Pizza Cupcakes

Ingredients

• cooking spray
• 8 medium cherry tomatoes
• 1 , 11 ounce
• 8 teaspoons shredded mozzarella cheese
• 8 tablespoons pizza sauce , such as Classico
• 8 teaspoons finely chopped red onion
• 8 tablespoons shredded mozzarella cheese
• 8 slices pepperoni , quartered
• 0.25 teaspoons Italian seasoning , or to taste
• 0.25 teaspoons red pepper flakes , or to taste
• 0.25 teaspoons garlic salt , or to taste

Instructions

1. 1

   Gather ingredients. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease 8 cups of a muffin tin with cooking spray.

2. 2

   Finely chop cherry tomatoes and drain any liquid; set aside.

3. 3

   Unroll pizza crust on a floured work surface and roll out thinly into a large rectangle. Using a 4-inch round cookie or biscuit cutter, cut out 8 circles in dough.

4. 4

   Place dough circles in the prepared muffin cups, pressing dough into the bottom and up the sides of each cup.

5. 5

   Drop 1 teaspoon mozzarella into each cup. Top with 1 tablespoon pizza sauce. then add tomatoes and red onions.

6. 6

   Add 1 tablespoon mozzarella to each cup and top with pepperoni. Sprinkle with Italian seasoning, red pepper flakes, and garlic salt.

7. 7

   Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is bubbling and melted, 14 to 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool in the tins, about 5 minutes.

8. 8

   Remove pizzas from the tin and serve hot.