Pizza Casserole

Pizza Casserole

Craving Pizza? My husband craves pizza approximately 24 hours a day (yes, even when he sleeps).  This recipe is cheaper than ordering in, easier than making a homemade pizza, and best of all, tastier than any frozen pizza!

What you’ll need:

Pizza Casserole

1 box Jiffy© Pizza Crust Mix (do not follow package instructions)

3/4 cup water

1 8 oz. package pepperoni

1 bag shredded mozzarella cheese

1 15 oz. can pizza sauce

1 tsp. Crushed Red Pepper

1 tsp. Garlic Powder

1 tsp. Onion Salt

First, preheat your oven to 375 degrees.

Next, prepare your “crust.”  In a medium bowl, combine Jiffy mix and 3/4 cup of water (note package instructions call for only ½ cup). We need the dough to be slightly runny (more like a batter and less like a dough), so we add a little more water.

Lightly grease a 9x13 glass baking dish and begin to layer your casserole.

Drop half of your dough by tablespoons evenly in bottom of glass baking dish (dough will not completely cover bottom of dish).  I usually do 6-12 dots of dough---even drops is more important than number of drops.

Drizzle drops of dough with half the can of pizza sauce. Spread half the of your pepperoni slices evenly over sauce.  Top with 1 cup of mozzarella. Sprinkle with a teaspoon of Crushed Red Pepper, garlic powder, and onion salt. 

(Picture with dough, sauce, and pepperoni layers)

Repeat with second layer of remaining dough, sauce, pepperoni, cheese, and seasonings.

(Picture beginning second layer)
Bake 20 minutes at 375 degrees until top is bubbly and golden brown.