Pepperoni Pizza Rolls

Pepperoni Pizza Rolls a twist on the everyday sweet roll turned into a savory roll using pepperoni, Italian seasonings, and cheeses. Serve with marinara sauce for a great appetizer.

These homemade pizza rolls are simple to make and are filled with some of your favorite pizza toppings. They are perfect for game day or the start of pizza night. In my book, you can never go wrong with pizza.

The rolls are tender and full of flavor. The recipe for the dough is pretty simple to make, so even if you don’t usually make bread dough, I feel you can do it.

Helpful Tips:

• The dough does need to rise. It should be doubled in size before you make the rolls. The time may vary depending on what type of yeast you use and the temperature of the room.
• I like to use shortening when spreading out the dough. I know all recipes tell you to flour your surface when kneading or rolling out rolls, but I like the shortening. This is a trick that I learned from my great-aunt, who was a great cook.
• No need to use a rolling pin to roll out the dough. I like to use my hands to pat the dough out. I find that this is much easier.
• Use scissors to cut the rolls. It makes it super simple.
• Leftovers should be stored in the refrigerator.
• The rolls can be reheated in the microwave to the desired temperature.

Ingredients that you will need

Dough

• Yeast – any dry yeast will work for this recipe. I like to use rapid-rise yeast.
• Sugar – it provides nutrients for the yeast to feed off of.
• Salt – is not used just for the flavor, it also helps with the crust’s texture.
• Olive oil
• Water

Filling

• Olive oil
• Italian seasoning – dried Italian season works well.
• Parmesan Cheese – grated cheese works the best.
• Mozzarella – grated cheese works the best.
• Pepperoni

Steps for making Pepperoni Pizza Rolls

Step one

Make the dough. Combine the yeast, 1 cup of flour, sugar, and salt together in a large bowl. Add the warm water and oil to the bowl and mix until well combined.

Step two

Add enough flour to form a soft dough. Let the dough rise so it doubles in size.

Step three

Pat the dough out into a 12-inch by 9-inch rectangle. Drizzle the dough with olive oil.

Step four

Sprinkle the Italian seasoning over the top of the olive oil. Over the top of the seasoning sprinkle the parmesan cheese.

Step five

Add the mozzarella cheese to the top of the parmesan cheese. Place the pepperoni on top of the mozzarella cheese.

Step six

Roll up the rectangle. Cut into 12 rolls. Place in a greased baking pan, let rise and bake in a 365-degree oven.

Check out these other pizza recipes:

• English Muffin Breakfast Pizzas
• Caramelized Onion & Mushroom Pizza
• Chicken Parmesan French Bread Pizza

If you make these pepperoni pizza rolls, I would love to hear about it! Please leave me a comment and a rating.