Halloween Pizza Masks

 HALLOWEEN CHICKEN MASKS

*Photo Courtesy of Holiday Book

Makes 12 mini-pizzas INGREDIENTS:

1 pound ground chicken( you could use any ground meat). Or none at all

⅓ cup onion, chopped

1 teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon pepper

1 package (6 count) English

muffins, split

2 tablespoons soft margarine, divided

1'½ cups bottled pizza sauce, divided

1 teaspoon oregano

1 large green pepper

4 ounces Cheddar cheese, shredded

4 ounces mozzarella cheese, shredded

3 large pitted ripe olives, each sliced

into 4 rings DIRECTIONS:

Heat frying pan to medium-high temperature. Add ground chicken and onion. Season with salt and pepper; cook, stirring, until all red is gone, about 6 minutes. Set aside.

With aluminum foil, cover 10½ by 15½-inch baking pan. Spread each muffin half

with ½ teaspoon margarine and arrange in single layer on prepared pan. Spread

Heaping tablespoon pizza sauce on each muffin half. Cover generously with ground

chicken and onion; sprinkle with oregano. Cut 12 slivers of green pepper into

smiling"

mouth shapes and set aside; chop remaining pepper and sprinkle on

pizzas. Mix together Cheddar and mozzarella cheese; sprinkle generously on mini-

pizzas. Place in 450 degree oven about 12 minutes. Remove from oven. Make mask Face on each pizza by using 2 ripe olive rings for eyes and pepper slice for mouth. Turn some slices up for smiles and some down for frowns.