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grilled cheese pizza

Foolproof Way to Get Your Kids Smiling with this Grilled Cheese Pizza

It may be a universal truth that all kids love grilled cheese pizza. Best yet, you can throw this pizza recipe together in less than 20 minutes!
Course Appetizer, Main Course, Snack
Cuisine American, Italian, Vegetarian
Servings 4
Calories 251 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 14.5 oz canned pizza sauce  organic
  • 3.5 oz smoked gouda cheese  shaved
  • 2 cups whole wheat white flour
  • 1/2 cup white flour
  • 1 tsp salt  Mediterranean sea salt
  • 2 tbsp olive oil extra virgin
  • 2 tsp active dry yeast
  • 1 cup hot water not boiling from tap is fine

Instructions
 

  • Place pizza stone on your grill. Preheat grill to 550 degrees Fahrenheit. 

Pizza Dough

  • In a food processor (or large bowl), add flour, salt, and active dry yeast. Press on or, if using bowl, stir to combine.
    2 cups whole wheat white flour, 1/2 cup white flour, 1 tsp salt , 2 tsp active dry yeast
  • Add water and olive oil and blend (or stir, if using a bowl, with a wooden spoon). -If using a food processor, you can allow the pastry blade to knead the dough until soft and in one dough clump.-If using a bowl, once the dough is largely together in a clump, remove and knead on a floured surface until soft, with a play dough consistency. 
    1 cup hot water, 2 tbsp olive oil
  • Spray a medium sized bowl with olive oil. Form dough in a round ball and place in the bowl. Cover with plastic wrap or a warm, damp towel and allow to rise 30 minutes.
  • After dough is done rising, remove the dough and divide in half. Store, or place to the side, the half of the dough you are not using. Form the half of the dough you are using into a ball.
  • On a floured surface, roll out the dough to a thin pizza crust. Place on parchment paper. Move parchment paper to the wooden pizza peel.

Top Your Grilled Cheese Pizza

  • Use a tablespoon or large spoon to spread pizza sauce over your pizza dough.
    14.5 oz canned pizza sauce 
  • Sprinkle with smoked gouda cheese.
    3.5 oz smoked gouda cheese 
  • Slide your pizza dough, with parchment paper, onto your pizza stone on the grill. Grill for 5-7 minutes.
  • Grab a small corner of the parchment paper and slide cooked pizza back onto your pizza peel. Voila! Cut and enjoy!

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Nutrition

Calories: 251kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 12gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 28mgSodium: 732mgPotassium: 223mgFiber: 4gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 354IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 206mgIron: 1mg
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