Recipe: Bisquick Create a Pizza (thin crust or deep dish) (1983)

BISQUICK CREATE A PIZZA

"Choose a thin or deep dish crust; top with everybody's favorite toppings. Bake and enjoy!"

THIN CRUST PIZZA

1 1/2 cups Bisquick baking mix
1/3 cup very hot water
Sauce for Thin Crust Pizza (recipe follows)*
Vegetable and Meat Toppings (optional, below)
1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

Heat oven to 450 degrees F. Grease a cookie sheet.

Mix together baking mix and hot water; beat vigorously 20 strokes. Turn dough onto surface well floured with baking mix. Knead until smooth and no longer sticky, about 60 times. Press dough into 13-inch circle on greased cookie sheet with hands floured with baking mix. Pinch edge, forming 1/2-inch rim.

Spread Sauce (below) over top. Top with desired Meat Toppings and Vegetable Toppings (below). Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.

Bake on lowest oven rack until crust is brown and cheese is melted and bubbly, 12 to 15 minutes.

High Altitude Directions for Thin Crust Pizza (3500 to 6500 feet): Use 1/2 cup boiling water.

DEEP DISH PIZZA

1 package active dry yeast
3/4 cup warm water (105 to 115 degrees F)
3 cups Bisquick baking mix
Sauce for Deep Dish Pizza (recipe follows)*
Vegetable and Meat Toppings (optional, below)
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

Heat oven to 425 degrees F. Grease jelly roll pan, 15 1/2x 10 1/2x 1 inch, or cookie sheet.

Dissolve yeast in 3/4 cup warm water. Stir in Bisquick baking mix; beat vigorously 20 strokes. Turn dough onto surface well floured with baking mix. Knead until smooth and no longer sticky, about 60 times. Let dough rest 5 minutes.

Press dough in bottom and up sides of pan. Or pat into rectangle, 13x10 inches, on cookie sheet; pinch edges of rectangle, forming 3/4-inch rim.

Spread Sauce (below) over top. Top with desired Meat Toppings and Vegetable Toppings (below). Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.

Bake on lowest oven rack until crust is brown and cheese is melted and bubbly, 15 to 20 minutes.

High Altitude Directions for Deep Dish Pizza (3500 to 6500 feet): Heat oven to 450 degrees F. Bake pizza about 20 minutes.

*1 cup prepared pizza sauce can substituted for the Sauce.

SAUCE FOR THIN CRUST PIZZA:
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder

Mix all ingredients for the sauce together.

SAUCE FOR DEEP DISH PIZZA:
1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 teaspoon dried basil leaves
1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
1 clove garlic, finely chopped

Mix all ingredients for the sauce together.

VEGETABLE TOPPINGS:
Sliced mushrooms
Chopped green pepper
Sliced green onions
Chopped onion
Sliced ripe olives
Sliced pimiento-stuffed olives
Vegetable Toppings

MEAT TOPPINGS:
1/2 to 1 pound ground beef, cooked and drained
1/2 to 1 pound Italian sausage, cooked and drained
1 package (31/2 ounces) sliced pepperoni
1 package (6 ounces) sliced Canadian-style bacon
4 to 6 frankfurters, sliced

Source: Recipe booklet: The Best of Bisquick from Betty Crocker, General Mills, Inc., 1983