Summer Recipes

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Crazy Crust Pizza

Batter:

1 c. Pillsbury Best all-purpose flour

1/8 tsp. pepper

2 eggs

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. Italian seasoning or leaf oregano

2/3 c. milk

Topping:

Meat mixture

1 can (4 oz.) well-drained mushroom stems & pieces, if desired

1/4 c. chopped onion, if desired

1 c. pizza sauce*

1 c. (4 oz.) shredded mozzarella cheese

1 ½ pound ground beef or sausage or 1 cup thinly sliced pepperoni sausage.

In medium fry pan, brown ground beef or sausage, seasoning to taste. (No need

to brown pepperoni.)

Drain well and set aside.

Use a 14 or 12-inch pizza pan or 15 x 10 inch jelly roll pan and lightly grease

and dust with flour or cornmeal .

Prepare batter in small bowl by combining flour (No need to sift flour; measure

by lightlyspooning into cup and leveling off.), salt, Italian seasoning, pepper,

eggs and milk, mixing until smooth.

Pour batter into pan, tilting pan so batter covers bottom.

Arrange topping of meat, onion and well-drained mushrooms over batter.

Bake on a low rack in oven at 425 degrees for 25-30 minutes until pizza is deep

golden brown. (Deep brown gives a crisp crust.)

Remove from oven; drizzle with pizza sauce* and sprinkle with cheese.

Return to oven for 10-15 minutes.

Preheat Oven 425 degrees.

Makes a 14 or 12-inch pizza.

*If desired, use 1 can (8 ounce) tomato sauce, 1 to 2 teaspoons leaf oregano and

1/4 teaspoon pepper as a substitute for the pizza sauce.

Blender Salad

1 (8 oz.) can crushed pineapple, undrained

1/4 tsp. pineapple flavoring

1 (16 oz.) can apricots, drained

2 (3 oz.) pkgs. cream cheese, softened

1 pint orange sherbet

1 (3 oz.) pkg. apricot gelatin

1 (3 oz.) pkg. orange gelatin

1 c. boiling water

Blend pineapple and pineapple flavoring in a blender.

Add apricots and blend.

Blend in the cream cheese and orange sherbet.

Dissolve the two packages of gelatin in boiling water (you may, if you wish,

substitute 1 c. of the drained apricot juice for the water.)

Combine the gelatin with the blended mixture.

Pour into a pan or mold and chill until firm.

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