This pizza casserole using biscuits has only 6 ingredients that are combined to make a fluffy and deliciously-flavored casserole with two types of cheese, pizza sauce, Italian sausage, flaky refrigerated biscuits, and pepperoni.

I love meals that are easy to make, especially on busy days. This pizza casserole using biscuits only takes about 10 minutes to prep, then it’s ready to put in the oven to bake.

I’ve made this dish multiple times for my family now, and they keep telling me how much they love it, and they want me to make it again. If your family loves pizza, then they’ll love this pepperoni casserole.

Before making this pizza casserole with biscuits, these questions that people have asked might be helpful.

What Is A Pizza Casserole?

A pizza casserole has the ingredients of pizza, but it’s combined all together and placed into a casserole dish to bake. The combined ingredients include refrigerated biscuit dough, ground sausage, pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, and slices of pepperoni.

What Can Be Served With Biscuit Pizza Casserole?

A green salad would make a great side dish with this pizza casserole. I’ve also added vegetable side dishes such broccoli and fruit side dishes such as strawberries or apples to complete this meal.

How Do You Make Pizza Sauce With Biscuits?

You can use any of your favorite jars of pizza sauce that can be purchased at the grocery store to make the pizza sauce for this recipe. You can also make your own homemade pizza sauce with just 5 ingredients from Natasha’s Kitchen.

How Can You Make Pizza Casserole On A Budget?

The nice thing about this recipe is that it doesn’t cost too much to purchase the ingredients for the recipe. However, if you are on a tight budget, a few things you can do to cut the cost of this recipe is to make your own homemade biscuit dough, make your own homemade pizza sauce (see recipe link above), and cut out the ground sausage from the recipe.

How Do You Make A Pizza Casserole Using Biscuits?

Here is the recipe of how to make the pizza casserole with biscuits:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. In a pan, cook and crumble the ground Italian sausage until it’s no longer pink. Drain the grease.

Cut each of the 8 refrigerated biscuit rounds dough into 8 smaller pieces.

In a large bowl, combine the cooked Italian sausage, biscuit dough pieces, and pizza sauce. Stir until combined.

Spray a 9×13 baking dish with cooking spray. Spread the pizza mixture evenly into the dish.

Top with mozzarella cheese and slices of pepperoni on top.

Bake for 25-30 minutes until the biscuits are cooked through and the cheese is golden on top.

Remove the casserole from the oven and sprinkle the grated Parmesan cheese on top. Let the casserole sit for 5 minutes, then cut and serve.

Here is the pepperoni casserole recipe:

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Pizza Casserole Using Biscuits

This pizza casserole using biscuits has only 6 ingredients that are combined to make a fluffy and deliciously-flavored casserole with two types of cheese, pizza sauce, Italian sausage, flaky refrigerated biscuits and pepperoni.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword pepperoni casserole, pizza bake, pizza casserole

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes minutes

Total Time 35 minutes minutes

Servings 8 servings

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound ground Italian sausage, mild
• 1 tube Flaky Refrigerated Biscuit Rounds Dough (16.3 oz)
• 1 jar pizza sauce (14 oz)
• 2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 24 slices pepperoni
• 2 Tbsp Parmesan cheese, grated

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• In a pan, cook and crumble the ground Italian sausage until it's no longer pink. Drain grease.
• Cut each of the 8 refrigerated biscuit rounds dough into 8 smaller pieces.
• In a large bowl, combine the Italian sausage, biscuit dough pieces, and pizza sauce. Stir until combined.
• Spray a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray. Spread the pizza mixture evenly into the dish.
• Top with mozzarella cheese and slices of pepperoni on top.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes until the biscuits are cooked through and the cheese is golden on top.
• Remove the casserole from the oven and sprinkle the grated Parmesan cheese on top. Let the casserole sit for 5 minutes, then cut and serve.

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This Old Fashioned Sweet Potato Casserole has a creamy sweet potato base with a delicious streusel topping. It’s a buttery and sweet side dish that is a favorite for the holidays and for family gatherings.

This old fashioned sweet potato casserole is one of my favorite side dishes for the holidays. I’ll make it for both Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. It’s a delicious and sweet dish that even the kids love because it tastes like a dessert.

This can also be a pre made sweet potato casserole where you bake the sweet potatoes (or yams) the day before, prepare the recipe in a baking dish, and place it in the fridge overnight. The next day before your holiday dinner, bring it out of the fridge and bake it in the oven.

People have also asked these questions:

What is old fashioned sweet potato casserole?

Old fashioned sweet potato casserole is an American traditional holiday classic side dish. It’s usually made as a side dish to be served at Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations.

Even though the old fashioned sweet potato recipe is a side dish, it is more like a dessert and tastes like sweet potato pie.

Who invented sweet potato casserole?

According to Tasting Table, the earliest written recipe for candied sweet potatoes, or yams, was found in American Cookery in 1796 by Amelia Simmons. Her recipe was titled, “potatoe pudding,” but historians believe that the potatoes she used were sweet potatoes because her recipe is quite similar to the sweet potato casseroles made today.

What is in a sweet potato casserole?

This sweet potato casserole recipe includes cooked and mashed sweet potatoes (also known as yams), eggs, vanilla, sugar, butter, and salt. For the streusel crumble topping, it includes brown sugar, flour, butter and chopped pecans.

When do you eat sweet potato casserole?

You can eat sweet potato casserole any time of the year, but usually it’s made around the fall and winter holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas. It’s a traditional dish served at many holiday gatherings.

How do you make a sweet potato casserole?

Here is how to make this old fashioned sweet potato casserole with pecan topping.

Wrap the yams in tin foil, place on a baking sheet, and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour to 1 1/2 hours. Note: If you bake the yams the night before, it will make it easier to prep this old fashioned sweet potato casserole dish.

Peel the yams, then mash them in a medium bowl.

Combine the mashed yams, eggs, vanilla, sugar, butter, and salt. Mix well. Spread into a 9×9 baking dish.

To make the streusel topping, in a separate bowl combine the brown sugar, flour, butter and chopped pecans and mix until crumbly.

Sprinkle the streusel topping on top of the yam mixture in the pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes until cooked through.

Here is the old fashioned sweet potato recipe.

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Old Fashioned Sweet Potato Casserole

This Old Fashioned Sweet Potato Casserole has a creamy sweet potato base with a delicious streusel topping. It's a buttery and sweet side dish that is a favorite for the holidays and for family gatherings.

Course Side Dish

Keyword sweet potato casserole, sweet potatoes, thanksgiving side dish, yam casserole

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 1 hour hour 35 minutes minutes

Total Time 1 hour hour 50 minutes minutes

Servings 9 servings

Ingredients

• 3 cups yams, cooked, peeled & mashed
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 tsp salt
• TOPPING:
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 3 Tbsp flour
• 3 Tbsp butter, softened
• 1/2 cup pecans, chopped

Instructions

• Wrap the yams in tin foil, place on a baking sheet, and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour to 1 1/2 hours. Peel, then mash in a bowl. (Note: Bake the yams the night before to make it easier to prep this dish.)
• In a medium bowl, combine the mashed yams, eggs, vanilla, sugar, butter, and salt. Mix well.
• Spread into a 9x9 baking dish.
• To make the streusel topping, in a separate bowl combine the brown sugar, flour, butter and chopped pecans and mix until crumbly. Sprinkle on top of the yam mixture in the pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes until cooked through.

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This Grandma’s Apple Pie is an old-fashioned recipe from scratch that is easy to make. A sweet cinnamon homemade filling poured over Granny Smith apples and baked to perfection makes this an amazing fall dessert.

Every time I make this Grandma’s Apple Pie recipe, the delicious smell reminds me of when my mom would make and bake apple pie in the oven for our family. Every fall when I was young, we would pick apples from our apple tree in the backyard, and then my mom would make apple pie with some of the apples.

This homemade apple pie is a really easy recipe to make and tastes delicious. It’s an apple pie recipe that you can take to family and friend gatherings in the fall or during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.

Here are answers to questions people ask about apple pies:

What is an old fashion apple pie?

An old-fashion apple pie is a traditional and classic apple pie recipe. It is simple with not too many ingredients that tastes so delicious. This Grandma’s Apple Pie recipe is an old-fashioned apple pie.

How do you make Grandma’s pies?

Grandma’s pies are classic for a reason. They tend to bring back a nostalgic feeling when you smell and taste them. One of the classic pies is this Grandma’s Apple Pie recipe below. Another pie is this delicious old-fashioned cream pie.

How do you make apple pie filling?

To make an apple pie filling, you need butter, flour, water, granulated sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, and apples. The amounts needed are listed in the recipe below.

In a saucepan, you’ll melt the butter. Then stir in the flour to form a paste. Next, add in water, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Bring it to a boil, then reduce heat and let simmer for 2-3 minutes.

The apple pie filling is ready and can be poured on top of the sliced apples.

How do you make a pie crust with sliced apples?

The recipe to make an easy pie crust from scratch is at the bottom of this recipe below the Grandma’s Apple Pie recipe.

Once your pie crust is formed into balls and has been in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes, then you’ll bring out the pie dough and roll out the first ball on a lightly floured surface into a 13-inch round. Transfer the crust to a 9-inch pie plate and trim any overhang to ½ inch.

You will then fill the pie plate with sliced apples.

On the lightly floured surface, roll out the second pie dough ball into a 13-inch round, then cut into strips. This pie dough will be used as the lattice on top of the apple pie.

To make the filling to pour over the sliced apples, use the Grandma’s Apple Pie recipe below.

How To Make Grandma’s Apple Pie:

If you didn’t purchase a pie crust from the store, then use the recipe at the end of this post to prepare an easy double pie crust from scratch. Set aside in the fridge for 30 minutes until ready to roll out.

In a saucepan, melt the butter. Stir in the flour to form a paste. Add in water, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and let simmer for 2-3 minutes.

On a lightly floured surface, roll out one of the balls of pie dough into a 13-inch round. Transfer the crust to a 9-inch pie plate and trim any overhang to ½ inch.

Fill with the peeled, sliced, and cored Granny Smith apples.

Pour the cinnamon butter sauce over the apples.

On a lightly floured surface with the second ball of pie dough, roll it out in a 13-inch round, then cut into strips.

Using the dough strips, form a lattice crust on top of the apple pie.

Add a pie crust shield to the top so that the edges of the pie don’t cook too much while baking.

Bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes. Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees and continue baking for 35-45 minutes. Serve warm with ice cream.

Here is the recipe how to make Grandma’s Apple Pie:

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Grandma's Apple Pie

This Grandma's Apple Pie is an old-fashioned recipe from scratch that is easy to make. A sweet cinnamon homemade filling poured over Granny Smith apples and baked to perfection makes this an amazing fall dessert.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword apple pie, pie, pie dessert

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 50 minutes minutes

Total Time 1 hour hour 5 minutes minutes

Servings 8 servings

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 3 Tbsp all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 4 large Granny Smith apples, peeled, sliced and cored
• 1 double pie crust How to make an easy pie crust from scratch recipe is at the end of this post.

Instructions

• If you didn't purchase a pie crust from the store, then use the recipe at the end of this post to prepare an easy double pie crust from scratch. Set aside in the fridge for 30 minutes until ready to roll out.
• In a saucepan, melt the butter. Stir in the flour to form a paste. Add in water, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and let simmer for 2-3 minutes.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll out one of the balls of pie dough into a 13-inch round. Transfer the crust to a 9-inch pie plate and trim any overhang to ½ inch. Fill with the peeled, sliced, and cored Granny Smith apples.
• Pour the cinnamon butter sauce over the apples. (Note: You can wait to pour the sauce on top after the lattice over the apples is complete. This will add more of a sweet cinnamon taste to the top of your crust.)
• With the second pie dough ball, roll into a 13-inch round and cut into strips. Using the strips, form a lattice crust on top of the apple pie.
• Bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes. Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees and continue baking for 35-45 minutes.
• Serve warm with ice cream.

How To Make An Easy Pie Crust From Scratch:

Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup shortening
1/3 cup + 2 Tablespoons butter, softened
6-8 Tablespoons ice water

Directions:
1) In a medium bowl, mix the flour and salt. Cut in the butter and shortening until crumbly.

2) Add water one Tablespoon at a time, gently tossing with a fork each time. Handle the dough as little as possible.

3) Divide the dough evenly into two round balls and refrigerate for 30 minutes before rolling out. This recipe makes a double pie crust.

4) On a lightly floured surface, roll out each of the balls of pie dough into 13-inch rounds. Transfer the dough to a 9-inch pie plate and then trim, flute or crimp the edges of the crust depending on what type of pie you are making.

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