Yo Gabba Gabba! Funny Face Pizzas

Funny face pizzas will quickly become a favorite in your home. Get your preschooler to try new foods (mushrooms or anchovies perhaps?) while making tasty, nutritious pizzas.

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Ingredients

• Basic Pizza Dough
• Flour
• Cornmeal
• Basic Pizza Sauce
• Grated parmesan cheese or mozzarella cheese
• Blanched broccoli spears
• Sliced cooked sausage
• Sliced mushrooms
• Pepperoni
• Pepper pieces
• Sliced provolone
• Cherry tomatoes
• Anchovies
• Ricotta cheese
• Roasted peppers
• Sliced ham or cubes
• Black olives

Directions

1. Step 1

   Preheat the oven to 500°F.

2. Step 2

   Divide the dough into 6 equal pieces. Roll each piece on a clean surface, with a bit of flour if necessary, to a 6-inch circle. Kids will love to do this too. They may want to work with a small piece of dough to make a super mini pizza. If you don't want to make your own dough, you can substitute pizza dough from the supermarket or your local pizza parlor.

3. Step 3

   Sprinkle 2 sheet pans lightly with cornmeal. Place the dough disks on the prepared sheet pans.

4. Step 4

   Show kids how to top each dough disk with about 3 tablespoons pizza sauce in a thin layer about 3/4 inch from the edge. You can both sprinkle a small amount of the grated cheese on top and arrange any pizza toppers to make a funny face: broccoli or sausage for hair, mushroom nose, pepperoni eyes, black olive pupils. Add more cheese on top to help secure the toppings.

5. Step 5

   Place sheet pans in oven and bake until pizza is golden and bubbly; 7 to 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack or a cutting board and cool slightly. Repeat with the remaining pizzas.

Nurtition Facts

• Calories: 555
• Total Fat: 24g
• Saturated Fat: 5g
• Trans Fat: 0g
• Cholesterol: 11mg
• Sodium: 694mg
• Total Carbs: 70g
• Fiber: 5g
• Sugar: 8g
• Protein: 15g