We all have our favorite bites. My favorite bite of a brownie is the slightly burnt corner edge. My favorite sips of coffee are the first and the last. My favorite part of the pepperoni pizza roll is the soft gooey center. If you leave me alone with a tray of these Pepperoni Pizza Rolls, be prepared to come back to just the outsides because my favorite bite is the gooey center of every.single.roll.
I stand by the fact that the best part of baking is sharing what you create with people who you love. Baking is totally a love language. If you can share your favorite bites?… now that’s something special. If you were to ask me to share the gooey center pizza roll bite, it would probably take me a good while before I said yes. That’s just real.
Remember last Fall? Last Fall I shared my partnership with Fleischmann’s® Yeast, Fleischmann’s® Simply Homemade® Baking Mixes, and Karo® Syrup as a part of their Baking a Difference Program to benefit Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry program. I love this charity because they focus on ending childhood hunger in America. If I can help that cause with a bit of baking, I’m all in! One in five children in the U.S. struggle with hunger and cannot rely on having access to the daily nutritious food they need to grow and thrive, and the No Kid Hungry campaign works to end that hunger. Big deal, right?
Last fall we made Salty Pretzel Vanilla Caramel Corn with much success, and now we get to talk about a really cool free e-cookbook and Pepperoni Pizza Rolls!
Pizza Rolls for charity? Yea… that’s totally a thing.
Baking for a cause!
The Baking a Difference Cookbook to benefit Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry is here!
Inside this free e-cookbook is a host of homey comfort foods and classic recipes with a delicious twist. I have a handful recipes in the book, too! These Pizza Rolls are just a peek at all the goodness inside this e-cookbook!
Download the free e-cookbook here!
And!
It’s not too late to share the love (and the cheesy Pizza Roll centers)!
Join thousands of bakers across the country by hosting a Bake Sale for No Kid Hungry™ from May 2-4. Help blanket the country in bake sales and end childhood hunger in America. Every $1 raised can help connect a child with up to 10 meals. I’m already plotting my future bake sale! Sign up here: Bake.NoKidHungry.org
Let’s talk about these Pizza Rolls! Think of them as Cinnamon Rolls without the cinnamon and sugar. Think of them as the gooiest slice of pizza rolled up into a delicious spiral. It’s the ultimate savory comfort food! So good!
Making these pizza rolls is much easier than you think! If you’re intimidated by yeast, these rolls would be a great place to start. There is only a 30 minute rising time, a rolling out of the dough and a rolling up of the dough. It’s actually easy to pull warm, gooey, bready, pizza out of the oven!
I like to bake these pizza rolls off, and enjoy a few warm from the oven with a green salad. The rest of the rolls can be frozen and heated up individually for afternoon snacking. It’s a good situation top any which way you slice it!
Pepperoni Pizza Rolls
makes 8 rolls
For the Crust:
1-3/4 to 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 envelope Fleischmann’s® Pizza Crust Yeast OR Rapid Rise Yeast (2 1/4 teaspoons)
1-1/2 teaspoons sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup very warm water (120° to 130°F)*
3 tablespoons olive oil
For the Filling:
¾ to 1 cup pizza sauce, plus more for topping
16-20 pepperoni slices
1 ½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
coarse sea salt and crushed red pepper flakes
Place a rack in the upper third of the oven and preheat oven to 425°F. Grease and flour eight cups of a standard cupcake tin and set aside.
Combine 1 cup flour, undissolved yeast, sugar and salt in a large bowl. Whisk together the warm water and the oil and add to the dry ingredients. Mix until well blended, about 1 minute. Gradually add enough remaining flour to make a soft dough. Dough should form a ball and will be slightly sticky. Knead on a floured surface, adding additional flour if necessary, until smooth and elastic, about 4 minutes.
Place dough in a large, lightly greased bowl, and cover with plastic wrap. Allow to rest for 30 minutes in a warm, draft-free place. Dough should almost double in size.
Remove the dough from the bowl and place on a lightly floured work surface. Use a rolling pin to roll the dough into a ½-inch thick rectangle, about 12-inches long and 9-inches tall.
Spread with pizza sauce over the dough, leaving a ½-inch boarder around the edges. Sprinkle with cheese and top with pepperoni.
Starting with the left side, tightly roll the dough from left to right, making sure the seal is on the underside on the roll. Slice into 8 even slices and carefully transfer to prepared pan.
Bake for 14 to 16 minutes or until dough has risen, cheese is bubbling, and rolls are golden brown.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes before removing from the pan. Serve warm with extra pizza sauce, and a sprinkling of sea salt and crushed red pepper flakes.
Maddy
Can I use normal yeast instead of the yeast you recommended?
joythebaker
of course!
Kareema
yummmy
Renee @ Awesome on $20
I used to work at the Hawaii Foodbank, and I’m currently in the development department at Oahu’s largest homeless services center. Food insecurity is an issue that means so much and has such a profound impact on people’s lives. When I think about how grumpy I get when I have to eat an hour later than I might like, and then consider how someone might behave who never knows where their next meal is going to come from, it just breaks my heart. Thank you so much for being part of the fight. Also, thank you for pizza rolls. I’m going to look into hosting a bake sale, for sure.
Rebecca in STL
These look rad. Any special salad?
Nicole G
I’ll trade you…. I take crispy bits of pizza rolls and gooey bits of brownie, you can have gooey bits of pizza roll and crispy bits of brownie. Perfect!
situ
I used fresh yeast (not having powdered yeast on hand) and they plumped up into the most pillowy fluffy rolls. yum! I can see varying up the recipe with olive tapenade, pesto, etc. One question. Do you think this can be used to make some sort of sweet roll, say with a nutella filling or even cinammon?
Jessica
Made these with soy cheese for my dairy allergic DS. They came out perfectly… looked just like your pictures. He had a lot of fun peeling them apart and eating them. Thanks for a great recipe!
Annie@maebells.com
These look awesome, already on the menu for next week. I am thinking a second batch with pesto would be great too!
ninasays
Hey Joy :) Thank you for yet another lovely recipe! Made it today and: om-nom-nom is the verdict! Cheers!
Amy
These are delicious! And incredibly easy and quick to make! My only issue? Cleaning the muffin tin – ugh – I greased and floured them well and still had cheese stuck to the bottom. Any other suggestions?
joythebaker
A good tip for cleaning out the tin is to leave it soaking in warm water for a bit. The cheese will come right off.
lee
That picture – of your pizza rolls and a fresh salad – had me sold! My husband and I have pizza night every Friday, and nothing makes me happier than when I can have a pile of salad on the side to balance out the gooey, yummy heaviness of the pizza.
Definitely will have to try pizza roll-style soon!!
Kate
My kids would be over the moon if I made these!! Going to have to attempt this. So on the same page regarding that first sip of coffee. I live for that moment every morning!
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Taylor
These look absolutely delicious!! I cannot wait to try these out for dinner sometime soon!
xoxo
Taylor
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Jillian
freeze before or after baking?
Chris
Mmmm… 12 kinds of wonderful. Awesome, Joy!
foodlikecake
I love pizza rolls :-) these look amazing!
situ
I don’t have Fleischman’s available where I live, can someone tell me the amount of yeast that is needed for the recipe?
joythebaker
great question! you’ll need 2 1/4 teaspoons of rapid rise yeast.
Disappointed
Sad to see someone sell themselves out like this :(
joythebaker
great talk.
Seppy's Montreal
How funny! My favourites are the same (first & last sip of coffee, the slightly burnt edges of brownies…)
And these look deadly….I’m going to have to make these the next time I have a social get-together, otherwise I’m afraid I’ll eat them all by myself. Edges and all.
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Averie @ Averie Cooks
Adorable little rolls! I bet these would fly off the table at any event! pinned
bakerkat
I love pepperoni pizza and these rolls look great. I will have to make these soon
Naomi Snider
The link only takes me to Fleischmann’s facebook page. No indication of how to d/l the ebook.
joythebaker
let me look into this for you! i’m on it.
Mandy
I’ve never thought about making home made pizza rolls! This looks incredible.
Tina
you can substitute anything you like on pizza as long as it’s not super watery.
baking them on a tray or cookie sheet makes the outsides crunchier. be sure to use a sauce you really like for best enjoyment
Mimi
This will be lunch in t-minus one hour.
joythebaker
you’re doing it right!
malin
what a great idea!! i wonder how they would turn out if you did not use the muffin pan. i wonder if they would just open up, or if they could stay shaped as a bun, but would turn out much crunchier with the direct heat… anyone??
Lucy
This looks like a pepperoni pizza bread that I used to make when my kids were growing up. Love the idea of using the muffin cups.
fabiola@notjustbaked
Pizza rolls take me wayyy back! I used to eat a whole bag after school, when it didn’t matter what I ate. I do the bake sale every year for Portland, I think this year I am making cornmeal blueberry scones. I can’t wait to check out the cookbook!
sundiegoeats
Have always made pizza and never thought of making pizza rolls and it seems so easy. Want to do this with prosciutto instead of pepperoni but still, great easy dinner idea :)
Melissa
I’m a vegetarian who lives with an omnivore–and does she love pepperoni pizza! Is there anything you suggest substituting in my half of the batch? Mushrooms? Extra cheese? Just leave it out?
Thank you.
joythebaker
i think if you pre-roasted some red bell peppers and mushrooms then placed them in the roll, that would be super delicious!
Melissa
I love that idea, Joy! Thanks.
Rebekah
Looks like a great quick and easy appetizer that is sure to be a crowd pleaser at gatherings.
Rachel D.
Pizza Delicious (in nola) have an incredible Broccoli Roll…different main ingredient, but this reminds me of those. Can’t wait to try!
LoveYourEgo
I love this recipe and I think this cookbook is the perfect way to fight child hunger. I hate it when children are born in circumstances that they’ve done nothing to deserve…
joythebaker
i appreciate your spirit!