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When you love to cook, it’s hard to remember that not every dish needs to be elegant, time consuming and complicated. Sometimes it’s about coming back to the basics – which is something I am guilty of. I like to put a nice meal on the table every night, so spending a few hours in the kitchen isn’t even something I blink at – but not everyone enjoys cooking the way I do (why you’d be reading a food blog and not enjoy cooking though… well that just boggles me).
Bubble Up Pizza is something I was educated in when my father and I moved in with my now step-mom and sister. It was a quick, inexpensive meal for nights when the parents may have been out late or we needed an after school snack.
Quick Dinner Fixins’ Bubble Up Pizza
From the kitchen of my step-momma
Ingredients:
- 2 containers refrigerated biscuit dough, 6 biscuits each (I used Pillsbury)
- 1 jar pizza sauce
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
- 1 cup pepperoni (or other favorite toppings)
- 5 fresh basil leaves
Preparation: Preheat oven as per directions on dough. With a sharp knife, divide each biscuit into 4. In a large bowl, combine diced biscuit dough, sauce, 1 1/2 cups cheese and toppings. Stir to combine.
Pour mixture into greased oven safe skillet or 9×13 baking pan. Chiffonade the basil and sprinkle on top along with remaining cheese. Bake according to directions on dough, checking to make sure dough is cooked through and cheese is bubbling (I always bake mine for an additional 5 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes before serving.
You can google many different versions of bubble up pizza, but my step-mom and sis taught me this one so they are getting the credit.
You’ve been warned: this is light as air so you will eat waaay more of it then you intended to. Serve with a salad and fill up on that before diving into this.
The winner of a 17 oz. bottle of Carapelli Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil is the awesome Katrina from In Katrina’s Kitchen!
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I’ve never seen bubble up pizza but I love it! What a delicious and easy meal!
This is so cool! And delicious! I like to keep it simple sometimes and you’re right about it not always having to be complicated, time consuming and elegant … this looks elegant enough to me
Serve it with a nice glass of chilled white wine …. elegance … it’s all relative.
That looks so amazing and easy! For sure on my to-cook list! Thanks for posting!
Never heard of bubbleup pizza before, but it looks and sounds very tasty! I love simple, quick meals like these… Thanks for sharing
And congrats, Katrina! 
I have never seen this before – what a great idea! Super quick and easy dinners are great to have in your back pocket!
I love how this is filed under “fat kid friendly”. Certainly looks like something I’d enjoy!
That is so awesome! So creative yet so simple. It looks cheesy and completely satisfying!
This sounds delicious! Pepperoni and basil … even better!
Oooh a new quick and simple dinner recipe. I’ve never heard of a pizza like this but it looks delicious and so easy!
Hello! This looks awesome! Such a cool idea, and you’re right — some of the best food isn’t elegant at all. Love this recipe.
This is seriously the most ingenious meal ever. I LOVE it! I’d just pick it apart with my hands and eat it. Thank you so much for this great idea! I’m going to start stocking biscuit cans in my fridge just so I can make this bubble pizza on days I don’t really feel like cooking.
I’m psyched that I get the oil! I have just the bread recipe I want to feature soon on my blog and it is perfect dipped in olive oil!! Okay and let me tell you that I’m so making this pizza. My family will devour it! Wowzers!! ♥-K
Never heard of this before, but I’m sure it’ll be a frequent snack from now one! It just seems to easy and delicious to pass up =)
Thank you for introducing me to this pan of yummy goodness!! I am mesmorized…and my tummy is growling!
From someone that is a hour from the nearest pizza place, thank you for posting such a delicious and easy recipe. My stomach will no longer have to endure relentless pizza cravings. Great enticing photos and recipe!
This is an intriguing idea. It seems like the flavors are the same, it is just lighter and more interesting looking than normal picture. I will definitely have to try this out! Thanks.
Gonna have to try this for the solar oven demonstrations! Fun to make; fast to cook; and folks would love to taste it! Thanks for the recipe. Come visit when you can and enter the give-away!
Such a great idea. I think that this is something that my girls would love and I love the ease of making it.
Your step-momma is one cooking genius. Can’t believe I’ve never thought about using biscuits this way before.
OH! That looks really tasty! I definitely want to make this in June!
My children would love this! Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Oh, gosh, my kids would LOVE this! So easy to whip up when hubby and I have a night out…but I think I’d need to make a double batch so I could have a slice, too. GREAT idea.
A fun, fast dinner recipe. This would hit the spot on those lazy days I boycott the kitchen.
What a fabulous and delicious recipe! I will have to try this! I love you site very much!
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I have never seen this before. It certainly looks quite and simply. I normally need one of these every week. Thanks for sharing this is definitely going to be on the list next week.
This looks unbelievably good! I agree with you. Sometimes the simplest things are the best! : )
yet another reason i need to always have biscuit dough in the fridge!
Loving this! YUM!
Man, this looks fantastic. I think my family will love this dish.
This looks so delicious! This is a great creative twist on a basic recipe. I like having recipes like this for those lazy nights. =)
Seriously can’t wait to try this! It could become an addiction! Maybe I’ll try replacing the one cup of pepperoni with like, four cups of grilled veggies! Zucchini, eggplant, bell peppers, corn, red onion… yum!
Wow.. so hungry for that right now. Its got everything a growing boy needs, cheese dough and peperoni. Good work
Oh my word… this sounds amazing! I’m so making this!
I made this last night! Thank you~ it was yummy!!!
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I’ve never seen anything like this before in my life! It looks incredibly delicious–perfect comfort food, in my opinion. Definitely going to have to make this
Love the blog!
I tried this today for some friends and roommates after a hectic day. It was amazing! I halved the recipe and used sliced mushrooms, salami, and chopped green bell peppers. I didn’t have fresh basil, so I sprinkled some dried basil and fennel seed. It was really good and in very high demand with my biscuit-loving housemates. I only wish I had a slightly bigger pan because the one I used didn’t allow it to spread out evenly so some parts were a little more soggy than flaky after it came out. But this is a very excellent recipe. I’ll definitely try it again. Thanks for sharing!!!
An interesting combination. Would be a great recipe for kids to try.
I’m making this today to have during football. Thanks for the fun recipe!
We just made this tonight. It was so amazing! Thanks for sharing!
look gorgeous! and yummy
what size pizza jar do you use?
Actually, this is a ‘whatever’s on hand’ recipe. It is usually the smaller size jar, smaller then spaghetti or marinara sauce. Probably about 10oz. But toss in as much or as little as you like. I love pizza sauce so I have been known to use tons more if I am making this just for family and myself.
Hi!! We are featuring these on our menu plan this week!! They look absolutely delicious!!
http://busymomsmenuplan.blogspot.com/2012/08/busy-moms-menu-monday-813.html
I may have done it wrong, but I cooked mine in a big cast iron skillet. The top burnt and the biscuits underneath were still raw. I used Grands instead of regular biscuits so that could have been the problem.
i’m sure this is delicious. right now i wouldn’t know b\c i just put it back in the oven for the THIRD time b\c the biscuits are STILL not done. so right now i’m at twice the baking time on the can of biscuits- and i have a new oven. maybe an fyi for some people. i’m sure it’s yummy. it certainly smells good!
I have been baking mine for about 28 min so far. It looks good but it’s taking a lot longer for me too.
Mine also cooked for much longer- 35 minutes and it probably could have gone another five but we were too hungry to wait!!! Gonna decrease amount of biscuits next time to see if it helps… it was as yummy as promised though!
I just made this for dinner tonight and it is all GONE!!! I put a layer of cottage cheese for protein on top of the dough before the top layer of sauce and then cheese. It was so good!!
Thanks for sharing!