Pizza Puff Casserole Recipes

Steps:

• Set oven to 375 degrees.
• Set oven rack to second-lowest position.
• Grease a 9 x 9-inch baking pan or an 11 x 7-inc pan.
• In a bowl, whisk together eggs, flour and milk until smooth.
• Stir in onion, butter, salt and cayenne.
• Pour mixture into prepared baking pan.
• In another small bowl, combine oregano, basil, garlic powder and tomato sauce; gently drizzle over the batter, and cut in with a knife to produce a marbled effect. (reserve a couple of tablespoons of sauce for the top of the pizza puff).
• Sprinkle pepperoni or salami and the bell peppers and whatever else you would like to use such as mushrooms, onions etc over the sauce; dot with a little more sauce over the cheese (this is optional).
• Top with mozzarella cheese.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Cool 5 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Grease a 13x9-inch baking dish.
• Cook the gound beef in a medium skillet with the onions, green peppers, garlic, salt pepper until meat is browned and veggies are tender; drain fat, and mix in the Parmesan cheese.
• Stir in the 1/2-pound pepperoni (chop this pepperoni to add to the mixture, leave the remaining half pound pepperoni sliced), mushrooms, pasta sauce; stir well until combined; simmer for 20-25 minutes on top of stove.
• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Place the cooked rigatoni pasta on the bottom of the greased baking dish.
• Sprinkle with 2 cups mozzarella cheese over the pasta.
• Layer with pepperoni slices evenly over the cheese.
• Top with the ground beef/pasta sauce mixture.
• Bake uncovered for 30 minutes.
• Remove from oven, sprinkle with the remaining 2 cups mozzarella cheese.
• Return to oven and bake for 10 minutes longer, or until bubbly.
• Let stand for 10-15 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Shape dough into 1-1/2-in. balls; flatten into 1/8-in. thick circles. Place 1 pepperoni slice and 1 cheese cube in center of each circle; wrap dough around pepperoni and cheese. Pinch edges to seal; shape into a ball. Repeat with remaining dough, cheese and pepperoni. Place seam side down on greased baking sheets; bake until light golden brown, 10-15 minutes. Cool slightly., Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Add garlic and salt, taking care not to brown butter or garlic; brush over puffs. Serve with marinara sauce; if desired, sprinkle with red pepper flakes and Parmesan., Freeze option: Cover and freeze unbaked pizza puffs on waxed paper-lined baking sheets until firm. Transfer to a freezer container; seal and return to freezer. To use, preheat oven to 325°; bake pizza puffs on greased baking sheets as directed, increasing time as necessary to heat through.