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Savory Apple Bacon Pizza

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This pizza is loaded with delicious gooey cheese, bacon, apples and thyme. You will not believe how creamy and delicious it is, not to mention how good it smells!

close up of creamy apple and bacon pizza

Here I am with a pizza on #appleweek and it doesn’t involve a sugar cookie crust or any brown sugar. You didn’t expect that, did you? Me either! But here I am with a gooey, cheesy, melty, bacon topped pizza hoping you’ll like it.

Actually, I am sure you will! What’s not to love? There’s cheese! And apples! And BACON!

Whew, please forgive me. All of this apple fun has gone to my head!

apple and thyme ready to be washed and prepped.

We used our favorite sourdough recipe, but the more traditional whole wheat recipe or your favorite dough would work as well.  Or pick up some dough from the grocery store if that is more your speed, there is no judgement here!

As the dough was rising, prep the ingredients. You will want to scrub your apples and get the leaves off your thyme.

whole apple and bacon pizza with golden brown cheese.

I knew that a bechamel that was lightly flavored with mustard would be a great base. It is so creamy and we love it on croque madame pizzas.

Some thin sliced apples, plenty of cheese and some crumbles of bacon later, it was ready for the oven. I love our cast iron pizza pan, but a stone would work great as well.

lifting slice of creamy cheesy apple pizza

Let me tell you how good this smelled while it was baking. Then I sprinkled some fresh thyme on top when it came out and the aroma was amplified.

It was so hard to take the time to snap a few pictures for you. I really just wanted to dive in.

Honestly, I knew my husband and I would be in heaven. I was less sure what Little Dude and his friend would think. Luckily they kept telling me how good it was as they munched away.

slice of apple bacon pizza with white sauce on plate.

In case you are worried about me after posting a healthy oatmeal recipe, a salad and a savory pizza on a week devoted to apples, you can click back to the applesauce cake to see I’m still my frosting loving self.

But don’t put your thermometers away just yet. I’ve got a pretty healthy fruit dip coming tomorrow,  so you’ll likely have more worrying to do!

We are half way through the apple festivities and my must make list is a mile long(er!) What new recipes are you going to try?

Yield: 8 Servings

Savory Apple Bacon Pizza

slice of apple bacon pizza with white sauce on plate.

This pizza is loaded with delicious gooey cheese, bacon, apples and thyme. You will not believe how creamy and delicious it is, not to mention how good it smells!

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes

Ingredients

  • Dough for 1 pizza crust
  • 2 Tablespoon butter
  • 2 Tablespoon flour
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 1 Tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • salt and pepper
  • 6 slices bacon, cooked crispy
  • 1 apple, cored and thinly sliced
  • 8 oz Gruyere cheese
  • 1 Tablespoon fresh thyme

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 475°F and preheat your pizza stone.
  2. In a saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Whisk in the flour and continue to cook for a minute or two. You don’t want it to take on much color, just cook the flour flavor out.
  3. Pour in the milk and continue to whisk and cook until it thickens. Remove from heat and stir in the mustard. Adjust the salt and pepper to taste.
  4. Roll out pizza dough. (I like to assemble the pizza on parchment for easier transfer, but use whatever method you’d like.)
  5. Top dough with mustard béchamel. Cover with grated Gruyere. Arrange thinly slice apples and chopped bacon over cheese and bake for about 15 minutes.
  6. Remove from oven and sprinkle with fresh thyme. Slice and enjoy!

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 526Total Fat: 27gSaturated Fat: 12gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 50mgSodium: 886mgCarbohydrates: 52gFiber: 3gSugar: 5gProtein: 18g

All nutritional information is estimated and will depend on the exact ingredients you use.

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This pizza is loaded with delicious gooey cheese, bacon, apples and thyme. You will not believe how creamy and delicious it is, not to mention how good it smells!

Thanks for sharing!

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Anonymous

Wednesday 19th of September 2018

Oh my, does this ever look heavenly! Now this is my kinda pizza. Thanks so much for sharing with us at the Whimsical Wednesdays Link Party!

Big Rigs 'n Lil' Cookies

Tuesday 10th of October 2017

You know you had me at bacon :)

Val

Friday 6th of October 2017

Yummy! What a great twist on pizza. Thanks for sharing on the All Things Apple Celebrate 365 Blog Party!

Carlee

Monday 9th of October 2017

Thanks, Val! We really enjoyed how it turned out!

Books n' Cooks

Sunday 1st of October 2017

Such a lovely fall pizza. And I love the combo of apple and bacon. Yum!

Carlee

Wednesday 4th of October 2017

They really work so well together, don't they? Thank you!

A Day in the Life on the Farm

Friday 29th of September 2017

Perfect flavor profile on this pizza. YUM

Carlee

Saturday 30th of September 2017

Thank you so much, Wendy!

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