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★ Why You'll Love this Recipe ★
Easy Weeknight Dinner
Need an easy weeknight dinner that makes everyone happy? These pepperoni roll ups are kid-approved and mom-approved. They’re simple to make, fun to eat, and perfect for busy nights.
Kids Friendly
These pepperoni roll ups are ideal for getting kids to help with cooking.
Kids can be picky, but letting them help in the kitchen works like magic. Give them the chance to add their own ingredients, and they’ll be excited to eat what they made.
Offer a variety of ingredients.
If you have picky eater, all you can do is offer. I pull out everything in the fridge that could possible be rolled into these dough pinwheels and I offer it up. From cheese to roasted red peppers to any meats I might have on hand.
Fancy Enough for Guests
Dress up these pepperoni rolls with homemade sauce and fresh basil, and you’ve got a dish fit for date night or a dinner party. They look impressive but only take 10 minutes to prep.
★ Ingredients You'll Need ★
You'll need just 5 main ingredients plus any optional add-ins you'd like.
- Pizza dough. Fresh or if using frozen, thaw first.
- Pepperoni. Thinly sliced.
- Mozzarella cheese. Shredded.
- Olive oil.
- Pizza sauce. Or marinara sauce for dipping
Optional Ingredients
- Ham or salami. Sliced.
- Roasted red peppers
★ Tips & FAQs ★
I prefer fresh pizza dough. You can buy this in the refrigerated section of most grocery stores or find it frozen and just thaw it before using.
You could also use crescent roll dough, Pillsbury ready-made pizza dough or use a dry pizza dough mix to easily make your own dough.
Anything you'd put on a pizza works. I let the kids make their own versions even if it's a cheese-only roll up because eventually maybe one day they will expand their horizons.
Kids get a little heavy handed with the cheese and you don't want to have to scrape crusted cheese from you baking sheet, use silicone baking sheets.
Silicon sheets just wipe clean. Much easier than scrubbing a baking pan. Plus, the crusty cheesy is like the best part! So you want that to slide right off with the roll ups which happens nicely with the silicon.
★ More Pepperoni Recipes ★
These pepperoni roll ups were featured on Full Plate Thursday!
Pepperoni Roll Ups
Equipment
Ingredients
- 16 oz pizza dough
- 4 oz sliced pepperoni about 40 slices
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 13 oz pizza or marinara sauce for dipping
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
Optional Ingredients
- ¼ cup sliced ham or salami
- ¼ cup roasted red peppers
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Instructions
- Prepare dough. Thaw pizza dough as needed, according to package. Slice dough into 4 parts. Flatten the dough until you have a long strips of dough about 3" wide by 8" long.
- Add filling. Add pepperoni to each strip, overlapping them slightly. Layer ham, salami, and/or roasted red peppers if desired.
- Add cheese. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top.
- Roll up dough. Some cheese may fall out when you roll the dough. Just sprinkle it on top.
- Brush with oil. Place onto cookie sheet greased with olive oil then brush dough lightly with olive oil.
- Bake at 350˚for 15-20 minutes or until rolls are golden brown in color and center of each roll is no longer doughy.
tiffany says
Looks like fun, going to try it!
Angela G. says
Cool, Tiffany! I'd love to see how it turns out. If you get a chance to snap a photo and share it in the comments, I'll send you a little thank you gift in the mail. 🙂