Recipe: School Cafeteria Pizza Pie (1960's)

SCHOOL CAFETERIA PIZZA PIE

FOR THE PIZZA FILLING:
3/4 lb ground beef
2/3 tbsp onions, chopped
1/4 bay leaf
Dash garlic salt
1/2 tbsp chopped green (bell) pepper
1 cup tomato sauce
1 tbsp brown sugar

FOR TOPPING:
Dash oregano
4 oz grated American cheese

Cook together onions, bay leaves, green peppers and garlic salt. Add to ground meat which has been browned. Add tomato sauce and brown sugar to other filling ingredients. Remove bay leaf.

DOUGH FOR THE PIZZA:
1 3/4 tbsp shortening
1/4 cup dry milk powder
3/4 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 package yeast (2 1/4 tsp) (dissolved in 3 1/2 tbsp of warm water)
2/3 cup warm water
2 cups sifted flour

Cream powdered milk, shortening, sugar and salt. Add yeast mixture. Add water, then flour. Let rise until light. Divide dough into equal portions. (One portion can be wrapped and put in freezer for later use.) Pat remining dough into pan to thickness of 1/3 inch.

Spread dough with Pizza Filling. Sprinkle grated cheese and oregano over filling. Bake at 400 degrees F for 20 minutes. Cuts easier when just taken from oven.

Makes 6 servings
Source: Pinellas County, Florida Schools;
St Petersburg Times newspaper June 20, 1963