pepperoni
• Super Supreme:
  1/4 lb / 250g Italian sausage, chopped/diced
  1/4 lb / 250g mild saussage, chopped/diced
  1/4 cup cooked ham, diced
  1/4 cup green pepper, diced
  1/4 cup red onion, diced
  12 black olives, sliced
  1/4 cup mushrooms, sliced
  1/4 lb / 250g ground beef
• Meat Lovers:
  1/2 lb / 250g pork sausage, diced
  1/2 small onion, chopped
  1/2 lb / 250g ground beef
  1/4 tsp garlic salt
  1/4 tsp dried oregano
  1/8 tsp cayenne pepper, optional
  24 slices of pepperoni
• Veggie Lovers:
  1/2 small yellow onion, chopped
  1/4 cup white onion, chopped
  1/4 cup red onion, chopped
  1/4 cup mushrooms, sliced
  1/4 cup green peppers, diced
  12 black olives, sliced
  12 green olives, sliced
  1/2 cup pineapple chunks
  2 medium-sized tomatoes, sliced thin

Main preparations (common steps)

1. Slice the English muffins in half.
2. Prepare (slice/dice/shred) any of the optional toppings.
3. Pre-cook any of the extra toppings as necessary (i.e., brown the ground beef, sausage, etc.)
4. Spread the sauce evenly over the cut English muffins.
5. Add any additional toppings from the variations below.
6. Add cheese on top.
7. If you are planning to eat them immediately (as opposed to freezing for later), place the English muffins on baking sheets and bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes PLUS an additional 5-8 minutes depending on how many toppings you add and/or the number of additional mini-pizzas you are cooking.

Variations/Notes

• Hawaiian option: At step 2 (prep), dice the cooked ham (1/4 cup), chop a small onion (1/2 of it), and cut pineapple into chunks (1/2 cup). At step 3 (pre-cook), quickly sauté the chopped onions, if desired. At step 5, spread pepperoni (24 slices) over the English muffins evenly and then distribute the Hawaiian toppings. Add 5 minutes to the baking time.
• Super Supreme option: At step 2 (prep), chop/slice/dice the Italian sausage (1/4 lb / 250g), mild sausage (1/4 lb / 250 g), cooked ham (1/4 cup), green pepper (1/4 cup), and red onion (1/4 cup). Slice the black olives (12) and sliced mushrooms (1/4 cup). At step 3 (pre-cook), cook in a skillet the chopped Italian sausage, mild sausage, cooked ham, green pepper, and red onion with ground beef (1/4 lb / 250 g). At step 5, spread pepperoni (24 slices) over the English muffins evenly. Mix the cooked ingredients above with the sliced black olives and mushrooms, and then distribute evenly. Add 8-10 minutes to baking time.
• Meat Lovers option: At step 2 (prep), dice the pork sausage (1/2 lb / 250 g) and chop a small onion (using 1/2). At step 3 (pre-cook), cook in a skillet the ground beef (1/2 lb / 250 g), diced pork sausage, chopped onion, garlic salt (1/4 tsp), dried oregano (1/4 tsp), cayenne pepper (1/8 tsp, optional). At step 5, spread pepperoni (24 slices) over the English muffins evenly and then distribute the meat topping. Add 5 minutes to the baking time.
• Veggie Lovers option: Choose 3-5 ingredients from the list, and at step 2, prepare a small yellow onion (1/2 of it, chopped), white onion (1/4 cup, chopped), red onion (1/4 cup, chopped), mushrooms (1/4 cup, sliced), green pepper (1/4 cup, diced), black olives (12, sliced), green olives (12, sliced), pineapple chunks (1/2 cup, cut to size), tomatoes (2 medium-sized, sliced thin). At step 3 (pre-cook), sauté any onions. At step 5, spread the ingredients evenly over the English muffins. Add 5-8 minutes depending on how many ingredients you used.

• If you want to freeze them: Assemble the ingredients on top, etc., but DO NOT bake them; bag them or place in freezer containers, and they should be good for up to 3 months. If you cook from frozen later, increase the baking time to 24-28 minutes.