Pepperoni Pizza Puffs

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

You knew there was something coming up to use that delicious Homemade Garlic Pizza Sauce. Well here it is. Pepperoni Pizza Puffs. I have to admit. I have to admit, I was very excited about all of the miniature food involved in this recipe. Not only are these bites baked in a mini muffin pan, but they use mini pepperonis! If you haven’t seen them at your store, trust me, they’re too cute to pass up!

I love that you could throw anything in these pizza bites. I went with mini pepperoni because I just couldn’t resist. I think some green peppers would be really good as well.

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Ingredients:

3/4 cup flour
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp dried oregano
3/4 cup milk
1 egg, lightly beaten
4 oz mozzarella cheese, shredded (about 1 cup)
4 oz pepperoni, diced (about 1 cup)
1/2 cup pizza sauce (homemade or store-bought)
2 Tbsp. fresh basil, finely diced.

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 F. Grease a 24-cup mini muffin pan. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and oregano; whisk in the milk and egg. Stir in the mozzarella and pepperoni; let stand for 10 minutes.

Stir the batter and divide among the mini-muffin cups. Bake until puffed and golden, 20 to 25 minutes.

Warm the pizza sauce, then stir in 1 tablespoon basil. Sprinkle the puffs with the remaining 1 tablespoon basil. Serve the puffs with the pizza sauce for dipping.

Recipe from Gimme Some Oven

Appetizers / Snacks, Football Food

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9 Responses to “Goat Cheese and Sundried Tomato Appetizers”

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Joelen — April 8, 2009 at 12:56 pm

These look amazing and what a great entry to this month’s Tasty Tools! Thanks for your submission! 🙂
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Melissa — April 8, 2009 at 2:14 pm

Ooohhh….I love sun dried tomatoes & goat cheese, I’ll have to try these.
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Amy Kingman — April 8, 2009 at 2:45 pm

Wow! Delicious!!!! I’m totally gonna have to make these!
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Mermaid Sweets — April 8, 2009 at 7:30 pm

I am a sucker for sundried tomatoes and basil. And I host a lot and this looks like a great app to have. Thanks,
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Stephanie Wagner — April 9, 2009 at 1:26 am

These look cute and delish! You’ve turned me into a big fan of goat cheese. So mild and tasty!
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Jen — April 9, 2009 at 1:56 am

So glad you’re starting to like goat cheese Steph – I live on it since it’s easier for me to digest than cow’s milk cheese.
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the happy couple — April 9, 2009 at 9:49 pm

love this! i am a vegetarian and i married a carnivore (www.cooking4carnivores.com) and i am always looking for ways to sneak him vegetables. i think a little spinach in these would do the trick. thanks for the idea!
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Ashley — April 11, 2009 at 5:31 pm

These look wonderful! I love goat cheese…yum!
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Elizabeth — April 22, 2009 at 1:07 am

This looks great – I love all the ingredients!