Bacon, Date, Pecan and Blue Cheese Pizza

I've had bacon wrapped dates at a few fancy restaurants so I thought why not toss those puppies on a pizza? So here is goes, the dates are not wrapped of course but I got to make pretty designs out of them which I then covered up with Bacon, Pecans and Blue Cheese. There wasn't a lot of prep work for this pizza. The "hardest" part was slicing the dates and waiting for the bacon to cook.

I made a snack or some may call it a "personal" size pizza this time because this is more of an appetizer than a meal. If you want to make a littler pizza just half or quarter the crust ingredients, or save some for later.

Crust:

2 1/4 tsp. yeast (or one packet)

1 1/4 Cup warm water
4 1/4 Cup flour + more for rolling out crust
2 tsp. salt
1/4 Cup olive oil
Drizzle of honey (about 2-3 Tbs)

Mix warm water and yeast together, let sit for 5 minutes or so (don’t use hot water, it will kill the yeast). Mix flour and salt, drizzle with honey. Add dry ingredients to wet, mix well. Make sure all flour and water is absorbed. Form into a ball. Grease the bottom of a large bowl with olive oil, coat dough ball in oil. Let sit while you prepare the sauce and toppings. Dust a cutting board with flour and roll dough out to the size of your cast iron pan, if it's too big just rip off the edges, if too small just add a patch piece and press into place. Dough should be smooth and elastic if it sticks to the cutting board add more flour. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Toppings:
(Measurements are approximate for my "snack" size pizza, if you wish to make a regular size you can always use more)
1 Cup Dates, Halved

4 Strips of bacon (cooked, crumbled)

1/4 Cup cream cheese (warmed)

1/4 Cup blue cheese

1/4 Cup pecans

Assembly:

Roll out your crust to fit your pan. Once in the pan plop warm cream cheese into center and spread over crust with the back of a spoon. Arrange Dates in any design you choose I started in the middle with a sunburst pattern and worked my way out. Top with crumbled Bacon and Pecans. Top with Blue Cheese crumbles. Cook in 425 degree oven for 10-15 minutes or until crust is golden brown on the edges, cheese should also start to brown a bit although Blue Cheese is not the greatest at melting.