Cream Cheese And Vegetable Pizza Appetizer Recipes

VEGETABLE PIZZA I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Roll out the crescent roll dough onto a 9x13 inch baking sheet, and pinch together edges to form the pizza crust.
• Bake crust for 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Once finished cooking, remove crust from oven and let cool 15 minutes without removing it from the baking sheet.
• In a small mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, mayonnaise, and dry Ranch dressing. Spread the mixture over the cooled crust. Arrange broccoli, tomato, green bell pepper, cauliflower, shredded carrots, and Cheddar cheese over the cream cheese layer. Chill for one hour, slice and serve.

CREAM CHEESE AND VEGETABLE PIZZA APPETIZER

Steps:

• For crust, separate crescent rolls into four 4-roll rectangles and press into the bottom and up the sides of an ungreased 15x10x1-inch baking pan, pressing perforations to seal.
• Bake in a 375 degree F oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden. Cool the crust in the pan on a wire rack.
• In a mixing bowl, beat together the cream cheese, mayonnaise or salad dressing, and dry dressing mix until well combined. Spread the cream cheese mixture over the cooled crust.
• Top with assorted vegetables and sprinkle with cheese. Press lightly. Cover and chill for at least 1 hour or up to 24 hours. Cut into squares to serve. Store any leftover appetizers in the refrigerator. Makes 35 appetizer servings.

VEGGIE PIZZA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a jellyroll pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• Pat crescent roll dough into a jellyroll pan. Let stand 5 minutes. Pierce with fork.
• Bake for 10 minutes, let cool.
• In a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine sour cream, cream cheese, dill weed, garlic salt and ranch dip mix. Spread this mixture on top of the cooled crust. Arrange the onion, carrot, celery, broccoli, radish, bell pepper and broccoli on top of the creamed mixture. Cover and let chill. Once chilled, cut it into squares and serve.

VEGETABLE APPETIZER PIZZA

Steps:

• Unroll two tubes of crescent dough and press into each of two ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pans; seal seams and perforations. , Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely on a wire rack., In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, mayonnaise and dill until smooth. Spread over crusts. Sprinkle with vegetables, olives and cheese. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. , Cut into squares. Refrigerate leftovers.

FRESH VEGETABLE PIZZA APPETIZER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Lightly grease 17x11 rectangular cookie sheet or a 16-ounce pizza pan.
• Press pizza dough into pan to form a crust.
• Bake as directed on package until crust is done and just slightly browned on top.
• Do not overbake.
• Cool.
• Mix Sauce ingredients together and spread over cooled crust.
• Prepared all of the vegetables of choice by dicing them into very small pieces, placing each vegetable in a separate bowl or stack.
• ***Pay special attention to the tomatoes, as you need to drain these on paper towels to remove all excess moisture.
• Blot both top and bottom of tomatoes until they are dry.
• ***Sprinkle each vegetable, along with the cheese, evenly over the pizza, covering the cream cheese sauce in a decorative fashion.
• Cover entire pizza with plastic wrap and gently press toppings into the cream cheese.
• Refrigerate until serving time.
• (I prefer to refrigerate overnight to let flavors blend.) Cut into small, appetizer servings (about 1"x1") (I use a pizza cutter for this).
• Don't be tempted to add too many toppings to this pizza.
• Toppings need to adhere to cream cheese to make it neater to serve and eat; however, I always have some topping fall away when I cut this.
• ***I have kept this pizza in the refrigerator for several days, and it was still very delicious.
• SUBSTITUTE any of the toppings you like in place of the ones listed.
• I always select toppings that have a variety of complementary colors for a pretty presentation.