Pizza Casserole

This is what went on at Pizza Night the other night....

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• 1 lb. Bow Tie Pasta
• 1 lb. Pork Sausage
• 1 small Onion, chopped
• 2 (26 oz) jars Spaghetti Sauce
• 1 lb. cubed cooked Ham
• 1/2 -1 lb. sliced Pepperoni
• 6 T. grated Parmesan cheese
• 3 (8 oz) bags of shredded mozzarella cheese
• 2 T. chopped Garlic
• 1 t. dried Oregano

Cook pasta in boiling water until al dente.

Cook sausage, garlic and oregano with onions until the juices run clear.

In a lightly greased 9x13 inch pan, pour a small amount of sauce to lightly coat bottom.

Layer ingredients:

1st layer-1/3 of the pasta, 1/3 remaining sauce, 1 bag of mozzarella cheese, 2 T. Parmesan cheese, sausage and onions mixture.

2nd layer- 1/2 of the remaining pasta, 1/2 remaining sauce, 1 bag of Mozzarella cheese, 2 T. Parmesan cheese, and ham.

3rd layer- all remining pasta, all remaining sauce, 1 bag mozzarella cheese, 2 T. Parmesan cheese, all the pepperoni.

Bake at 375 degrees for 40 minutes and let sit for 5 minutes before serving.

Pizza Bites

This is what we whipped up for pizza night last week!

 Bites

• 1 batch pizza crust dough
• Mozzerella, cubed (about 20 pieces)
• Sliced pepperoni

Topping

•  Olive oil
• Italian seasoning
•  Parmesan cheese, grated

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Lightly grease a 9 inch pie pan. Divide pizza dough into roughly 20 equal sized pieces. Take one of the dough pieces and press in a cube of cheese and 2 slices of pepperoni. Pull the edges of the dough around the filling and seal.

 Place in the pan seam side down.  Repeat with remaining dough. Each piece of dough should be touching each other in the pan.

Lightly brush the tops of the dough with olive oil . Sprinkle on Italian Seasoning and Parmesan cheese. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.

Pizza Rolls

• 1 pkg. Crescent Rolls
• Pepperoni
• Mozzarella Cheese sticks

 In one triangle of a crescent roll place 2-4 pieces of pepperoni. On top of pepperoni, place 1/3 of a cheese stick. Roll up the crescent roll and place on baking sheet. Cook according to crescent roll package directions.

{We recently started a tradition of Friday Pizza Night. We don't have pizza every week but it is something pizza oriented. These pizza rolls were our most recent creation and they were quite tasty! They would be great for a finger food for parties!}