Take-out Tuesday, Autumn Celebration Pizza
With cooler temperatures
HHjr fired up the pizza oven Saturday night
and cooked pizzas to enjoy
while we watched the Alabama game
I had a flatbread in my mind that I’d been concocting
over the past couple of days,
so we added it to our usual kid friendly menu
of cheese pizza, and pineapple/Canadian bacon
HHjr got the kids involved making their pizzas,
while I made the Autumn Celebration Pizza
that I’d envisioned
This pizza is full of fall flavors with honeycrisp apples,
caramelized onions, roasted garlic, maple sausage,
roasted butternut squash,
all melted together with extra sharp cheddar
and a sprinkling of bleu cheese
Season the squash and drizzle with olive oil
Roast squash at 400 degrees for 20 minutes, until soft
While squash is roasting,
caramelize the onions, low and slow, about 20 minutes
Next, brown the sausage
Cut the apple into thin slices
Partially bake crust, 6-8 minutes
until it just begins to turn golden
Spread roasted garlic evenly over crust
Layer the ingredients on crust, starting with the onions
Apples
extra sharp Cheddar Cheese
Maple Sausage
Roasted Butternut Squash
A generous sprinkle of Bleu Cheese Crumbles
Return to the 400 degree oven for 10-12 minutes until heated through
Cut into squares and enjoy!
Autumn Celebration Pizza
Ingredients
- 1 can Pillsbury thin pizza crust dough
- 8 oz. maple breakfast sausage
- 2 cups butternut squash cubes
- 1 sweet onion, sliced
- 1 head garlic, roasted*
- 1 honeycrisp apple, sliced
- 4 oz. extra sharp cheddar cheese, grated
- 3-4 oz. bleu cheese crumbles
- 1 Tbsp butter
- olive oil
- salt & pepper
Instructions
- Put butternut squash on a parchment lined baking sheet and season with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Roast at 400 degrees for 20 minutes or until soft
- Melt butter with 1 Tbsp olive oil in large skillet over medium low heat. Add onions and cook, stirring occasionally until onions turn golden and caramelize, about 20-25 minutes. Set aside
- Add sausage to skillet and increase heat to medium. Cook and stir sausage to crumble, until cooked through and brown.
- Drain sausage on paper towels.
- Place pizza crust dough on a greased baking sheet, prick dough all over with a fork, and bake at 400 degrees for 6-8 minutes until dough begins to set and turn golden
- Squeeze roasted garlic head until it releases the soft garlic inside and spread evenly over partially baked crust
- Top crust with an even layer of caramelized onions, then apples, then cheddar cheese
- Place sausage on top of cheese layer, then top with roasted butternut squash and sprinkle bleu cheese crumbles over all
- Return to 400 degree oven for 10-12 minutes until pizza is heated through and cheese has melted.
- Cut into squares to serve
Notes
Enjoy!
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Your Autumn Celebration Flatbread sounds delicious Jenna! Your grands are so cute, Charlie Brown looks tickled by what HHjr is saying! 🙂
Charlie Brown thinks his uncle is hilarious 🙂
Those beautiful kid faces look awfully happy! The flatbread looks delish, Jenna. Have a wonderful week.
Thanks Katie!
Making pizza with kids is definitely a joyous and fun activity. It looks delicious!
Thanks Angie, we had a lot of fun!
I love seeing the adorable grands making pizzas. The autumn celebration flatbread looks and sounds amazing! Happy Tuesday and enjoy this fabulous weather!
Thank you Pam, they did a great job on their pizzas!
Seeing the grandkids helping HHjr and so tickled to be there brought a smile to my face!
Now this pizza is definitely going to be made. It’s perfect for the Fall! Enjoy your Tuesday dear friend!
HHjr is sort of like Willie Wonka, the kids follow him everywhere! Thanks Nancy!
What a fun take on pizza, Jenna. I love the pix of your littles cooking! I’m hoping I can engage our four-year-old in some cookies or something in a couple of weeks! We’ll see! Keep having fun with those guys — they’re not little long!
That’s a great age to start cooking, they are so eager!
These look so delicious! It’s my dream to have a pizza oven, and we’re actually looking to do it next season.
It’s a lot of fun, but a bit of work…he has to light it 3-4 hours ahead of cooking to get the fire nice and hot, but then the pizzas only take minutes to cook, and they are so good! I cooked my pizza in the oven while he was cooking the others outside.
Perfect! Do you use it for bread?
Haven’t tried bread, but we have done potatoes and a few other things. He has a great cookbook, The Essential Wood Fired Pizza Cookbook, Recipes and Techniques that is great to refer to. You can get it on amazon
Thanks Jenna!
What perfect flavors for a Fall pizza, Jenna! You’re always concocting something good. The other pizzas sounded great for the kids. It’s so nice to have your son there that loves to use the outdoor grill and pizza oven. You make a good team.
Thanks so much Kitty, and yes my son and I have a lot of fun creating new recipes and menu planning…
Sounds good Jenna, I’ve been craving some butternut squash:@)
Thanks Lynn, I love that you can buy it already cubed, makes it so easy!
You can’t go wrong with a recipe that includes sausage. Excellent idea!
Thanks Leslie Anne, it’s a tasty combo!
You’ve come up with the perfect toppings for a fall pizza. We have a pizza night once a week and I use flatbread. Love the fireplace decked out for the Alabama game and fall. I’m sure the kiddos have fun making their own and baking them in the pizza oven…….
Thank you Emily! We love to make pizza too, it’s fun to think up new combos. We are having friends and family over Sat for the Ole Miss/Bama game on the patio, my daughter went to Ole Miss as well as my best friend and her husband so it’s really going to be fun!
I love that both you and your son involve the kids in the cooking. Not only are they more likely to eat what they prepare themselves, but what outstanding memories they will have to cherish for a lifetime. Something money can’t buy!
Oh, thank you Linda, it’s fun to get them involved and they are so cute because they take it so seriously!
You have great vision making the autumn celebration pizza. Love seeing your grands happy faces making their very own pizzas.
Thank you Linda, it’s fun to get the kids involved, they are enthusiastic little chefs!
The pizza looks great and I love your brick oven! Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner Party. Have a great week.
Thank you Helen, we have a lot of fun with the pizza oven 🍕
I can’t wait to try your recipe for this delicious flat bread and the toppings are some of my favorite. I love the butternut and apple combination! Thanks for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday, 556!
Miz Helen
I have been cooking with butternut squash a lot lately, just love it!