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Apple and Chicken Sausage Pizza with Macaroni and Cheese Stuffed Crust

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By: Rachel GurkPosted: 11/04/2014Updated: 06/17/2021

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Slice of pizza revealing macaroni and cheese stuffed in the crust.

The apple and chicken sausage pizza is full of great fall flavors — and has a fun macaroni and cheese surprise waiting in the stuffed crust!

Pizza on a sheet pan, text overlay reads "mac and cheese stuffed crust pizza"

If this pizza could talk, this is what it would say:

“Heeey there, I’m a classy pizza — I’ve got sausage, but it’s chicken and apple sausage. Oh yeah. And onions — but not regular onions, these are sweet red onions. And oh yeah, apples…’cause you gotta put fruit on pizza to throw people for a loop. And only the sharpest, most flavorful cheddars will work for me.

Oh wait — you made it to the crust and discovered my little secret? Okay yeah, so I’m a little trashed up. But you’ll love the macaroni and cheese hidden inside my stuffed crust.”

Yep – I trashed it up a little and it was a gooood decision. This “trashed up” pizza is in honor of Jessica Merchant — the hilarious, innovative, and seriously sweet blogger behind How Sweet It Is. Jessica not only just released her first cookbook but she’s also going to have a baby! Today we’re celebrating Jess and her little one with a “trashed up” baby shower — full of over-the-top, Jessica-style foods. Jessica has a gift for turning the ordinary into something slightly outside of the box. Her recipes, although they clearly could only come from her mind, are made approachable for the everyday home cook. Even the “trashed up” recipes.

Jessica, although she has served as an inspiration to countless new bloggers (including myself!), is one of the most down-to-earth, kind people I’ve come across while blogging. She’s totally famous (you are!) and yet always makes time to respond to emails and acknowledge retweets, etc.

She’s more than deserving of this shower and I hope she enjoys every second of reading through all these posts (and there’s a lot of them!)

Congrats Jessica (and Eddie!). Can’t wait to “meet” your little one.

Mac and cheese on an unbaked pizza crust.

Circling back around to the pizza — when I heard trashed-up, it didn’t take long for my mind to go to macaroni and cheese stuffed crust pizza. I couldn’t wait to try stuffing one of my favorite foods into the crust of pizza. But then I got a little stuck when it came to toppings. Of course, you could top this pizza just like any other pizza. It would be great with marinara, mozzarella, and pepperoni. I even called my mom. She always has the best recipe ideas. So does Ben, surprisingly enough. The guy that would rather I NOT put macaroni and cheese in his pizza crust. Or mess with his chocolate chip cookies in any way, shape, or form. The guy who would happily eat tuna noodle casserole daily. But I’m getting distracted from my point here. Deciding on toppings for this pizza was hard!

Pizza topped with sausage, apples, and cheese.

And truth be told, the apples sort of come around by accident. I was going to do roasted broccoli with the chicken sausage but then homecoming week happened. As I write this, we’re in the middle of Ben’s first homecoming as a high school principal. So as you can imagine, we are busy with all sorts of events. Well, mostly him but that means less help with the kids which means….moldy broccoli because I didn’t get around to it.

SO — apples. And oh my goodness, am I glad the broccoli got moldy. And you KNOW I love roasted broccoli. But the apples were so good on this and made it the perfect taste of fall. I served it with roasted delicata squash and I felt like I died and went to fall heaven.

Pizza on a sheet pan topped with apples, sausage, and cheese.

If the macaroni and cheese is too much for you or you’re watching that good ol’ waistline, these toppings would be great on a plain whole wheat crust. Or if the apple/cheddar/sausage thing isn’t for you, go ahead and dress this pizza up anyway you’d like. I have a hunch roasted broccoli would be good on it. As long as there isn’t mold involved.

Slice of pizza revealing macaroni and cheese stuffed in the crust.

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Recipe

Get the Recipe: Apple and Chicken Sausage Pizza with Macaroni and Cheese Stuffed Crust

5 from 4 votes
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 13 mins
Total Time: 28 mins
4 servings
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The apple and chicken sausage pizza is full of great fall flavors — and has a fun macaroni and cheese surprise waiting in the stuffed crust!

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, plus extra for the pan
  • 2 fully cooked chicken sausages, thinly sliced (6 ounces) – see notes
  • 1 small red onion, thinly sliced into half-moons
  • 1 batch pizza dough
  • 1 1/2 cups prepared macaroni and cheese
  • 1/2 to 1 small apple, cored and thinly sliced
  • 3/4 cup to 1 cup grated good quality sharp cheddar cheese

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 450*F. Rub a large sheet pan with a light coating of olive oil (about a teaspoon).
  • In a medium sauté pan, heat olive oil over medium heat. Sauté onion and sausage with olive oil about 4-5 minutes or until onions soften and sausage starts to brown.
  • Meanwhile, roll out crust to a size slightly larger than your sheet pan. Place onto sheet pan with dough overhanging edges slightly.
  • With a small spoon, spoon macaroni and cheese onto edges of the crust, about an inch in. Go all the way around — a small amount is sufficient. Then, fold the crust over the macaroni and cheese to form a stuffed crust.
  • Layer on the sausage and onions, followed by the sliced apples and the grated cheddar cheese.
  • Bake for 10-13 minutes, or until golden brown and cheese is bubbly.
  • Let cool 1-2 minutes before cutting and serving.

Notes

I recommend a chicken and apple variety sausage to amp up the apple flavor.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1/4 of pizza, Calories: 521kcal, Carbohydrates: 29g, Protein: 27g, Fat: 33g, Saturated Fat: 14g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 15g, Trans Fat: 2g, Cholesterol: 93mg, Sodium: 892mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 8g

This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.

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  1. waheed says

    July 25, 2020 at 10:21 am

    Macaroni and Cheese Stuffed Crust with Apple and Chicken Sausage Pizza First of all, when I saw this title, my mouth filled with tears. How can the post be ignored if the title is alive? I read all the posts . No one couldn’t write good content from it. I couldn’t go without commenting on this post as usual. And I wrote what a wonderful post.

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    • Rachel Gurk says

      July 26, 2020 at 9:49 am

      I’m glad you liked the recipe!

      Reply
  2. Bella Hardy says

    July 2, 2018 at 5:04 am

    Definitely, your apple and chicken sausage pizza with macaroni and cheese stuffed crust is awesomeness! This is a great recipe Rachel, as you know I made it a short while ago and it was lovely, in fact, have made it again since. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  3. Jill Roberts @ WellnessGeeky says

    January 4, 2018 at 1:00 pm

    Wow! This apple chicken sausage pizza macaroni and cheese stuffed crust is incredible! I’m seriously so inspired right now. I need to add bell pepper to recipe and it would be perfect. Thx for sharing!

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    • Rachel Gurk says

      January 5, 2018 at 6:37 am

      I’m so happy to hear you liked this!

      Reply
  4. Claire says

    December 2, 2014 at 11:37 am

    Wow, what a combination of flavors and textures!

    Reply
  5. Sommer @ASpicyPerspective says

    November 12, 2014 at 4:47 pm

    This pizza sounds amazing!

    Reply
  6. Cassie says

    November 9, 2014 at 8:42 am

    This is just too much genius. I bet you kids absolutely loved this one!

    Reply
  7. Jenn | Palace Within My Dreams says

    November 8, 2014 at 3:04 pm

    That crust looks amazing! Never heard of that being done before!

    Reply
  8. Karen+@+The+Food+Charlatan says

    November 7, 2014 at 12:17 pm

    This is CRAZY AWESOME rachel!!! Love it! Happy baby to Jessica!

    Reply
  9. Ashley says

    November 5, 2014 at 8:52 pm

    Look at that thick crust. I’m lusting for it!! Amazing! Thanks for sharing this for Jess’s shower!

    Reply
  10. Daisy at Home says

    November 5, 2014 at 4:50 pm

    WHAT DID YOU DO?! Mac and Cheese inside the pizza crust? OMG I need this for dinner tonight!

    Reply
  11. Jennifer @ Show Me the Yummy says

    November 5, 2014 at 1:34 pm

    3 of my most favorite things. Pizza. Stuffed Crust. Mac and cheese. Seriously? Could it get any better?!

    Reply
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