Pizza Friday - Baked Potato Pizza

Okay, has it been like 2 years since I did a Pizza Friday? I thought so. Sorry!!! I'm making up for it with a real doozy today. Baked Potato Pizza. YUM.

The girls never seem to be too thrilled with  me getting fancy on Pizza Friday but they did eat this. Leyna picked off the onions and potatoes (the girl doesn't like potatoes - I don't get it!) and dipped hers in ranch. Cora ate all the bacon off of hers, then the potatoes, then the cheese. Crust untouched, onions MIA - did she really eat them? No idea but the grown ups ate every last bit of their slices. SO GOOD!

Baked Potato Pizza
Adapted from Allrecipes, crust by Pioneer Woman

Ingredients
1 pizza crust recipe (see below)
3 medium unpeeled potatoes, baked and cooled
1 T butter or margarine, melted
1/4 t garlic powder
1/4 t dried Italian seasoning
1 C sour cream
6 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled
3 green onions, chopped
1 1/2 C shredded mozzarella cheese
1/2 C shredded Cheddar cheese

Directions
Prepare crust according to recipe below. Stretch onto pizza pan or cookie sheet and use a dough docker (or fork or whatever) to poke holes in the dough to keep it from bubbling up. Bake at 500 degrees for 4 minutes or until crust is firm and begins to brown.
Cut potatoes into 1/2 in cubes. In a bowl, combine butter, garlic powder and Italian seasoning. Add potatoes and toss. Spread sour cream over crust; top with potato mixture, bacon, onions and cheeses. Bake at 500 degrees for 8 minutes, or until cheese is lightly browned. Enjoy!


PW's Pizza Crust

Ingredients
1 teaspoon Active Dry Or Instant Yeast
4 cups All-purpose Flour
1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
1/3 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Directions
Sprinkle yeast over 1 1/2 cups warm water.
In a mixer, combine flour and salt. With the mixer running on low speed, drizzle in olive oil until combined with flour. Next, pour in yeast/water mixture and mix until just combined.
Coat a separate mixing bowl with a light drizzle of olive oil, and form the dough into a ball. Toss to coat dough in olive oil, then cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place for at least 1 hour.
When ready to use, divide dough in half and store other half for future use.