Pizza Bubble Ring

Kaitlyn: "Mommy, is that dessert?"

This is what Kaitlyn said as I was pulling dinner out of the oven last night. I chuckled and thought to myself yeah I guess it does look more like a dessert than it does dinner. What do you think?



This was our dinner last night. It's called Pizza Bubble Ring. I really liked it. CJ really liked it. I think Natalie really liked it. Kaitlyn didn't really like it and Joe said it didn't look appealing, but he ate it anyways. I think he liked it, but didn't want to admit it. Here's the recipe if you're interested:


INGREDIENTS
6 to 8 tablespoons LAND O LAKES® Butter, melted
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
2 cans (12 oz each) Pillsbury® Golden Layers® refrigerated original biscuits
40 small slices pepperoni (about 3 oz)
8 oz mozzarella cheese, cut into 20 pieces
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 1/4 cups pizza sauce, heated


DIRECTIONS
1. Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 12-cup fluted tube pan with CRISCO® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray. In small bowl, mix melted butter, Italian seasoning and garlic powder.
2. Separate 1 can of dough into 10 biscuits; press or roll each into 3-inch round. Place 2 pepperoni slices in center of each biscuit round. Top each with piece of mozzarella cheese. Bring dough up around filling; press edge to seal and shape each into ball. Roll in butter mixture; place 10 balls in pan.
3. Sprinkle dough balls with Parmesan cheese. Repeat with remaining can of biscuits, placing balls over balls in pan. Pour remaining butter mixture over top.
4. Bake 33 to 38 minutes or until deep golden brown. Cool 5 minutes. Gently loosen bread from sides of pan. Place large heatproof plate upside down over pan; turn plate and pan over. Remove pan. Serve warm with warm pizza sauce for dipping.

*Note: I added a little bit of sauce on the biscuits before I put the pepperoni and cheese on. I also used more cheese and pepperoni than it actually called for. Joe said it needed more garlic. So I might adjust it a little and put some minced garlic into the butter mixture next time. Here's a look at it from the inside:



I thought it came out pretty good.