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Pizza Balls (Rebecca’s Recipe)

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Growing up we always got to pick what was for dinner on our birthday. I always loved that. So this year I did it with Rebecca. But instead of requesting one of her favorite foods she came up with her own recipe!! She does that quite often. It gives me great inspiration to experiment 🙂  Rebecca asked for pizza balls. She had very specific directions on how they should be made. I did my best to follow her directions and create something edible 🙂  In the end we basically had pizza pockets (I had some other ideas of how to make pizza balls that I hope to try sometime). Rebecca wanted them to have bacon, red peppers, onion, sauce and cheese. I made them two ways. I think they both turned out well. Here’s my attempt at a recipe.

Pizza Balls

Pizza Dough:

1/2 Tbsp. active dry yeast
1/2 Tbsp. cane sugar
3/4 cups warm water

1 Tbsp. cane sugar
2 Tbsp. EVOO
1/2 Tbsp. salt
2 cups whole wheat flour

Sprinkle yeast and 1/2 Tbsp. sugar over water. Let bubble (about 5 min.). Add 1 more Tbsp. sugar, oil, salt and flour. Mix. Cover. Let rise about an hour.

Toppings/fillings:
sauce – tomato or pesto
cheese – we used fresh mozzarella and parmesan
meat/veggies cut in very small pieces

Assembly:

Roll pizza dough to about 1/4″ thickness. Cut into about 16 small squares. Fill each piece of dough with a small amount of sauce, cheese and meat/veggies. Pull up corners and seal opening. You can try to keep it in a round shape. Place each ball in the cup of a muffin pan. Sprinkle with grated parmesan cheese. Bake at 475 for 20 minutes. Serve with extra sauce for dipping.

OR

Add cheese, meat and veggies directly to the dough. Lightly mix. Shape into small balls. Place on a baking sheet or in a muffin pan. Sprinkle with grated parmesan cheese. Bake at 475 for 15 – 20 minutes. Serve with sauce for dipping.

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