Description
Celebrate the holidays with this festive Christmas Veggie Pizza featuring a flaky crescent roll crust topped with a creamy chive cream cheese spread and festive, colorful veggies arranged in the shape of a Christmas tree. Perfect as a fun appetizer or light snack, this veggie pizza combines crunchy bell peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, cherry tomatoes, and onions for a deliciously fresh and visually stunning treat.
Ingredients
Scale
Crust
- 16 ounce(s) crescent roll dough sheets (2 (8 ounce) cans)
Spread
- 7 ½ ounce(s) whipped chive cream cheese
- ½ cup sour cream
Veggie Toppings
- 1 red bell pepper (cored and seeds removed)
- 1 yellow bell pepper (cored and seeds removed)
- 1 ¼ cup broccoli florets (small dice)
- ½ cup cauliflower florets (small dice)
- 2 Tbsp. carrots (grated)
- 5 cherry tomatoes (halved)
- 2 Tbsp. red onion (finely diced)
- 1 green onion (thinly sliced)
Instructions
- Preheat and Prepare Crust: Preheat the oven to 375°F. Overlap the crescent dough sheets to fit a 10×15-inch baking sheet, pinching the seams to seal closed. Fold under any excess dough around the edges to create a neat crust. Bake for 13-15 minutes until golden brown. Remove from the oven and let cool completely.
- Mix and Spread Cream Cheese Layer: In a medium bowl, combine the whipped chive cream cheese and sour cream until smooth and well blended. Spread this mixture evenly over the cooled crescent dough, leaving about an inch of crust visible around the edges.
- Create Veggie Star Shapes: Use two different sized star-shaped vegetable cutters to cut star shapes from the red and yellow bell peppers. Reserve the larger stars to decorate the top of the Christmas tree design.
- Draw Christmas Tree Outline: Use a butter knife to gently draw an outline of a Christmas tree shape onto the cream cheese layer.
- Decorate with Vegetables: Fill the Christmas tree shape with the small diced broccoli florets. Dot cauliflower florets over the cream cheese spread outside the tree shape for a snowy effect. Sprinkle grated carrots all over the tree portion for color and texture. Place the larger bell pepper star at the top of the tree and scatter the smaller stars randomly on the tree as ornaments. Arrange the halved cherry tomatoes on the tree to mimic ornaments. Finally, sprinkle the finely diced red onion and thinly sliced green onion evenly across the pizza.
- Slice and Serve: Carefully slice into 12 portions and serve immediately. Enjoy this colorful and festive veggie pizza as a perfect holiday appetizer or snack.
Notes
- This Veggie Pizza features a buttery crescent roll crust layered with a flavorful chive cream cheese spread, making it both rich and creamy.
- The fresh, colorful vegetables not only add crunch but also create a festive Christmas tree design, perfect for holiday gatherings.
- Make sure to let the crust cool completely before spreading the cream cheese to prevent it from melting and running.
- Feel free to swap or add other crunchy vegetables like cucumber or radishes for extra color and texture.
- For storage, cover leftovers tightly and refrigerate up to 2 days for best freshness.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 208 kcal
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 390 mg
- Fat: 14 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 19 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 17 mg
