Homemade Cheese Pizza

The kids wanted pizza for dinner today. With their help, I was able to make one in about 30 minutes... it's so cheesy and good!

Ingredients

• 4 - 1/4 cups of bisquick mix
• 1 - 1/3 cup of milk
• 2 (3) oz cans of tomato paste
• 2 cups of water
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 1 Tbsp of Italian seasoning
• 1 tsp of salt
• 6 slices of cheddar cheese
• 8 slices of monterey jack or havarti cheese
• 2 1/2 cups of shredded Mexican blend cheese

Directions

Preheat oven to 450° degrees.

Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.

To make the pizza, began by first combining the bisquick mix and milk in a bowl. Knead the dough about twenty times until the dough is well combined and can be formed into a ball.

Once the dough is ready, transfer the dough to the cookie 

sheet and, using a rolling pin, roll out the dough to measure approximately 10 inches around. Using your hands press the dough so that it stretches to fill the length of the cookie sheet. The dough should be about 1/2 inch thickness when done. (The kids had fun helping me with this).

 The dough should like the image shown below.

Place the dough in the oven and cook for 7 minutes. I like my crust to be slightly crispy when done.

While the crust is cooking, add the tomato paste, two cups of water, sugar, and Italian seasoning into a medium-sized pot. Cook on medium high heat for 5 - 7 minutes, just until all the ingredients are completely heated and well-blended. Set aside to cool. 

When the seven minutes are up, remove the pizza crust from the oven. Lower the temperature of the oven to 400° degrees.

Spread the prepared sauce onto the crust as shown.

If you have sauce leftover, store it for later use. I put my leftover sauce in a mason jar and refrigerated it. It will come in handy later. :)

Next, add the cheese slices.  And then sprinkle the shredded cheese onto the sliced cheese. I wanted to add a little extra cheese to the pizza. There's nothing like biting into a slice of pizza and having the cheese stretch. :)

Place the prepared pizza into the oven and cook for 15 minutes or until the cheese and crust have cooked to the consistency that you desire.

Remove the pizza from the oven and cool slightly. Slice the pizza when you are ready to serve it. Enjoy!

Yields 6 - 8 servings


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Homemade Cheesesticks

I can't tell you how delicious these are! They are so crispy and cheesy and are made in a flash with just three ingredients.  The kids loved them! :)

My oldest daughter challenged me to make my own cheesesticks and this is the result of my "hard labor". I'm impressed with how easy it was to make them. It's important that the cheesesticks are frozen so that they don't melt while cooking. The cheesesticks take only about an hour to freeze.


Ingredients

• 2 eggs, beaten
• 10 mozzarella/colby jack cheesesticks, frozen
• 20 club crackers, crushed
• 1 cup of olive oil
• 1 medium-sized sandwich bag

Note: I used a medium-sized skillet to fry the cheesesticks.

Directions

To make the cheesesticks, pour the olive oil in a medium-sized skillet and heat the skillet on medium highheat  unitl it is hot. 

While the oil is heating, add the crushed crackers to the medium-sized sandwich bag and set aside.

Remove the frozen cheesesticks from each individual package and break each one in half.  Add the frozen cheesesticks to the beaten eggs and fully coat the cheesesticks with the beaten eggs. Then, dd the coated cheese to the sandwich bag. Close the bag and shake the bag to make certain that the frozen cheesesticks are fully covered by the crackers.

Once the frozen cheesesticks are covered, add them to the hot oil, and cook them just until each side is golden brown. This should only take about a minute or two. 

Quickly remove the cheesesticks from the oil and place them on a platter to cool. Enjoy with your favorite marinara sauce or dip!

Yields 4 - 6 servings


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