Recipe: Easy Deep-Dish Pizza (using biscuit mix)

Easy Deep-Dish Pizza
Newsgroup posting by T J Jardine (1983)
From: Betty Crocker's Creative Recipes with Bisquick
Makes 8 servings

3 cups Bisquick baking mix
3/4 cup cold water
1 pound ground beef
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 tsp salt
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 (15 oz) can tomato sauce
1 tsp Italian seasoning
1 (4.5 oz) jar sliced mushrooms, drained
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (about 8 oz)

Heat oven to 425. Lightly grease jelly roll pan, 15.5x10.5x1 inch, or cookie sheet (we use two 9 inch cake pans with excellent results).

Mix baking mix and water until soft dough forms; beat vigorously 20 strokes. Gently smooth dough into ball on floured cloth- covered board. Knead 20 times. Pat dough in bottom and up sides of pan with floured hands. Or roll into rectangle, 13x10 inches, and place on cookie sheet; pinch edges of rectangle, forming 3/4 inch rim.

Cook and stir ground beef, onion, salt and garlic until beef is brown. We add pepperoni to the beef mixture when cooking it; also use sliced fresh mushrooms; other variation possible to taste.

Mix tomato sauce and Italian seasoning; spread over dough. Spoon beef mixture over sauce. Top with remaining ingredients.

Bake until crust is golden brown, about 20 minutes.

(High Altitude [3500-6500 ft] Heat oven to 450; use boiling water; bake 15-20 minutes)