PIZZAS:

4 large plain, egg, or sesame bagels, split in half

1 bottle ketchup with squirt top

1 bag shredded cheddar cheese

2 hot dogs, sliced

PICKLES:

1 tsp sugar

1 tbs grill seasonng blend (such as montreal steak seasoning)

2 kirby cucumbers (small pickling cucumbers) OR 1 English seedless cucumber

TO MAKE THE PIZZA: Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the broiler. Place the bagels on a cookie sheet and put them in the oven to toast. When the bagels are toasted, pull them out of the oven. Let the toasted bagels cool for 5 minutes. Lower the oven temp to 400 degrees.

Squirt ketchup all around each bagel; it’s your hot dog pizza sauce. Top the bagels with lots of cheddar cheese. Arrange the sliced hot dogs like pepperoni on a pizza, putting the slices all over the top of each bagel. Put the pizzas back in the oven and bake them until the cheese is bubbly and the hot dog slices are hot, about 5-6 minutes. While the pizzas are baking, make the pickles.

TO MAKE THE PICKLES: Put sugar and grill seasoning in a small bowl and mix together. Cut the cucumbers into spears about 4″ long. Use your hands to gently sprinkle your special spice blend over the spears.

Take the pizzas out of the oven and slide them onto a cutting board. Cut pizzas into wedges and serve with minute-pickle spears.