Jalapeno Popper Pizza

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (14 ounce) package prepared pizza crust (or homemade crust and many good recipes on food.com)
• olive oil or olive oil flavored cooking spray
• 4 -6 slices bacon, chopped
• 2 jalapenos, sliced (to taste)
• 1 -2 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 shallot, sliced (can sub 1/2 onion)
• 6 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 1/2 cups grated monterey jack cheese (or more to taste)

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 475 degrees. lightly coat baking sheet or pizza pan with olive oil or cookng spray.
• 2 heat small skillet over medium high heat. add bacon and cook until brown and crispy, about 6-8 minutes. transfer to a paper towel-lined plate; set aside. note: can cook bacon slices whole and then crumble.).
• 3 in small bowl, combine jalapenos and shallot with 1-2 teaspoons olive oil.
• 4 roll out pizza dough into a 10-inch-diameter round. transfer to prepared baking sheet or pizza pan. bake the crust 5-8 minutes then remove from oven.
• 5 spread the cream cheese evenly over top of pizza crust, leaving a 1-inch border. top with monterey jack, jalapenos, shallots and bacon.
• 6 bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the crust is crisp and brown on the bottom and the cheese is melted on top.