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8 Surprising Uses for Store-Bought Pizza Dough

Here are eight easy ideas that will have you saying goodbye to plain old pizza pie.

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Pizza Dough Shortcuts

Move over, pepperoni. Salted caramel, chocolate, vanilla ice cream — these all make delectable toppings for this versatile store-bought dough. Plus, creative savory applications like stuffed breadsticks and grilled gyro pitas take pizza dough to the next level.

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Apple Tart

Treat your dough like pie crust: Fit it in a pie plate, spread with caramel sauce and top with thinly sliced apples tossed in sugar. Dot with butter, then bake until golden and bubbling. A scoop of vanilla ice cream and a final drizzle of warm caramel add a luxurious finish.

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Stuffed Breadsticks

Go rustic Italian and stretch ropes of dough into breadsticks, then press savory toppings in deep along the length of each. Try olives, sun-dried tomatoes, roasted garlic or marinated artichokes. A final brush of oil and scattering of sea salt and you're done. Just bake until crisp and golden.

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S'mores Pizza

Start with a round of dough that's been brushed with butter and baked until just beginning to color, then go to town. Scatter on sweet toppings like mini marshmallows, graham cracker cereal, chocolate chips (you get the picture), then bake until the crust is golden brown and the chocolate melts. A quick trip under the broiler at the end will deliver campfire-inspired char.

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