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Apple Butter Pizza with Blue Cheese and Pancetta

This apple butter pizza with blue cheese and pancetta is the perfect addition to your weeknight menu. It’s sweet, savory and oh so delicious. Plus it’s ready in just 30 minutes!

Homemade pizza topped with arugula and blue cheese.

Homemade Pizza is Easy!

Can we talk about how much I freaking love pizza?

I love making it with red sauce or a simple olive oil sauce. Sometimes it’s a deep dish and sometimes I spread it super thin to create a perfectly crisp, but slightly chewy crust. 

If you fear a homemade pizza recipe, you need to stop all the worrying right now. It’s beyond easy to find fresh pizza dough at the store and all you do is spread it out, top it with deliciousness and give it a bake.

Seriously, it takes just about 30 minutes from start to finish to make homemade pizza.

How to Use Apple Butter on Pizza

You wanna know what’s in this beautiful pizza? 

Instead of a traditional sauce, I decided to use Musselman’s apple butter. Yep, apple butter.

I have been finding so many amazing apple butter uses lately! For this pizza recipe, the apple butter brings a nice, sweet flavor that’s unique and delicious.

I wondered, what cheese does apple butter go with? After some experimenting, I found that a strong blue cheese and salty pancetta are the perfect match.

Toss some arugula on top to bring in a fresh element with a pop of peppery flavor.

Close up of apple butter pizza.

Ingredients You’ll Need

Here’s what you’ll need to make this apple butter pizza, but it’s totally customizable, so feel free to add any other toppings you like!

  • 1 pound pizza dough
  • 1/2 cup apple butter
  • 1 cup mozzarella cheese, divided
  • 1/2 apple, thinly sliced
  • 4 ounces cubed pancetta, lightly browned
  • 1/2 cup blue cheese, divided
  • 1 cup arugula
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar

How to Make Apple Butter Pizza

This 30-minute meal is perfect for any night of the week. Start by preheating your oven to 425 degrees F and lining a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper or Silpat liner. You can also use a round pizza pan or pizza stone.

Stretch out the dough until it’s almost the size of the pan. Tip: If you let your dough rest at room temperature for a few hours it’s easier to stretch.

Spread the apple butter on the dough, then top with mozzarella and blue cheeses, apple slices, and pancetta.

Bake for about 18-20 minutes.

While the pizza is cooking, toss the arugula with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. When the pizza dough is cooked and the top is browned, remove from the oven and top with the arugula and more blue cheese.

Cool slightly to allow the cheese to set, then cut into slices and enjoy!

Homemade pizza cut into slices and topped with arugula and blue cheese.

Love this apple butter pizza recipe? Why not try a few of my other tasty pizza recipes!

This apple butter blue cheese pancetta pizza is the perfect addition to your weeknight menu. It's sweet, savory and oh so delicious. Plus it's ready in only 30 minutes!

Apple Butter Pizza with Blue Cheese and Pancetta

Author: Brandy O’Neill – Nutmeg Nanny
This apple butter pizza with blue cheese and pancetta is the perfect addition to your weeknight menu. It’s sweet, savory and oh so delicious. Plus it’s ready in just 30 minutes!
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 2 -4 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 pound pizza dough
  • 1/2 cup apple butter
  • 1 cup mozzarella cheese divided
  • 1/2 apple thinly sliced
  • 4 ounces cubed pancetta lightly browned
  • 1/2 cup blue cheese divided
  • 1 cup arugula
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees F and line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper or Silpat liner.
  • Stretch out the dough until it’s almost the size of the pan. (If you let your dough rest at room temperature for a few hours it’s easier to stretch)
  • Top with apple butter, 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese, apple slices pancetta, 1/4 cup blue cheese, and remaining 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese.
  • Bake for about 18-20 minutes until the dough is cooked and pizza is browned on top.
  • While the pizza is cooking toss arugula with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
  • When the pizza is fully cooked remove from the oven, top with arugula, and remaining blue cheese.
  • Let cool slightly and cut into slices.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 672kcal | Carbohydrates: 71g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 34g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 19g | Cholesterol: 55mg | Sodium: 792mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 18g
Course Pizza
Keyword apple butter recipes, blue cheese pizza recipes, blue cheese recipes, dinner recipes, fall pizza recipes, pizza recipes, savory apple butter recipes
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Recipe Rating




Angie | Big Bear's Wife

Tuesday 5th of May 2015

Pizza plus a dinner that's ready in 30 minutes is perfect for us! Love the idea of using the apple butter!

Carla

Sunday 3rd of May 2015

I love that you can use apple butter for both sweet and savory recipes! Haven't tried it on a pizza yet, so I need to add this to my menu.

Kate @ Diethood

Friday 1st of May 2015

Holy smokes! How awesome is this pizza!! Can I move in?! :-D

Cookin Canuck

Friday 1st of May 2015

This pizza is nothing short of brilliant. Sweet, salty and easy to make. It's a win-win-win in my books.

Miss @ Miss in the Kitchen

Friday 1st of May 2015

This is so in-cred-ible!! My guys would totally love it but I'd like it all to myself!

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