Description
Crispy, golden pepperoni pizza rolls bring Italian-inspired comfort straight to your kitchen. Melted cheese and spicy pepperoni nestled in buttery, flaky dough create a perfect handheld snack that satisfies your craving for classic flavors.
Ingredients
Scale
Dough and Base:
- 1 recipe homemade pizza dough
- 2 teaspoons (10 milliliters) olive oil
Filling:
- 60–65 pepperoni slices
- 1 cup (240 grams) shredded mozzarella cheese
- 2/3 cup (160 milliliters) pizza sauce (homemade or store-bought)
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
Optional Toppings:
- 1/2 cup (60 grams) yellow cornmeal
- Extra mozzarella cheese
- Fresh basil leaves
Instructions
- Transform pizza dough on a floured surface into two expansive rectangles, gently pressing out any trapped air pockets and ensuring an even thickness of approximately 10-12 inches.
- Delicately brush each rectangle with olive oil, creating subtle indentations across the surface to prevent unwanted rising during baking.
- Spread pizza sauce evenly across dough rectangles, seasoning with Italian herbs and garlic powder to enhance underlying flavor profiles.
- Distribute mozzarella cheese uniformly over sauce, followed by strategically placed pepperoni slices to ensure consistent coverage.
- Carefully roll each rectangle into compact, tight logs, maintaining uniform tension to create symmetrical rolls.
- Transfer rolled logs to a baking sheet, positioning seam side downward, and refrigerate uncovered for a minimum of 20 minutes to stabilize structure.
- Preheat oven to 400°F (204°C) and prepare baking sheets with silicone mats or parchment paper.
- Extract chilled logs and slice into 1-inch segments, creating uniform pizza roll portions.
- Coat roll bottoms with cornmeal for added texture, arranging 12 rolls per baking sheet with cornmeal facing downward.
- Optional: Sprinkle additional cheese across roll tops for enhanced visual appeal and flavor.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes until edges develop a golden-brown hue, indicating perfect doneness.
- Allow rolls to cool for 5 minutes, garnish with fresh basil, and serve alongside extra pizza sauce for dipping.
Notes
- Always dust your work surface with flour to stop the dough from clinging and tearing during rolling.
- Refrigerating the rolled logs helps firm up the dough, ensuring cleaner and more precise pizza roll slices.
- Swap pepperoni for vegetarian options like bell peppers, mushrooms, or use alternative meats like salami or ham to suit different dietary preferences.
- Pat pepperoni slices with paper towels to remove excess oil, preventing soggy pizza rolls and maintaining a crisp texture.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Snacks, Appetizer, Dinner
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 400 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 8 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg