How To Make Breakfast Pizza in 5 Easy Steps

Leftover pizza is great and can be enjoyed good hot or cold. But have you ever had breakfast pizza? It combines breakfast staples like bacon, eggs, sausage, and cheese on a pizza crust! And like most breakfast foods, a breakfast pizza isn’t just for breakfast; it can be just as good at 7 PM as it is at 7 AM. 

Two notable features set breakfast pizza apart from its counterparts. One is that recipes for breakfast pizza often include eggs. The other is that it’s common to use a cheese sauce of country gravy (or white sauce) instead of a traditional Italian-style pizza sauce. 

As with any pizza, then there is no limit to the number of toppings you can use. Most recipes will use a combination of bacon, egg, breakfast-style sausage, and cheese, but there are no rules. There’s no need to always follow an exact recipe; pizza is highly versatile and forgiving. As long as you have a crust, sauce, toppings, and cheese, the result is usually delicious. Below you’ll find ingredient ideas and cooking tips on how to make delicious breakfast pizzas that you and your family will enjoy. 

What crusts to use for breakfast pizza

What you use for the base of your breakfast depends mostly on what type of breakfast pizza you want to make. For biscuits and gravy breakfast pizza, buy biscuit dough for the crust. With a Tex-Mex breakfast pizza, tortillas make a great “crust.” When in doubt, use traditional pizza dough. 

Here are some ideas of what to use as the crust for breakfast pizza.

• Refrigerated or frozen pizza dough
• Pizza dough from a packaged mix
• Prebaked pizza crust 
• Refrigerated biscuit dough
• Refrigerated crescent roll dough
• English muffins
• Tortillas
• Bagels

What sauces to use for breakfast pizza

Although you don’t need a sauce on your pizza, the sauce provides extra flavor and helps to keep toppings from drying out while baking. Premade sauces from a jar are nice because of the convenience they offer, but you can always make a homemade sauce that suits your tastes and dietary needs.

Try one of these sauces on your breakfast pizza: 

• Country gravy 
• Cheese sauce
• Pizza sauce

What toppings to use for breakfast pizza

When it comes to pizza toppings, anything goes! But for that “breakfast” flavor, use eggs and traditional breakfast meats like bacon or sausage. Here are some topping ideas for your pizza: 

• Scrambled eggs
• Crumbled bacon
• Canadian bacon
• Chopped ham
• Breakfast sausage
• Onions
• Red bell peppers
• Mushrooms
• Hashbrowns
• Shredded cheese

Step-by-step directions for making a breakfast pizza

Making pizza isn’t difficult. It does take a bit of prep work and, of course, time, but that’s to be expected with any type of cooking. For a quick pizza, choose a prepared crust and broil or toast the pizza in a toaster oven. 

Step 1: Choose your pizza crust

Decide if you want to make a traditional crust from scratch or use refrigerated dough. You can also use ready-made bread so that all you need to do is heat up the pizza rather than fully bake it. 

Step 2: Add sauce to your pizza crust

Add a thin layer of sauce to your pizza crust. Don’t add too much, or else the dough or bread will become soggy. 

Step 3: Put toppings on your pizza

Now it’s time to add layers of meats, cheese, and vegetables. Spread toppings evenly over the pizza so that it cooks evenly. Don’t add too many toppings either; a good rule of thumb is to use no more than one-quarter cup of toppings, total, per slice. So if the pizza will serve six people, you should add about one and a half cups of toppings total.  

Step 4: Bake your pizza

To bake your pizza, follow the directions on the packaging (for a prepared crust or dough) or the recipe (for a homemade dough). For mini pizzas using English muffins or bagels as the crust, heat them in a toaster oven or place them under the broiler for up to five minutes or until the cheese melts. 

Step 5: Enjoy your pizza

This is the best part, eating your freshly made breakfast pizza! Don’t forget to jot down notes of the ingredients you used if you think the pizza is so good that you’d like to recreate it later. 

How to make breakfast pizza with eggs

Adding eggs to breakfast pizza is as easy as scrambling eggs. The number of eggs to use depends on the size of the pizza. If you’re making a large one that will serve four to five people, use seven or eight eggs. For a small individual pizza made on an English muffin, scramble one or two per person. If you’re making five mini pizzas, you can scramble each person’s portion individually or together in one large batch. Doing the latter will save time and allow some to take more and others to add less. 

To avoid the eggs drying out while cooking, it’s best to put them on top of the sauce or under a bit of cheese. Either of these methods prevents the egg from getting too dry while cooking at a high temperature. 

Stock up on ingredients for breakfast pizza

Breakfast pizzas are quick and easy to make, especially if you have ingredients ready to go. To make it easy to put together, keep a few jars of marinara sauce and cheese sauce on hand, as well as various breads that can be used as the pizza crust. Did you know you can order everything you need for breakfast pizza through Instacart? After placing your order, a shopper will gather your groceries and have them ready (in about two hours) or deliver them to your home. What are you waiting for? Try it today!

How To Make Breakfast Pizza in 5 Easy Steps

Recipe by InstacartCourse: Recipes, BreakfastCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

15

minutes

Cooking time

20

minutes

Total time

35

minutes

Ingredients

• Pizza Base: Choose One

• Refrigerated or frozen pizza dough

• Pizza dough from a packaged mix

• Prebaked pizza crust

• Refrigerated biscuit dough

• Refrigerated crescent roll dough

• English muffins

• Tortillas

• Bagels

• Pizza Sauce: Choose One

• Country gravy

• Cheese sauce

• Pizza sauce

• Pizza Toppings: Choose As Many As Preferred

• Scrambled eggs

• Crumbled bacon

• Canadian bacon

• Chopped ham

• Breakfast sausage

• Onions

• Red bell peppers

• Mushrooms

• Hashbrowns

• Shredded cheese

Directions

• Choose your pizza crust: Note– Follow the specific instructions listed on the chosen dough for the exact cooking time. Some bases like pita or tortillas, may only need to be heated, and not fully cooked.
• Add sauce to your pizza crust: Add a thin layer of sauce to your pizza crust. Don’t add too much, or else the dough or bread will become soggy.
• Put toppings on your pizza: Now it’s time to add layers of meats, cheese, and vegetables. Spread toppings evenly over the pizza so that it cooks evenly. Don’t add too many toppings either; a good rule of thumb is to use no more than one-quarter cup of toppings, total, per slice.
• Bake your pizza: To bake your pizza, follow the directions on the packaging (for a prepared crust or dough) or the recipe (for a homemade dough). For mini pizzas using English muffins or bagels as the crust, heat them in a toaster oven or place them under the broiler for up to five minutes or until the cheese melts.
• Enjoy your pizza: Cut, serve, and enjoy!

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