Pizza Cupcakes

I love finding new ways to make some of our favorite foods.  Today I decided to combine two of our favorite things- pizza and cupcakes- to make Pizza Cupcakes!

My boys helped me make these today and we had so much fun! They were super easy to make, and just as fun to eat!  These would be fun "finger" foods for a party too!

Pizza Cupcakes

Yields 12

For The Cupcakes You Will Need...

1 1/2 cup Self-rising flour*

1/3 cup vegetable oil

1 egg

1/3 cup milk

1 cup mini pepperonis

1 cup mozzarella cheese

*if you do not have self rising flour you can use all purpose flour.  Just mix 1 1/2 cup of all purpose flour, 2tbsp white sugar, 1/2 tsp salt, and 2 tsp of baking powder

For The Topping You Will Need...

1 cup mozzarella cheese

1 cup mini pepperonis

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease muffin pan. 

{* you can choose to use cupcake liners if you prefer, but the batter may stick to the liners}

Mix flour, vegetable oil, egg and milk until batter is smooth {it will be sticky}.  You can add an additional 2 2tbsp of milk if desired.  

Fold/stir in cheese and pepperoni's   Fill muffin cups 2/3 of the way full.

Bake for 18 minutes *baking times may vary* or until golden brown and knife inserted comes out clean.

For a more finished look- Just before serving, top with an additional 1 cup mozzarella cheese and 1 cup mini pepperoni's.  Bake for 4-5 minutes or until cheese is melted.

You could also add pizza sauce {as shown in my pictures}