Pizza Biscuits
Easy to make and so impressive, these Pizza Biscuits are perfect for game day noshing, after school snacks, or even to pop in a lunch box. They start with convenient canned biscuit dough, and are baked with your favorite pizza toppings in fun individual muffin tins!
Servings 12 muffins
Calories 349kcal
Ingredients
Pizza Sauce
- 6 ounces tomato paste one small can
- 1/3 cup water
- ¼ teaspoon dried basil
- ¼ teaspoon chili powder
- ¼ teaspoon cumin
- 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/8 teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon red chili flakes optional
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
Pizza Biscuits
- 2 cans Grands flaky refrigerated biscuits 16.3 ounce each
- ¼ cup melted butter
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 & ½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- ¼ cup finely chopped red bell pepper
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped red onion
- ½ cup pizza sauce
- 36 slices pepperoni cut in quarters, optional
- 1/3 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
Instructions
Make pizza sauce
- Mix all pizza sauce ingredients together in a mixing bowl, and refrigerate at least one hour before using to allow the flavors to mingle. You'll only be using about 1/2 cup of the pizza sauce for the pizza biscuits. Save the rest of the sauce for dipping or another use.6 ounces tomato paste, 1/3 cup water, ¼ teaspoon dried basil, ¼ teaspoon chili powder, ¼ teaspoon cumin, 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder, 1/8 teaspoon onion powder, ½ teaspoon dried oregano, 1 teaspoon paprika, ½ teaspoon red chili flakes, 1/8 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
Make biscuits
- Preheat the oven to 375° F. Spray a 12-cup metal muffin tin with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
- Cut each biscuit into quarters and place in a large bowl.2 cans Grands flaky refrigerated biscuits
- Mix the melted butter, parsley, and garlic powder together in a small bowl. Pour the butter mixture over the biscuit pieces, and gently toss to coat the biscuits in the butter mixture. Add in the shredded mozzarella, red pepper, and onion pieces. Gently mix to coat all the biscuit pieces.¼ cup melted butter, 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes, ½ teaspoon garlic powder, 1 & ½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese, ¼ cup finely chopped red bell pepper, 2 tablespoons finely chopped red onion
- Layer the biscuit dough, pizza sauce, and fillings. Divide the coated biscuits (about 5 to 6 pieces in each muffin cup), pizza sauce (about 2 teaspoons per muffin cup), and 3 slices pepperoni per cup evenly into a 12-cup metal muffin tin, layering the pieces as you go. Top each biscuit with a pinch of shredded Parmesan.½ cup pizza sauce, 36 slices pepperoni , 1/3 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- Bake for 15-25 minutes or until golden brown.
- Carefully remove from the oven, and let the pan cool for a minute on a wire rack, this will help them set up. Run an offset spatula or knife around the inside edge to pop them out.
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Notes
You can also use paper muffin cups if you prefer. I also like to spray those with non-stick spray so the muffin doesn’t stick to the paper after it’s baked.
If you use Grands biscuits with 8 biscuits in each can, there will be 64 quartered pieces of biscuits (8 biscuits in each package, two packages, each cut into quarters). These 64 pieces will be divided among 12 muffin cups. That will be 5.33 pieces if you calculate out the pieces. You’ll be placing anywhere from 5 to 6 pieces per muffin cup. Each pizza biscuit is just slightly larger than one canned Grands biscuit. As the cuts can often be slightly uneven, you may way to place six smaller pieces together in a muffin cup and five larger pieces together in a different muffin cup. And, of course, if the brand of biscuits that you use has a different number of biscuits the calculations will be different. Of course, if you don't feel like doing all this math you can just put one or two pieces in each muffin cup at a time.
I highly recommend making my homemade pizza sauce. It’s thick and rich and easy to make. No cooking involved. It also won’t make your pizzas soggy. If you use a different pizza sauce that's thinner and runnier, you may need to increase the baking time.
Store any leftover biscuits in an airtight container in the fridge. The biscuits will last up to 4 days. Once they’re fully cooled, they can be frozen as well. Place in a freezer safe container or a ziptop plastic bag and freeze for up to one month.
Rewarm them in a toaster oven or regular oven for about 5 minutes at 350° F, or until warmed through.
Nutrition
Calories: 349kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 937mg | Potassium: 244mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 380IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 137mg | Iron: 3mg
