Mini Pizza Bites

My new obsession with Pinterest led me to this recipe, I adapted mine from For the Love of Cooking.  I make a lot of pizza....probably b/c it's Jeremy's favorite....and the day I came across the recipe I was bored and actually had all the ingredients in my kitchen....so I decided to try it out. It would be a great thing to make for a party or for kids!


(sorry, didn't take pictures when I started cooking)

Ingredients:

• 1 package Grands Biscuits
• Pizza Sauce
• Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
• Pepperoni (and any other toppings you prefer)
• Pizza Seasoning (or Oregano and basil)
• Parmesan Cheese
• Cooking Spray
• Muffin Pan

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375
• Spray muffin pan with cooking oil
• Cut the grands biscuits in half, flatten out slightly and push into the muffin pan onto the bottom and halfway up the sides

• Place about a tbsp. of pizza sauce in each biscuit

• Put any toppings (other than pepperoni you want in the pizza)
• Place about a tbsp. of mozzarella cheese into the pizza

• Place a pepperoni on top, cover with a little more cheese if you like.

• Sprinkle top with parmesan cheese and pizza seasoning

• Place in oven and cook for about 15 minutes until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is melted

• Let sit for a few minutes, the pizza should just slide right out of the pan.

• Enjoy!

Stuffed Pizza

I have tried to make this before after Jeremy and I watched an episode of Man vs. Food and he ate one in Chicago.....the first ones turned out OK....but they seemed to sort of fall apart once they were cut, and the crust never really got crispy.....so after doing much research today, I found someone who made one using a springform pan - genius - why didn't I think of that?!?! So.....I made one and it turned out much better - blog worthy, I guess. If you like pizza - try it - it's really not hard at all.  (Plus, I cheated a used store bought pillsbury pizza crust, just unroll it.)

Ingredients:

I didn't end up using the spinach, it was still frozen & I'm impatient.

• 2 pillsbury pizza crusts
• 1 Springform pan
• Some Mozzarella cheese - I used about 1 bag
• Olive oil/cooking spray to spray pan
• Pizza/Marinara Sauce
• Whatever ingredients you like in your pizza, I used:
• Pepperoni
• Sausage
• Yellow Bell Pepper - chopped (about 1/4)
• 1/4 onion - chopped
• 1/4 red bell pepper - chopped

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400
• Spray bottom and sides of springform pan w/ cooking spray
• Place pizza dough over top of springform and allow to fall down in, keeping some excess over the sides for tucking in at the top - you may have to cut a little off some of 2 of the sides to ensure the other 2 sides have enough dough.

• Take about a handful of cheese and sprinkle it in the bottom on top of the dough

• Mix the rest of your toppings - peppers, onion, sausage (minus the pepperoni) and then pour into the crust

• Top with pepperoni

• Then top with cheese (the amount you prefer)

• Then cut the top crust to the size of the top of your pizza, and fold over the excess edges onto it, like you would a pie.

• Cut a few slits in the top to allow steam to exit during cooking
• Spread some marinara on the top of the pizza, leaving the edges clean

• Top with a little cheese for garnish

• Place in the oven for 25-30 minutes until the crust is to your liking

(1/2 way done....)

• Remove from the oven, and immediately remove the outer case of the springform pan

• Let the pizza cool like this for about 10 minutes before cutting so it doesn't fall apart.

• ENJOY! It was definitely delicious and very filling!

Oven Fried Pizza Puffs

After making the "Oven Fried Chimichangas" & dating a boy who grew up in Chicago, Jeremy requested I make a rendition of the "Pizza puff"..... I don't have a deep fryer, so we tried to "oven fried" method again. This is my first recipe I've really just made up...so bear with me!

Ingredients:

• 1.5 cups cooked/chopped sausage
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 2/3 marinara or spaghetti sauce (we used a Tomato/Basil sauce)
• 1 tsp. Italian seasoning
• 1/2 cup chopped green pepper
• 1/2 cup chopped vidalia onion
• 1/4 pepperoni (I cut them in half)
• 5 burrito sized flour tortillas
• Olive oil or cooking spray

• Preheat oven to 400
• Line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray or rub some olive oil on the foil
• Mix together the sausage, cheese, sauce, onion, pepper, pepperoni, and italian seasoning
• Put spoonfuls inside the tortilla's and fold closed so all sides are closed
• Place the tortillas on the cookie sheet and either spray with cooking spray or rub with olive oil
• Place in oven for 25 minutes

This may not look all that appetizing, considering I took it when I was almost done eating, but I wanted you to be able to see the inside of the puff!


Enjoy! We did!