Crescent Roll Pizza

This one is actually one of my mom's recipes. Apparently when I went off to college she started trying out all kinds of new recipes, this being one of them. I had no intentions to cook this today, but my mom really wanted to make it, so that's what we did.

The reason this pizza is unique is mainly because of the crust. Instead of a traditional pizza crust, my mom opted for a crescent roll crust. I am a huge fan of crescent rolls, so as soon as she showed me that was what she was planning on using as the crust I got excited. Also, since I'm trying to watch what I eat we decided to use turkey pepperoni and fat free cubed ham. I didn't notice any lack in taste and I actually enjoyed it more so than a typical pizza because it wasn't anywhere near as greasy.

Anyways, remember that this is a very general alternative pizza recipe, you can use just about anything you want to throw on this pizza. My girlfriend's parents like to make pizza at home as well and they tend to use an already made pizza crust and they grill some bacon and vegetables and throw that on top of the pizza. So again, this is just one of the many options you have with this pizza recipe.

Ingredients:
2 Cans of Pillsbury Crescent Recipe Creations
1/2 Jar of Bertolli Vineyard Marinara (8oz)
John Morrel Diced Ham (8oz)
Turkey Pepperoni (6oz)
Shredded Cheese (8oz)

Ingredients

Optional Ingredients:
Any meat
Any cheese
Any vegetables

Step 1: Unroll both sheets of the Crescent roll onto a cookie sheet, overlapping them slightly. Bake them in the oven as the instructions on the can indicate.

Two sheets of crescent roll

Step 2: Once the crust is done baking, take the sauce and pour it in the center of the sheet of crust. Take a spoon and spread it around evenly, leaving about half an inch border around the crescent crust, this allows the crust to get a little crispy on the edges.

Step 3: Spread all but about a handful of cheese over the sauce evenly.

Cheese and Sauce

Step 4: Throw the diced ham and pepperoni on top of the cheese spreading it evenly. If you'd like any other toppings, throw them on as well. If the toppings require cooking before hand, do so. You probably don't want to throw any raw toppings on top unless they are meant to be raw.

Step 5: Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top of the toppings.

Pizza with all the toppings on it. The ham is under the pepperoni.

Step 6: Put the pizza back in the oven at the same temperature you used to cook the crescent roll. Leave it in for about 15 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and the toppings are cooked.

Done! Enjoy your pizza. This was my first time having this and I actually liked it more with every piece I had. It's much lighter than a normal pizza, and the pasta sauce is a nice change to the normal pizza sauce. There are tons of options with this pizza, or with any pizza really. Just try different ingredients and you can easily use this recipe over and over again.