Homemade Pizza Rolls

Who doesn’t love any recipe that calls for cheese and bread? Life doesn’t get much better than homemade pizza rolls, y’all!

For these easy and delicious rolls, I use the Bread Becker’s basic dough recipe. You have probably learned by now that’s pretty much what I make everything out of! But when I know I’m going to make pizza or pizza rolls, I typically leave the egg out. The basic dough recipe will make 2-3 pizza crusts and 2 batches of pizza rolls.

Usually, when we make these pizza rolls, we make them with pepperoni…lots and lots of turkey pepperoni.

Some people say they don’t like the texture or taste of turkey pepperoni, but I really think that the rolls just cook up so much better without all that grease that regular pepperoni has.  And if possible, try to find nitrate/nitrite free pepperoni. It’s hard to find near me, but I’ve been told Walmart, Target, Kroger, and Trader Joe’s (just to name a few) all carry these healthier varieties. Usually pepperoni has a long refrigerator shelf life, so you can buy in bulk when you find a good healthy option!

Please don’t use pre-shredded cheese.

I’m sure I sound like a broken record, but y’all… we need to make America grate again. Grate cheese. Just don’t try to use your food processor or blender to grate soft cheeses like mozzarella. This may work well for parmesan or hard cheddar, but makes mozzarella a mushy mess. How’s that for alliteration? No matter what style of pizza roll you make, don’t ruin it before you get started. M’kay?

Roll out the dough into a large oval.

I always hate how recipes say to roll into a rectangle. I don’t know about y’all, but my dough never wants to roll like that! It will usually bounce back so you may have to keep working it for a while.  And whenever you cover rising rolls or dough, always use a tea towel and not a regular terry cloth towel. The last thing you want is fuzz all over your food. Trust me 😉

Give the rolls plenty of room to spread out in your pan.

If you don’t leave adequate space, they will spread up and not out. And nobody wants that! If you use USA Pans, you don’t have to grease your pan and nothing will stick! But if you have another kind of pan, I would recommend for you to spray or grease it.

Have a little fun and change up the filling a bit!

If you want to give this recipe a different kick, try cooked, crumbled sausage and mozzarella. Or how about ham and Swiss? Or you could try crumbled ground beef and cheddar cheese for a cheeseburger roll.  The options are endless…  And I am officially hungry. Guess I better go eat some fat bombs to tide me over!