Football Friday: Pizza Boats

We don't know about you, but we're obsessed with those Tasty and Buzzfeed food videos filling up Facebook these days. In case you haven't seen them, it's a video of how to prepare some kind of delicious recipe (Oreo truffles, Beef Wellington, taco shells made out of cheese); and it's done in such a way that leaves you hungry and thinking, "Yeah! I could make that!"

The Wisconsin Test Kitchen saw a Tasty video for Pizza Boats; and we had to give it a try. It was, dare we say... Tasty! If you want to see the video for yourself, here you go:

If you want written directions; we've got those too.

1 baguette (we went with Angelic Bakehouse baguettes). One of our Cool Dads works there, so we need to show some brand loyalty and love
shredded mozzarella cheese
pepperoni
pizza sauce
pizza toppings of choice

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees

Hollow out the inside of your baguette; leave about an inch on either side of the baguette, but remove the inside. 

Line the bottom with a thin layer of mozzarella cheese. Resist the urge to load it up... you have plenty of other toppings that need to fit inside.

Drizzle a thin layer of pizza sauce on top of the cheese.

Repeat layers; and then lay pepperoni on top of the bread, and tuck inside the bread: sealing all that pizza goodness in there.

Bake for 25 minutes.

We baked one pizza boat traditionally according to the directions, but then we jazzed the next one up. Instead of pizza sauce, we used pesto. Instead of pepperoni we added green pepper and black olives. 

This was a fun, different take on pizza that we all enjoyed. This is also the perfect appetizer to serve on game day. It's easy to make, customizable, and easier to hold than a whole slice of pizza. The Wisconsin Test Kitchen loved this one- just look at these happy faces!

We'll be back next week with some Super Bowl favorites.

Stay Cool,
The Cool Dads Crew