Need a quick and easy snack, lunch, or even dinner? This is just the thing! Top the simple breakfast baked good with sauce and pizza toppings for the easiest English Muffin Pizza Recipe.
Serve these single-serve pizzas as part of a Snacky Dinner or easy meal of appetizers. These tasty bites are great served with Homemade Buttermilk Ranch Dressing and a Veggie Tray.
Pizza can be a fun break from sandwiches or tacos when it comes to quick and easy meals you can throw together on the fly. While you might need to invest a few hours to mix up the dough for Homemade Pizza, when you opt for a pre-made base, you can have dinner ready in minutes.
English muffins are a handy kind of baked good to buy for just such occasions!
Why Make This
It’s good. While not the same as a Grilled Pizza, sometimes making do with something similar is just the thing. Using quality English muffins and your favorite toppings, you’ll have a quick and easy dinner without resorting to fast food or mediocre frozen meals.
It’s cheap. At just 43 cents per small “pizza” this is a simple meal to make on the fly.
It’s easy. There really couldn’t be an easier meal to prep without a lot of mess or hassle. These English muffin pizzas come together in about 20 minutes!
Ingredients
You only need 3 to 4 basic ingredients to make English muffin pizzas:
These ingredients are for the most part, freezer-friendly or shelf stable which makes it easy to keep extras on hand for those nights when you need a quick and easy snack, lunch, or dinner. Consider making a pizza kit to keep in reserve.
English muffins – You can make homemade English muffins but if you’re short on time, this recipe is perfect for using store bought. I find that Thomas‘ really do have better flavor than the generic varieties.
pizza sauce – Homemade Pizza Sauce is super easy to make, but you can also use your favorite jarred sauce.
shredded cheese – Shredded mozzarella cheese is traditional, but you can also use shredded Monterey Jack, provolone, or even cheddar cheese for topping your English muffin pizzas.
toppings – Top your pizzas however you like; there are so many good things to choose from, such as pepperoni slices, sliced mushrooms, diced tomato, chopped pineapple, chopped ham, sliced olives, cooked and crumbled bacon or sausage, chopped onion, and sliced bell pepper.
Variations
There are so many great ways to adjust this recipe to suit what you have on hand. Instead of English muffins, you can use pita bread, tortillas, split French bread or rolls, bagels, frozen pizza crusts, or even zucchini or portobello mushrooms. If you have some leftover English Muffin Bread, that will work, too!
Step-by-Step Instructions
You’ll be surprised at how easy it is to make English muffin pizzas!
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Lay out the English muffin halves on the prepared tray.
- Spread each with a bit of the sauce.
- Sprinkle on the cheese and your desired toppings.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until the cheesy is bubbly and browned in spots. Serve hot.
Air Fryer Instructions: If you’d like, you can cook these in the air fryer. Line the basket with air fryer-safe parchment and then place as many of the assembled pizzas as will fit in the basket. Bake at 370 for 8 minutes or until the cheese is melted and browned in spots.
FAQs & Recipe Costs
You can freeze English muffin pizzas before or after baking. If before, assemble the pizzas through step 3. Place in the freezer until frozen firm. Transfer to a freezer bag or freezer-safe container and store in the freezer until ready to bake. Bake from frozen, adding a few minutes to the baking time.
If freezing baked pizzas, cool the pizzas completely and then wrap each with plastic wrap and place in an airtight container in the freezer. Thaw and reheat prior to serving.
Instead of baking in the oven, you can cook your English muffin pizzas in the air fryer. Line the basket with air fryer-safe parchment and then place as many of the assembled pizzas as will fit in the basket. Bake at 370 for 8 minutes or until the cheese is melted and browned in spots.
Recipe Costs
Knowing how much it costs you to prepare a recipe can help you decide if it’s the type of recipe to make regularly or one you might want to save for special occasions. Let’s crunch some numbers and see how this recipe pencils out.
- English muffins – $1.52
- pizza sauce – $0.50
- cheese – 1.41
While your costs may vary depending on where and how you shop, you can expect to pay about $3.43 for a batch of English muffin pizzas, about $0.86/serving.
More Uses for English Muffins
English Muffin Pizza Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 English muffins split in half
- 1 cup pizza sauce
- 2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese Monterey Jack and shredded cheddar can also be used
- pizza toppings such as sliced pepperoni, mushrooms, olives, etc.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Lay out the English muffin halves on the prepared tray.4 English muffins
- Spread each with a bit of the sauce.1 cup pizza sauce
- Sprinkle on the cheese and your desired toppings.2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese, pizza toppings such as sliced pepperoni, mushrooms, olives, etc.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until the cheesy is bubbly and browned in spots. Serve hot.
Notes
Nutrition
This post was originally published on October 8, 2015. It has been updated for content and clarity.