Non-traditional Pizza

A mugshot of the Chicken Alfredo Pizza, three of them have
artichokes in addition to everything else.

The BBQ pizza.

Today I had planned on making sausage pizza, but then realized I had used my last bit of canned tomato sauce on the lasagna I made a few days ago. I decided to try my hand at BBQ pizza and Alfredo pizza. I was pleased with the results, and what's more, my family devoured them. It was a nice change from your typical standard Italian pizza. I took bits and pieces of recipes I found on the Internet and made them my own. Here they are:

Pizza Dough (this I took directly out of an old Betty Crocker cookbook):

1 package regular or quick-acting active dry yeast
1 C warm water (105 to 115 degrees F)
1 T sugar
2 T vegetable oil
1 tsp. salt (I use half this amount)
2 3/4 to 31/4 cups flour (I use whole wheat)

Dissolve yeast in warm water in a 3-quart bowl. Stir in sugar, oil, salt and 1 cup flour. Beat until smooth. Mix in enough remaining flour to make dough easy to handle.

Turn dough on to lightly floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turn greased side up. Cover and let rise in warm place until almost double, about 30 minutes. Heat oven to 400 degrees F.

This will make about 12 6" mini pizzas or about two large pizzas depending on how thin you roll out the crust. Roll out dough, poke with a fork about 6 or 7 times, place on pizza pan and bake in oven for 4 minutes. I bake the dough a little before I top it because I don't like a doughy pizza.

BBQ Pizza

(makes 1 large pizza)
2 cut up cooked chicken breast
2 cups mozzarella
1 cup cheddar
1 cup bottled BBQ sauce
1/2 sliced red onion (optional) or about a tsp of onion powder)

Smooth the BBQ sauce over your slightly cooked dough. Sprinkle on the chicken and onion if using, then the mozzarella and cheddar. If not using the red onion, sprinkle with onion powder.

Bake for about 6-8 minutes based on how well done you like your pizza.

Chicken Alfredo Pizza

Sauce:
4 tablespoons butter

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 dash ground black pepper

4 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1 cup milk

3/4 cup Parmesan cheese
1 tsp garlic powder

Toppings:
2 cut up cooked chicken breast
1 cup cut up jarred artichoke hearts (optional)
Rosemary
Thyme

Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Blend in salt, pepper, garlic powder and flour, then stir in the milk and Parmesan cheese. Simmer, stirring constantly, until thickened. Remove from heat, cover and set aside.

Smooth sauce over slightly cooked pizza dough. Sprinkle with chicken, turning chicken in the sauce to coat. Sprinkle on artichoke hearts. Sprinkle with rosemary and a little bit of thyme.
Bake for 6 minutes.