Jack-o'-lantern Pizza

Submitted by newspapergal

"Recipe posted by request; from Bisquick cookbook. *** The Jack-O-Lantern is formed on each pizza slice by arranging the vegetables after the pizza is cooked."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 453.59 g ground beef
• 236.59 ml salsa
• 177.44 ml frozen corn
• 59.14 ml water
• 473.18 ml Bisquick baking mix
• 78.78 ml hot water
• 14.79 ml vegetable oil
• 473.18 ml shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 orange bell pepper, sliced into strips
• 118.29 ml green bell pepper, cut into strips
• 59.14 ml sliced black olives
• 59.14 ml coarsely chopped red onion
• 118.29 ml cherry tomatoes, sliced into wedges

directions

1. Heat oven to 450*.
2. Grease 12-inch round pizza pan.
3. Brown ground beef in skillet; drain, and add salsa, corn and 1/4 cup water.
4. Heat to boiling; remove from heat& set aside.
5. Stir Bisquick, 1/3 cup hot water and oil until dough forms; then beat vigorously about 20 strokes.
6. Let stand, covered, 5 minutes.
7. Press dough into pizza pan; pinch edge to form 1/2-inch rim.
8. Spread beef mixture over dough; sprinkle with cheese.
9. Bake 11-15 minutes, until crust is golden and cheese is melted.
10. After slicing pizza, arrange 2 orange bell pepper strips on each slice to form a'pumpkin' shape.
11. Use 2 black olive slices on each slice for jack-o-lantern's eyes.
12. Use red onion dices for each slice's eyebrows.
13. Use cherry tomato wedges to form a mouth on each slice.
14. Slice green bell pepper strips in half, and use each half as the pumpkin's"stem," laid over the crust of each clie.