Pizza Pie Muffins

Submitted by MirandaLee

"Make these for your kids to pack for their next school trip instead of the usual PB & J. These are the next best thing to a hot pizza in a lunch box."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 12 Muffins

ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄4 cup chopped pepperoni
• 2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried Italian herb seasoning
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 1⁄2 cup pizza sauce or 1/2 cup spaghetti sauce
• 3 tablespoons olive oil or 3 tablespoons cooking oil
• 1 egg

directions

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Line 12-cup muffin pan with paper baking cups.
3. In large bowl, stir together flour, pepperoni, cheese, baking powder, Italian herb seasoning and salt.
4. In small bowl beat together milk, pizza or spaghetti sauce, oil and egg.
5. Pour wet ingredients over flour mixture and stir just until moistened.
6. Divide mixture evenly among baking cups.
7. Bake 20 minutes or until top s are golden brown.
8. Cool pan on wire rack 10 minutes.
9. Remove paper cups from pan and cool completely.
10. TO FREEZE: Wrap cooled muffins in plastic wrap and then foil.
11. Can freeze 2-3 months.
12. A frozen muffin placed in a lunch box at room temperature will thaw in 3 hours.

Reviews

[grungezombie]

These were great! I made 1 batch with sausage, pepperoni, mozzarella, onions and mushrooms, and another batch with spinach, ricotta and mozzarella (omitted parmesan and 1/2 pasta sauce). They both turned out great and tastey! The only problem was that they STUCK badly to the cup liners. Next time I will probably just grease the muffin pan instead. THANKS FOR THE RECIPE!

 

[dragonflymary]

loved these and so did my picky four year old! i increased the cheese a bit and added about half a cup of shredded cheddar to ( we like cheese!) then i had to increase the sauce a bit ..otherwise i didn't mess with it and they were great! thanks!

 

[Funkymunky613]

It's ok, not great. Needs a lot more cheesey cheese...like cheddar or mozzarella. Also needs a lot of onion and mushrooms for flavor. (I keep kosher so pepperoni was not an option.) It just wasn't pizza-ey enough for me. Maybe if it wasn't called pizza pie muffins and it was called something else I'd let it go but it better be close to pizza before you call it pizza pie muffins!!! It was good though and no one complained -- probably because I didn't way what this muffin is named.

 

[thehungrykiwi]

Just found these okay. Did make an ammendment instead of pizza sauce I used more milk and roasted pepper pesto. The muffins were moist and not dry like other savoury muffins I have tried but I'm not sure if I will try again. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Retro Kali]

I would give this 7 stars if I could. I had to doctor the recipe a bit, I added more milk ( maybe 1/4 cup), a handful of shredded mozzerella, and some garlic salt. They turned out amazing, full of flavor, and absolutely delicious! tip: make sure to NOT use paper cups....they stuck to them. Next time I'll just grease the pan.