Mini Cranberry Pizza Recipe
This Mini Cranberry Pizza is an easy-to-make, tangy, creamy, delightful appetizer recipe for dinner parties and holidays. Topped with cranberries, cream cheese, peppers, and cheese, this is one of the quick winter and fall appetizers.
Servings: 16 pizza
Calories: 163kcal
Equipment
- Pizza pan
Ingredients
For the mini pizza dough crust
- 1 cup Warm water divided
- ¾ cup Cranberries: I have used frozen
- 1 teaspoon Sugar
- 2 /4 teaspoon Active dry yeast one packet
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 2 ¾ cup All purpose flour divided
- Olive oil to grease
Mini pizza topping, use any topping of your choice
- ¾ cup Marinara sauce pasta sauce
- ½ teaspoon Cayenne powder Red chile powder ( optional)
- 8 oz Pepper jack cheese grated mozzarella may be used
- 1/ cup Cranberries fresh or frozen
- 4 to 5 oz Cream cheese cut into cubes
- ⅓ cup Orange mini sweet peppers chopped
- ⅓ cup Yellow mini sweet peppers chopped
- 2 Jalapeno chopped
- ½ Red onions chopped
Instructions
Make the pizza dough or base
- In a large bowl, add ½ cup warm water and sugar. Sprinkle yeast and leave it undisturbed for 5 to 10 minutes. Let the yeast activate.1 cup Warm water, 1 teaspoon Sugar, 2 /4 teaspoon Active dry yeast
- While the yeast is activating, grind or blend the cranberries with ½ cup of warm water to form a smooth puree.¾ cup Cranberries: I have used frozen
- Add the cranberry puree, salt, and 1 cup flour to the yeast mixture and mix using a wooden spoon. Add the remaining flour and knead for 5 to 10 minutes to form a soft dough. Adjust the flour as needed.1 teaspoon Salt, 2 ¾ cup All purpose flour
- Cover it and let it rise for 1 hour or until doubled in size.Olive oil
Cut into small pizza and arrange toppings
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Dust the working surface and transfer the risen dough.
- Roll it into a large rectangle (not too thick or too thin). Using a pizza cutter, cut it into 14 mini rectangles and place them on a parchment-lined baking pan. Keep any scrap dough aside.
- Add marinara sauce and red chile or cayenne powder to a bowl and mix. The addition of chile powder is optional.¾ cup Marinara sauce, ½ teaspoon Cayenne powder
- Spread sauce on each crust and top it with cheese, followed by cranberries, cream cheese, and other desired toppings.8 oz Pepper jack cheese, 1/ cup Cranberries, 4 to 5 oz Cream cheese, ⅓ cup Orange mini sweet peppers, ⅓ cup Yellow mini sweet peppers, 2 Jalapeno, ½ Red onions
For the leftover pizza dough
- If you have any scrap dough, you can roll it into mini pizzas. To make it a little differently, roll the scrap dough into rectangles, dump in any remaining sauce, cheese, and toppings, and tightly roll to seal them. Use a serrated knife to cut into pieces and place the cut side down on a parchment-lined baking pan. These will be like pizza pinwheels.
Bake the mini cranberry pizza bites.
- Bake in preheated oven for 10 to 15 minutes or until the crusts are golden brown. The crust must be crisp and chewy.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- Add any toppings of your choice.
- You can also use cranberry pesto instead of marinara sauce and skip cranberries in topping.
- You may have to adjust the amount of flour in the recipe based on the brand and weather conditions.
- Instead of pizza dough, naan bread dough can be made and used as a base to make this mini pizza.
Nutrition
Calories: 163kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 309mg | Potassium: 92mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 299IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 119mg | Iron: 1mg