This is a super fun and tasty dinner! Who doesn’t love pizza? Now imagine little individual garlic rolls stuffed with melted cheese and your favorite toppings that you can dip into warm marinara sauce… delightful! My friend introduced me to the pizza roll concept and since then, I’ve conducted some delicious experiments! Here is my favorite: a supreme pizza roll with a garlic bread twist. Read on and you’ll get what I’m talking about!
Pizza Rolls
submitted by Brittany
printable recipe here
pizza dough (click on title for recipe)
mozzarella cheese, shredded or cubed
pepperoni, cut into fourths
1/2 green bell pepper, diced small
1/2 small onion, diced small
1/4 cup chopped olives
Roll pizza dough out into a large rectangle. Using a pizza cutter, cut into 12 pieces. (I actually prepared 1.5 pizza dough recipes in the picture which is why I have 16, not 12) Layer the toppings in the center of each square of dough; about 2-3 Tb total of toppings on each. Now stretch and fold the dough around the toppings, pinching to seal edges. This is the tricky part – the more toppings you use, the harder it gets to tuck them all within the dough! (fyi: pepperoni and cheese or ham and pineapple are much easier, as you can imagine.) Now place seam side down in a lightly greased casserole dish or glass baking dish. Brush with olive oil and sprinkle generously with garlic salt and Italian seasoning. (oregano, basil and thyme, etc) Bake in a 400 degree oven for 25-30 minutes or until rolls are light brown. Serve with your favorite marinara sauce for dipping. Dig in and have fun! 
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OMGoodness, these look great. Do you let them raise before baking?
MMM–this sounds so good! I think this would be a huge hit with my boys:)
Somehow if I folded the dough over the toppings they wouldn't look as good as yours do!. Great idea.
What a fun idea! And I got to say, a little more appetizing than the Totinos frozen pizza rolls:) Yum, thanks Britt, I'm sure this is a hit with kids.
These look fantastic! I think my kids will love these! I just added them to next months menu! Thanks for sharing!
Yum-o!! These look and sound delish!! I'm going to check out your pizza dough recipe too:)
This is a perfect alternative to normal pizza! They look great! Can't wait to try them!
Wow! Those look so yummy and very pretty, too. I can't wait to try them!
Hi Coleen, Nope, they don't need to raise at all! Pretty easy! Brittany
These look great. Thanks for posting. Please take a peek at my baking blog. I am hosting a giveaway for a beautiful vintage recipe box. Thanks so much.
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Another recipe I will be bookmarking!! yum!
What a great idea, I never thought to do that!
Is the last photo the result? I pictured it differently from your description? Looks yummy though!
Wow, those look fun and delicious!!
Made these for Dinner! Yummy! They were a huge hit!
Oh, yummmm!
I make these in my mini-muffin/ appetizer pan and they are so good!
What a fun twist on pizza :)
These are great! You can also use the store bought Pilsbury pizza dough (coming from a working mom). They are so quick and easy. I use Precious fresh mozzarella cheese. It comes in a round ball and I cut it in cubes! I also top mine with parmesan cheese before I bake. So great!
I made these for dinner last night, Brittany, and they were delicious. The kids gobbled them up too. I had extra shredded mozzarella so I sprinkled it all on top about 7-8 minutes prior to taking them out and it was a yummy addition. Thanks for the great recipe!
These look yummy, how big were the squares that you cut?
The cheese sprinkled on top sounds great (parmesan or mozzarella) – I do that with breadsticks so i'm going to have to try it with these!
Liberty Academy, I cut the squares about 3 inch square. Have fun! Britt
Hi, has anyone let the dough rise for more than 1.5 hours? I need to make it before heading out to a function since I wont have enough time when I get home before dinner to let it rise.
Thanks
Toni
Hi Toni! I have let it rise longer before – in the frig though. I think it would be fine for 3-4 hours in the frig to rise. Hope that helps – let me know how it works out! Britt
what a fun and delicious recipe! my fam enjoyed these and i loved the new way to prepare pizza!
Made these for supper tonight and they were delicious! For the filling I mixed together the leftover toppings from the pizza I made with the leftover pizza sauce (about 1 tbsp) and a handfull of cheese. Then I just put a spoonfull on each square.
I, too, wondered if you let them rise before baking?
No you don't need to let the pizza rolls raise before you bake them! The pizza dough has already risen for 1.5 hours. Once you roll the dough and form the pizza rolls it's like making a pizza and throwing it in the oven- no additional rise time.
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