Pizza Poppers Recipe 455 Recipes

PIZZA POPPERS RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350F. Slice each uncooked biscuit horizontally through the middle. This will give you a top and bottom for each Pizza Popper. Spray a muffin tin with the cooking spray. Place 1 biscuit half into each muffin tin. Start layering the Pizza Poppers. To each bottom biscuit dough add, 1 tablespoon of pizza sauce, 3 pepperonis, a few pieces of black olives, and cheese. Top with another biscuit half. After all of the poppers have been filled and topped with a biscuit, bake at 350F for 15 minutes or until the biscuits are golden.

PEPPERONI PIZZA POPPERS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• 2. In a bowl add the flour and baking powder. Stir in the milk and the beaten egg. Add mozzarella, basil and pepperoni.
• 3. Spray a 24 count mini muffin pan with cooking spray. ( or two 12 count muffin pans ).
• 4. Spoon even portions, about 1 teaspoon per muffin cup.
• 5. Bake for 15 - 20 minutes or until golden. Serve with your favorite pizza sauce or marinara. You can also use whatever cheese you prefer. We like the taste of the cheddar and mozzarella combined.

PIZZA POPPERS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine 2 cups of flour, sugar, yeast, oregano and salt. In a saucepan, heat water and shortening to 120°-130°. Add to dry ingredients; beat until moistened. Add egg; beat on medium speed for 1 minute. Stir in cheese and pepperoni; mix well. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. , Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour., Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide into four pieces. Divide each piece into eight balls. Roll each ball into a 12-in. rope. Tie into a loose knot, leaving two long ends. Fold top end under roll; bring bottom end up and press into center of roll. Place on greased baking sheets. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes. , Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm with pizza sauce.

MINI-PIZZA POPPERS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 400°. Put the pie crusts on the counter for 15 minutes to soften.
• Put the pizza sauce and cheese in the bowl. Stir with the spoon until mixed. Save for later (you will need this in step 5).
• Unfold each pie crust. Take off the plastic sheets. Press out the fold lines on pie crusts, using your fingers. Cut each pie crust into seven 3 1/2-inch circles, using the biscuit or cookie cutter.
• Cut each pepperoni slice in half on the cutting board, using the knife.
• Put 2 pepperoni halves on center of each pie crust circle. Top with about 1 teaspoon of the cheese mixture.
• Brush the edge of each pie crust circle with a little water, using the pastry brush. Fold each circle in half over filling. Press edges of circles with the fork to seal. Place pizza poppers on the cookie sheet (you do not need to grease the cookie sheet).
• Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until pizza poppers are light golden brown. Use the pot holders to take cookie sheet out of oven. Right away, take pizza poppers off cookie sheet, using the pancake turner. Cool for 5 minutes on the wire cooling rack before serving.
• Serve warm pizza poppers with extra pizza sauce for dipping, if you like.