Gloria’s most requested recipes

[Editor's Note: Amish Cook columnist Gloria Yoder took a much-deserved week off from writing for the July 4 holiday. She will return next week. Here are two reader requested, favorite recipes this week in her place! - Kevin Williams, editor]

Homemade Pizza Pockets

• 2 tablespoons yeast

• 1/2 cup warm water

• 3/4 cup warm evaporated milk

• 1/4 cup oil

• 1 egg

• 1/4 cup sugar

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 3 to 4 cups flour

• 1 pound sausage

• 1 cup pizza sauce

• Pepperoni

• Shredded cheese

• Onions

• Peppers

• Mushrooms

1. Fry sausage and add pizza sauce.

2. POCKET: Dissolve yeast in water. Add the rest of ingredients adding flour last and let rise once, till double. Then roll dough thin. Let rise again about 10 minutes.

3. FILLING: Fry sausage and add pizza sauce. Layer ingredients as you like on dough circles. Fold in half and press shut. Bake at 350 until golden brown.

GLORIA'S BEST BISCUITS

2 cups flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup mayonnaise

1 cup milk

1 teaspoon sugar

Instructions

1. Sift flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt.

2. Add remaining ingredients.

3. Mix till smooth and drop by tablespoons onto a greased cookie sheet or fill 12 muffin tins 2/3 full.

4. Bake 18 to 20 minutes at 375.