Stuffed Mushrooms

Yet another use of pizza dough. This simple appetizer is great for those pesky social events were you want to bring something that everyone will enjoy, but don't want to spend too much time or money.

Ingredients:

2 T- Olive Oil

1 T- Yeast

1 t- Salt

1.5 t- Sugar

2 C- All Purpose Flour

1/2 C- Self-Rising Flour

1 C- Water

Mushrooms 

4 Mozzarella Cheese Sticks

Chorizo Sausage or Pepperoni

Tomato Sauce

Crushed Red Peppers

Salt And Pepper 
1 Egg
1 T Butter

Instructions: 

1. Start by adding the water (warm), yeast, and sugar into your mixing bowl or bread machine. Let the yeast and sugar do their magic for 30 mins or so. 
2. After the yeast is bubbling, add all the remaining ingredients. Turn-on you bread machine or kneed/mix. 
3. Either let your machine do all the work, or punch down and kneed your pizza crust every 30 mins for 1.5 hours. It is worth it in the end, and you can save half in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks. 
4. Roll out your crust and cut it into 6 inch circles.
5. Cook chorizo Sausage (other toppings) into your marinara sauce (any store bought sauce will work).
6. Place a mushroom with the stem broken out of it in the center of the dough.
7. Fill the mushroom cap with meat sauce.
8. Spice with crushed red peppers and black pepper 
9. Add a 1/4 inch segment of a mozzarella cheese stick to the pile.
10. Pull the corners of the dough up and around the mushroom, pinching them at the top.  
11. Melt butter and add egg into a bowl. Mix and wash dough covered mushrooms lightly with a brush. 
12. Salt dough covered mushrooms. 
13. Place in the oven at 400 degrees for about 12 minutes or until golden.