Pepperoni Pizza Puffs

My brother and his girlfriend flew in from California on Friday. We had a family BBQ today for everyone to get together and visit. That meant I had an opportunity to cook. I knew I wanted to make cupcakes (that recipe is coming soon) and I wanted to make some sort of finger food. At first, I was going to go with deviled eggs since that's where my taste buds were taking me, but I knew the cupcakes would be time intensive, so I didn't want to spend all that time to boil the eggs and peel all of them (I hate peeling eggs!), then filling them.

I decided to make the pizza puff recipe that I've had stockpiled in my 'need to make these soon' list. Everyone really liked them. The one thing I didn't do was put out marinara sauce to serve them with. I completely forgot. I think that would've make them better. They are good, but the pepperoni is the only thing that stands out, the batter was kind of bland I thought.

Pepperoni Pizza Puffs
from The Way to His Heart...


3/4 cup flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
pinch of salt 
pinch of red pepper flakes 
3/4 cup whole milk
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 cup cubed pepperoni
1/2 cup marinara sauce

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Grease a 24 cup mini-muffin pan.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, Italian seasoning, salt, and red pepper flakes. Whisk in the milk and egg. Stir in the mozzarella, Parmesan, and pepperoni and let stand for 10 minutes.
3. Stir the batter and divide among the mini-muffin cups. Bake until puffed and golden, about 20 to 25 minutes.
4. Serve the puffs with marinara sauce for dipping.