Butterfly Pizza

2 tablespoons olive oil -- (up to 3)

1 recipe basic pizza dough (see above

-- recipe) 2 cups prepared tomato sauce

3 cups grated mozzarella -- cheddar and/or

-- monterey jack -- cheese topping ideas: 1 green bell pepper -- cut into 1/2-inch

-- wide strips 1 yellow or orange bell pepper -- cut into strips

1 large kalamata olives -- halved and pitted

sliced pepperoni

Preheat oven to 475 degrees F. Grease a large flat baking sheet with olive oil.

Separate 1/3 of the dough and set aside. On a greased baking sheet shape the re maining two-thirds of the dough into a butterfly with 2 wings. Roll the reserve d piece of dough into a 'snake" and position in the center of the two wings as the "body". Pull some of the "body" dough up to shape into a "head" and pull so me of the "body" dough down for a 'tail."

Spread sauce over the "wings". Sprinkle with cheese and decorate with toppings of choice.

Bake the pizza on the middle rack of the oven for 20 to 30 minutes until crust is golden brown and cheese is bubbly. Serve warm.

As an alternative the dough can be divided into 4 pieces and then shaped into b ug or creature of choice, i.e. spider with legs, ladybug, dragonfly, snake, etc .