I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season with your loved ones. For me, it was about spending quality time with my family and close friends, and enjoy the deliciousness of life. Not only, did I host Christmas Day dinner, but, I also cooked a Prime Rib dinner for my son’s birthday on New Year’s Day. As you can imagine, I have been busy in the kitchen,  That’s not all,  I also made a very easy and delicious treat, a Nutella Pizza to start 2016 on a sweet note.  If you are like me, and don’t have a knack for baking, this dessert is for you. It’s so easy, a 5-year-old can make it, (with an adult’s supervision.)  I bought freshly made store-bought pizza dough, and Nutella, a scrumptious hazelnut spread with cocoa. It is the star ingredient in this recipe. I use raspberries and hazelnuts as toppings, but you can use any toppings of your choice, just like you would do in a regular pizza.

Servings: 6-8  Level of difficulty: Easy

Ingredients: 

• 1 lb.  pizza dough*
•  Flour to sprinkle on cutting board
• Pam – spray
• 1 – 13 ounce jar of Nutella
• Confectioners sugar for garnish*
• Raspberries, or any fruits of your choice
• Roasted hazelnuts, or any nuts

  Preparation:
  
  1) Pre-heat oven to 500 degree F.
  2) In the meanwhile, put dough out to reach room temperature. Sprinkle some flour on a wood board, and use a rolling-pin to roll the dough. Stretch it as if you are making a pizza.
  3) Spray Pam on the bottom of a round 13-inch pizza pan,  place the dough and press it down around the edges. Take a fork, and poke a few holes on pizza to avoid bubbles during baking.4) Place on the middle rack, and bake for exactly 6 minutes, depending on your oven.  To check for doneness, lift the bottom of pizza with a fork or knife, and if it has a nice golden brown color, then it’s done. Remove it, and put it on a board.
  5)  Using a spatula, spread the Nutella all over the pizza while it’s hot.  Sprinkle the sugar, and garnish with fruits and nuts. Cut in triangles like a pizza. It gets a little messy but that’s all part of the fun! There will be lots of finger-licking!

  I love the idea of hazelnuts because that is one of the ingredients in the Nutella, but you can use any other nuts.

  My family told me that I was trying to kill them, in a good way, of course. It was mouth-watering, and devilishly scrumptious.

  Tips: 1) You can make a homemade pizza dough
  2) Serve it at once, while nutella is hot.
  3) Confectioners sugar is the white powder sugar

  WARNING: Highly addicting!

  Wishing all of you, a Happy and Sweet New Year in The Kitchen!

   

  Updated – 10/27/2016 Dedicated to my beloved dad in heaven.  RIP July 2016

  

  Nutella Pizza

  Nutella Pizza

  

  Nutella Pizza

  Nutella Pizza

  Gina, Foodiewinelover
  My Food, Wine, & Travel Lifestyles 

  Photo: by Gina for Foodiewinelover
  Recipe: by Gina for Foodiewinelover