Pizza Bagels
Split bagels, sauce, cheese, twelve minutes. The after-school snack that happens to be zero net carbs, and the easiest thing on this site to make with a kid.
- Prep
- 6 min
- Cook
- 12 min
- Total
- 18 min
- Serves
- 3
Ingredients
Six halves.
- ThinSlim 3 ThinSlim Foods Zero Net Carb Bagels Plain, split
- 1/2 cup thick pizza sauce
- 6 oz low moisture mozzarella, shredded
- 2 tbsp grated Parmesan
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 oz sliced pepperoni, optional
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Made with ThinSlim. Figures are the product label, not the finished dish.
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- Bagels Everything $9.49
- Soft n' Fluffy ZERO Net Carb Bagels $7.49
- Xtreme Bagels Plain $8.49
Method
- Heat the oven to 400F and line a sheet pan with parchment.
- Split the bagels and set them cut side up on the pan. Brush the cut faces lightly with olive oil.
- Toast them bare for 4 minutes, until the surface looks dry and the edges firm up.
- Spread a heaped tablespoon of sauce on each half, leaving a quarter inch border bare.
- Top with mozzarella, the Parmesan, the oregano and pepperoni if you are using it.
- Bake 7 to 8 minutes, until the cheese is fully melted and browned in spots and the bagel edges are crisp.
- Let them sit 2 minutes before eating. The cheese holds heat far longer than it looks.
Tips
Four minutes bare first. Sauce on an untoasted bagel soaks straight into the cut face and you get a wet middle under a browned top. Drying the surface puts a barrier in the way.
Thick sauce only. If yours is loose, cook it down for five minutes first, or it will defeat the pre-toast.
The bare border is what gives you a crisp edge to hold. Sauce to the rim and the whole thing goes limp.
Everything and Cinnamon bagels both work, though cinnamon with pizza sauce is a specific taste. Xtreme Bagels are smaller and thinner, so cut the bare toast to 3 minutes and the bake to 6.
Thick sauce only. If yours is loose, cook it down for five minutes first, or it will defeat the pre-toast.
The bare border is what gives you a crisp edge to hold. Sauce to the rim and the whole thing goes limp.
Everything and Cinnamon bagels both work, though cinnamon with pizza sauce is a specific taste. Xtreme Bagels are smaller and thinner, so cut the bare toast to 3 minutes and the bake to 6.