Pizza Pops Recipe

My son's birthday is coming up and I wanted to make as much as possible by myself since we're on such a strict budget.

I decided to make these lovely pizza pops!

They're super easy to make and kids love them.

First, the pizza dough.

Basic Pizza Dough

Ingredients

1.5 cups self-raising flour
1/8tsp (or a pinch) of salt
1 egg
2 tbsp olive oil
1/2 cup milk

Instructions

Place your self raising flour and a pinch of salt into a bowl and make a well in the centre.

In another bowl, beat together the egg, olive oil and milk.  Pour into the well in your flour and stir until thoroughly combined.

Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead gently until the dough has reached an even consistency.

Pizza Pops

Ingredients

Prepared pizza dough
100g diced ham
100g mozzarella
100g crushed pineapple, drained well
1 jar tomato-based pasta sauce

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 220C

Press your dough out into a rough, rectangular shape about 1/2 inch thick that is about twice as long as it is wide.

Cut the dough into 1/2 inch wide strips.  Roll each strip into little discs - you may have to press them down as you do this to avoid creating cones from your dough as it will attempt to push upward.

Top each disc with a little pasta sauce, pineapple and ham and then sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.  Repeat until all have been prepared.

Place mini pizzas on a lightly oiled baking sheet or on wax paper and bake for 15-20 minutes or until the crust is browned and the cheese is melted.

When cooled slightly, press a kitchen skewer up through the bottom of the pizza pop careful not to go all the way through (or it will just slide down).

Voilà!  Pizza pops.

How many this makes will depend on how thin you cut your strips and how long your rectangle is to begin with.  Mine made about 15.