School Cafeteria Pizza Pie

Pizza Filling
3/4 lb ground beef
2/3 tbsp onions, chopped
1/4 bay leaf
Dash garlic salt
1/2 tbsp chopped green (bell) pepper
1 cup tomato sauce
1 tbsp brown sugar

Topping
Dash oregano
4 oz grated American cheese

Cook together onions, bay leaves, green peppers
and garlic salt. Add to ground meat which has
been browned. Add tomato sauce and brown sugar
to other filling ingredients. Remove bay leaf.

Dough For Pizza
1 3/4 tbsp shortening
1/4 cup dry milk powder
3/4 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 package yeast (2 1/4 tsp) (dissolved in 3 1/2 tbsp of warm water)
2/3 cup warm water
2 cups sifted flour

Cream powdered milk, shortening, sugar and salt. Add yeast
mixture. Add water, then flour. Let rise until light.
Divide dough into equal portions. (One portion can be
wrapped and put in freezer for later use.) Pat remining
dough into pan to thickness of 1/3 inch.

Spread dough with Pizza Filling. Sprinkle grated cheese
and oregano over filling. Bake at 400 degrees F for
20 minutes. Cuts easire when just taken from oven.
Makes 6 servings.

Source: Pinellas County, Florida Schools;
St Petersburg Times newspaper June 20, 1963