Pepperoni Pizza Dip

From: The back of a Nabisco cracker box

Ingredients:
1 8-oz tub of cream cheese
1/2 cup pizza sauce
1/2 cup shredded pizza or mozzarella cheese blend
1/2 cup chopped pepperoni
1/3 cup chopped red peppers
1/3 cup chopped green peppers

Crackers for dipping (I used Nabisco round saltines and Ritz crackers)

Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix cream cheese and pizza sauce until well blended; spread onto bottom of 9-inch pie plate.

Top with next four ingredients.

Bake 18-20 minutes or until heated through and shredded cheese is melted. Serve with crackers.

Verdict:
Thumbs up! Well, I say thumbs up, but I literally got to fill up about half a cracker with this dip. It was GONE and all I got was a scoop of what was left on the bottom of the plate! That tasted good, at least, and everyone was raving about it. I didn't put the peppers on this because I forgot I was going to make it until about 20 minutes before people were going to start arriving for Hunter's birthday party. So I just threw it all together really quickly which did NOT include chopping peppers! I think the peppers would be delicious though - I'll throw them on next time! Highly recommend this easy and yummy dip!

Pepperoni Pizza Pie

From: Lynn's Kitchen Adventures

Ingredients:

• 1 unbaked (9 in) pie shell
• 8 ounces of shredded cheese
• 2 ounces of sliced pepperoni
• 1 (12 ounce can) Carnation evaporated milk
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
 

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sprinkle 1 cup of cheese and half of the pepperoni onto the bottom of the pie shell.  Whisk together the milk, eggs, flour, basil, and garlic powder.  Pour into pie shell. Sprinkle remaining cheese over top and carefully lay pepperoni on top of cheese.  Bake for 40-45 minutes or until done. 

 

Verdict:
Thumbs up! What a delicious dinner. This did not stick around long at our table. I made this several months ago and I cannot remember if we even had any left over after dinner or not. If you like a quiche-type recipe and are looking for a little variety from regular pizza, this is perfect for you. I will definitely be making this again in the future!

Spicy Pepperoni Biscuits

From: Christmas with Southern Living 1998
Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp dry mustard
1/4 tsp ground red pepper
1/3 cup shortening
1/2 cup finely chopped pepperoni
3/4 cup milk

Combine first five ingredients; cut in shortening with a pastry blender until mixture is crumbly. Stir in pepperoni. Add milk, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface; knead 3 or 4 times. Roll dough to 1/2" thickness; cut dough with 2" or 2 1/2" biscuit cutter, and place biscuits on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake at 425 for 13-15 minutes or until lightly browned.

What I did differently from the recipe: Nothing.

What I'll do differently next time: Put more pepperonis in.

Verdict: Why do my biscuits always turn out crumbly?? I think these could have been delicious...

Calzones

Ingredients:
Pillsbury pizza crust (original or thin)
shredded cheese (mozzarella or Italian or Colby Jack or any mixture!)
pepperoni
butter
garlic salt
any pizza ingredients of your choice

Roll out the pizza crust. Cut into two halves. On the bottom part of each half, sprinkle a layer of cheese, then pepperoni (or other ingredients), then cheese. Make as many layers as you are hungry. Close up calzones by pulling the tops down over the pizza mixture.

For original crust, bake at 350 for 10 minutes. For thin crust, bake at 375 about 8 minutes. Take out of the oven and cut a few slits across the calzones. Spread butter all along the tops of the calzones, and sprinkle garlic salt on top. Put back in the oven for approximately 5 minutes. If you like the tops a bit brown and crispy, broil at the very end on low for 1-2 minutes.

We eat these at least once a week. I make them a different way every time, so feel free to play with them. I have found that cheese and pepperoni work the best out of all the ingredients I have tried.