Easy Pizza Toast

Here’s a fun and super simple Easy Pizza Toast recipe — perfect for a quick snack, lunch, or even a kid-friendly dinner. Ready in about 10 minutes!

🍕 Easy Pizza Toast

🕒 Total Time: 10–15 minutes

🍽️ Servings: 2–4 (easily scalable)

🧂 Ingredients:

• 4 slices of bread (white, whole wheat, sourdough, or whatever you have)

• ½ cup pizza sauce (or marinara/tomato sauce)

• 1–1½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese

• 12–16 slices pepperoni (or any toppings: mushrooms, olives, cooked sausage, bell peppers, etc.)

• 1 tsp Italian seasoning (optional)

• 1 tbsp olive oil or butter (optional, for crispier toast)

• Fresh basil or red pepper flakes, for garnish (optional)

🔪 Instructions:

1. Prep Bread:

   • (Optional) Lightly toast bread first for a crispier base.

   • For extra crunch, brush one side with a bit of olive oil or butter and toast that side in a skillet or toaster oven.

2. Assemble Toast:

   • Spread 2–3 tablespoons of pizza sauce on each slice.

   • Sprinkle with shredded mozzarella.

   • Add pepperoni or your favorite toppings.

   • Sprinkle Italian seasoning on top if desired.

3. Bake or Broil:

   • Option A (Oven): Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C). Bake on a baking sheet for 8–10 minutes, until cheese is melted and bubbly.

   • Option B (Broiler): Broil on high for 2–3 minutes, watching closely, until cheese is melted and slightly browned.

4. Serve:

   • Let cool for 1–2 minutes.

   • Garnish with fresh basil or red pepper flakes if you like.

   • Slice and serve immediately!

🍽️ Variations:

• Hawaiian Pizza Toast: Add ham and pineapple chunks.

• Veggie Lover’s: Mushrooms, peppers, onions, spinach.

• Margherita Style: Tomato slices, mozzarella, and fresh basil.

• Breakfast Pizza Toast: Add scrambled eggs and cooked bacon or sausage.