Cookbook:Cheese-Stuffed Crust Pizza

| American cuisine | Pizza

Ingredients

 * Cooking spray
 * Corn meal
 * 1 can refrigerated pizza crust
 * 7 ea. 1-inch (2.5 cm) pieces of string cheese
 * ½ cup pizza sauce
 * 24 slices pepperoni
 * 1 cup cooked Italian sausage, crumbled
 * 2 cups Italian blend shredded cheese

Procedure

 * 1) Preheat oven to 425°F (220C)
 * 2) Spray 12-inch (30 cm) pizza pan with cooking spray. Sprinkle lightly with cornmeal, if desired.
 * 3) Starting in the center, press pizza dough in pan beyond the sides of the pan by an inch.
 * 4) Fold the hanging edge of the dough back toward the middle, placing the sticks of string cheese in the pouch, all the way around the circle.
 * 5) Pinch the dough to seal in the cheese.
 * 6) Bake the crust 8 or 10 minutes, or until the edges are light golden and the dough has started to set.
 * 7) Remove from oven and spread the sauce over the crust with the back of a spoon.
 * 8) Scatter on the sauce the pepperoni, sausage, and shredded Italian cheese.
 * 9) Replace in oven and bake until crust is deeply golden brown and the (topping) cheese is melted.
 * 10) Cut into 6–8 slices.