Meaty Mummy

I found this recipe in a special Pillsbury booklet for Halloween a few years ago and it has been a hit at every party and we have even made it at other times, and left off the "face". Make sure you remember to use paper or grease the cookie sheet really well, because it will stick!

Ingredients:

• 1 can refrigerated pizza crust
• turkey lunch meat
• ham lunch meat
• sliced provolone cheese
• rondele or similar cheese spread
• egg
• parmesan cheese

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper or grease. Roll out pizza dough and create a trapezoid so that one end, the head, is wider than the bottom.

2. Spread rondele down the middle of the crust, leaving about 2 inches on either side. Layer meat and top with provolone cheese.

3. Starting from the top, leave a 3 inch wide space for the face to be looking thru, and begin making diagonal cuts from the edge of the meat, to the edge of the pizza crust. Continue until you reach the bottom.

4. Carefully start at the "neck" and criss-cross pieces creating a braided effect that looks like mummy cloth wrapping. When you get to the end, tuck crust under. At the "head" tuck crust around as in picture above.

5. Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Bake until golden brown. Add olives for eyes.

REALITY: I would RECOMMEND this fun and easy recipe which can be varied in many ways. You can choose any type of lunch meat or cheese that you want, even making it a pizza mummy, and serve it with an assortment of dipping sauces. As you can see we finished it off, but I guess we were weirded out by the thought of eating the head!