This baked potato pizza recipe will be on my dinner table on Friday night.  I was in a pepperoni rut, and need a change.  This is a really yummy and different 'specialty' pie, that is our favorite at our favorite local pizza place.  You won't believe how easy it is to toss together this recipe!  I like to plan ahead and bake extra potatoes earlier in the week, and fry up extra bacon, so there is very little prep work to be done on Family Movie night.
Let's get started!  First, you'll want to make up a batch of this Easy Bread Recipe.  It's the best pizza crust recipe that I've ever tried, and besides that, it's totally easy, and it doesn't even matter if you spread it too thin and it gets a hole it it.  Just schmear it back over the hole and it's good as new.  It's very forgiving, and very delicious. 

This is what you'll need to make a Baked Potato Pizza:
Half of the easy bread recipe (this will make one large pizza crust); Ranch dressing mix; sour cream, 2-3 small potatoes, baked; bacon of your choice (turkey, beef, or regular old) fried up crisp and 2 c. or so of your favorite cheese.  I like cheddar or Monterey Jack.  If you have some chives, those are great thrown on too. 

Heat the oven up to 450 degrees, with a pizza stone on the middle rack.  (Or you can skip the stone, and just use a cookie sheet). 
Lay out a piece of parchment paper, and spread your dough out into a large circle.  Man handle it as needed. 

I make my dough the same way each time, but each batch is a bit different.  Some are wet and smushy, and some are kinda tough and want to pull back into a ball.  Just manhandle it a bit, and get it to spread out by stretching, smashing, etc.  I leave it a bit thicker at the edges, because we like the crusts to be like a breadstick.  Want to make the crust even yummier?  Add an extra sprinkle of herb mix and some Parmesan cheese.  Mmmm.

As soon as the oven reaches temperature, pop the pizza crust in for about 10 minutes.  You can bake your potatoes, fry bacon, etc. while you wait on it to bake.

Make your sauce using your favorite Ranch dressing mix, blended directly into sour cream. 

Top the potato slices with crisp bacon pieces, and chives if you've got 'em.
Dump the 2 cups of cheese over the top of everything, and swirl it out to the edges.
Place your baked potato pizza back into the oven for another 10 minutes or so, until it's brown and bubbly.