Pizza Muffins

My family, like almost every family out there, loves pizza!  I love pizza too!  It's so yummy!  But best of all you can order it on the phone, have it delivered, eat it, and have no clean up. =)  But then you have that bill you have to pay for and the tip you give that wonderful driver that brought you your dinner.  So sometimes when I am in the mood for pizza but don't want the expense I love making my own.  I like to create so its fun and the kids enjoy helping. 
Since moving to Virginia, Charlie has introduced us to Bella's Pizza Muffins.  They are sooo good and the kids love them!  Charlie goes out of town a lot for races and when he comes home his tradition (before me) was to hit up Bella's, get his Pizza Muffins, and chillax for the evening.  Great tradition but sometimes spendy.  So I decided that I would create these tasty things at home.  Go figure right?! =)

So here is my recipe:

Pizza Muffins:

Dough:
2 1/4 tsp Yeast
1 tsp Sugar
1 C Warm Water (110 degrees)
2 1/2 C Flour
2 Tbl Oil
1 tsp Salt
Add yeast, sugar and water together.  Let sit 10 minutes.  Add flour, oil, and salt.  Mix together and let sit 5 minutes.  Roll out to a large rectangle.  Cut rectangle in half and then make squares.  You are going to put this dough in muffin tins, so make the squares large enough to fit in each hole but not so large that they overlap the rest of the holes.  You don't want your pizza muffins to touch, you want them to be individual.  You also will want to spray your pans.

Once you have your dough made, cut, and placed in your muffin tins, sprinkle a Tablespoon of Mozzarella cheese in each muffin.  Then add a Tablespoon of your favorite pizza sauce, then place whatever ingredients you want in them.  I made different kinds.  I used 2 Tablespoons of Sausage for each muffin, I made Veggie ones with Mushroom, Onion, Green Pepper, and Banana Peppers, and I made Pepperoni ones where I added 3 pepperoni pieces to each muffin.  I also mixed some of the ingredients together to make Supreme ones.
Once you're done with that top with more Mozzarella Cheese.
Bake 400 degrees for 10 minutes.

Hope you enjoy!