Breakfast Pizza Cups

Prep: 20 min., Cook: 10 min., Bake: 20 min. In order to make this recipe more heart healthy, we decreased the saturated fat and cholesterol by using egg substitute, lean ground turkey sausage, reduced-fat Cheddar cheese, and fat-free milk.

Yield: Makes 12 servings (serving size: 1 pizza cup and 2 tbsp. pizza sauce)

Ingredients

• 1/2  pound  lean ground turkey sausage
• 2  (13.8-oz.) cans refrigerated pizza crust dough
• 1/2  cup  frozen hash browns, thawed
• 1/2  cup  (2 oz.) shredded 2% reduced-fat sharp Cheddar cheese
• 1 1/4  cups  egg substitute
• 1/2  cup  fat-free milk
• 1/8  teaspoon  pepper
• 2  tablespoons  grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 1/2  cups  pizza sauce

Preparation

1. Cook sausage in a large skillet over medium-high heat 10 minutes or until sausage crumbles and is no longer pink. Drain well on paper towels, and set aside.

2. Roll or pat 1 can pizza dough into a 15- x 10-inch rectangle on a lightly floured surface; cut into 6 (5-inch) squares. Press squares into lightly greased muffin cups, skipping every other muffin cup. Repeat procedure with remaining can of pizza dough.

3. Spoon sausage evenly into crusts; sprinkle evenly with hash browns and Cheddar cheese.

4. Stir together egg substitute and next 2 ingredients; pour evenly into pizza cups, and sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese.

5. Bake at 375° for 18 to 20 minutes or until golden. Serve with pizza sauce.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

238 (20% from fat)

Fat:

5.4g (sat 2g,mono 0.8g,poly 0.7g)

Protein:

12.8g

Carbohydrate:

34.6g

Fiber:

0.6g

Cholesterol:

20mg

Iron:

2.5mg

Sodium:

763mg

Calcium:

64mg