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Crust Create-a-Pizza This pizza is so versatile, it'll please all your children. Even the adult one. |
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Ingredients |
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| 1 1/2 | cups dry pancake mix |
| 1/3 | cup very hot water |
| 1 | can (8 ounces) tomato sauce |
| 1 | teaspoon Italian seasoning |
| 1/8 | teaspoon garlic powder |
| Meat Toppings (below) | |
| Vegetable Toppings (below) | |
| 1 1/2 | cups shredded mozzarella cheese (6 ounces) |
- Move oven rack to lowest position. Heat oven to 450°F. Grease cookie sheet or 12-inch pizza pan.
- Mix pancake mix and hot water; beat vigorously 20 strokes. Place dough on surface well dusted with pancake mix. Knead about 60 times or until smooth and no longer sticky. Press dough into 13-inch circle on cookie sheet. Or press in pizza pan; pinch edge, forming 1/2-inch rim.
- Mix tomato sauce, Italian seasoning and garlic powder. Spread over crust. Top with one of the Meat Toppings and desired Vegetable Toppings. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until crust is brown and cheese is melted and bubbly.
- Serve it up on your favorite Dixie product for a delicious mom moment that's clean up-easy.
Individual Pizzas: Divide dough into 8
pieces. Pat each piece into 3-inch circle. Place circles
on cookie sheet. Add toppings. Bake 10 to 15 minutes
or until crusts begin to brown.
Meat Toppings
1/2 to 1 pound lean ground beef, cooked and drained
1/2 to 1 pound bulk Italian sausage, cooked and drained
1 package (3 1/2 ounces) sliced pepperoni
1 package (6 ounces) sliced Canadian-style bacon
4 to 6 hot dogs, sliced
Vegetable Toppings
Sliced fresh mushrooms
Chopped green bell pepper
Sliced green onions or chopped onion
Sliced ripe olives
Sliced pimiento-stuffed olives
Nutritional Information
1 Serving: Calories 210 (Calories from
Fat 100); Fat 11g (Saturated 5g); Cholesterol 25mg;
Sodium 620mg; Potassium 230mg; Carbohydrate 16g (Dietary
Fiber 1g); Protein 13g
% Daily Value: Vitamin A 6%; Vitamin
C 2%; Vitamin D 2%; Calcium 20%; Iron 8%; Folic Acid
2%
Diet Exchanges: 1 Starch; 1 1/2 High-Fat
Meat
Kitchen Tips
Time-Saver
For quicker preparation, use shredded cheese available
in the dairy section of the supermarket.
Variation
Kids can make it their way! Let them pick the toppings
they like and decide whether to make one big pizza or
eight individual ones.
Simplify
Trim three ingredients down to one by replacing the
tomato sauce, Italian seasoning and garlic powder with
1 cup of your favorite purchased pizza sauce.
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