Recipe: Polka Dot Pizzas (Betty Crocker's Cookbook for Boys and Girls, 1975)

POLKA DOT PIZZAS

UTENSILS:
Bread board
Medium bowl
2 forks
Large bowl
Cookie sheet
Rolling pin
Rubber scraper
Cutting board
Sharp knife
INGREDIENTS:
2 cans (8 ounces each) tomato sauce
3 tablespoons instant minced onion (or 1/2 cup frozen chopped onion)
2 teaspoons oregano leaves
1/4 cup biscuit baking mix (Bisquick)
1 package active dry yeast
2/3 cup hot water
2 cups shredded Cheddar or mozzarella cheese (about 8 ounces)
6 skinless frankfurters

Heat oven to 425 degrees F.

Rub some flour into bread board to cover about a 10-inch area.

Mix the tomato sauce, 3 tablespoons minced onion, 2 teaspoons oregano and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in medium bowl with fork. (You'll use this later for a topping.)

Mix 2 1/2 cups baking mix and the yeast in large bowl with another fork. Stir in 2/3 cup hot water and beat vigorously until the dough cleans the side of the bowl.

Gently smooth the dough into a ball on the floured board. Knead 20 times. Allow the dough to rest a few minutes.

Divide the dough into 3 equal parts. Shape 1 part into a ball and place it in the center of ungreased cookie sheet. Rub a little flour on rolling pin and roll the ball into an oval 1/4 inch thick. Pinch the edge to make a little stand-up rim.

Dip out 1/3 of the tomato sauce mixture (about 2/3 cup) and pour onto the oval. Spread the sauce mixture almost to the edge of the dough with rubber scraper. Sprinkle with 1/3 of the shredded cheese (about 2/3 cup).

Cut 2 of the frankfurters crosswise into penny slices on cutting board. Arrange the slices on the pizza.

Bake in 425 degree F oven 15 to 20 minutes or until the crust is golden brown.

Repeat steps 5 through 8 with 2 remaining parts of dough and remaining sauce, cheese and frankfurters to make 2 more pizzas.

NOTE: You may want to gobble up the pizzas as they come out of the oven. If not, this is a good bake-ahead recipe. When you're ready to eat, heat the pizzas, 2 at a time, on an ungreased cookie sheet in a 300 degree F oven about 5 minutes or until hot. The third pizza will be ready by the time you've finished eating the first 2.

Makes 3 pizzas
Source: Betty Crocker's Cookbook for Boys and Girls, General Mills, Inc., 1975