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Allow to sit a few minutes or until yeast has dissolved."},{"content":"In large bowl, place flour. Pour yeast mixture over flour. Using spatula, combine until a sticky dough forms. Add oil, basil, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Mix until a sticky ball forms. Turn mixture onto lightly floured surface. Knead dough 2 to 3 minutes, adding flour if necessary, or until dough is no longer sticky. Place dough back in bowl. Cover with plastic wrap. Allow to rise 30 minutes."},{"content":"In food processor bowl, place tomatoes with their liquid and oregano. Pulse until smooth."},{"content":"Divide dough into 4 balls. Cut each ball in half. Stretch each piece to create 8 (6-inch) rounds. Top each of 4 rounds with 1 tablespoon tomato mixture, leaving a 1-inch border. Layer sauce with 6 pepperoni slices, 2 slices mozzarella cheese, and 1 tablespoon parmesan. Cover each with remaining dough discs pinching edges together to seal."},{"content":"Place in heated waffle iron. Cook 3 to 5 minutes or until browned.\u00a0 Repeat with remaining ingredients."},{"content":"Split waffles in half. Using photo as guide, decorate waffle halves on serving plates with suggested decoration."},{"content":"Serve with remaining tomato mixture for dipping if desired."}]}],"nutrition_info":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hormel.com\/brands\/hormel-pepperoni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipe\/691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hormel.com\/brands\/hormel-pepperoni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipe"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hormel.com\/brands\/hormel-pepperoni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/recipe"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hormel.com\/brands\/hormel-pepperoni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipe\/691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1527,"href":"https:\/\/www.hormel.com\/brands\/hormel-pepperoni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipe\/691\/revisions\/1527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hormel.com\/brands\/hormel-pepperoni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"recipe_time","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hormel.com\/brands\/hormel-pepperoni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipe_time?post=691"},{"taxonomy":"recipe_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hormel.com\/brands\/hormel-pepperoni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipe_type?post=691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}