This pepperoni rolls recipe uses frozen pizza dough as the base for an easy and tasty appetizer, party food, or meal everyone will love.
My friends from West Virginia always bring pepperoni rolls when they visit. These are more of a bread roll with pepperoni and cheese inside. Apparently, West Virginia pepperoni rolls are a thing.
I thought about trying to make some but then we went to a local Italian restaurant and had their pepperoni rolls. They were very good and more of a savory pinwheel. For some reason they seemed more accessible to me so that's what I made.
How to Make Pepperoni Rolls
Ingredients
- frozen pizza dough thawed
- parmesan cheese
- sandwich pepperoni slices
- shredded mozzarella cheese
- shredded provolone cheese
- butter
- garlic salt
- olive oil or other vegetable oil
Step 1: Roll out the pizza dough on a lightly floured surface into a rectangular shape. Then brush on olive oil and sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top.
Step 2: Cut up the sandwich pepperoni and spread it evenly across the dough.
Step 3: Continue with shredded mozzarella and provolone cheese.
Step 4: Roll up the dough on the long side, carefully tucking it as you go to keep it tight.
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Step 5: Cut off about an inch or so of each end and discard. (The part that doesn't have any pepperoni and cheese.) Then cut the log into 12 even pieces. Cut it in half, then cut each section in half. Then cut each section into thirds.
Step 6: Brush a little butter into each muffin tin section.
Step 7: Place the pepperoni rolls cut side up into the muffin pan. Brush the tops with more butter and sprinkle garlic salt on top.
Step 8: Bake at 425 degrees for 10 - 15 minutes or until the tops are golden brown.
Remove and let the rolls cool on a wire rack.
You can serve them with a side of marinara sauce. However, we enjoyed eating them fresh from the oven just as they were.
They were pretty good. Not exactly like the restaurant rolls. I suspect that they made them with fresh dough which is always better. Still, we liked them enough that I'd definitely make them again.
More Pizza Inspired Recipes
Pepperoni Rolls with Frozen Pizza Dough
Equipment
- Non-stick muffin tin
- Pastry brush
Ingredients
- 1 loaf frozen pizza dough thawed
- 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese
- 5 ounces sandwich pepperoni slices
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 cup shredded provolone cheese
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons garlic salt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Roll out the thawed pizza dough into a large rectangle.
- Brush the olive oil on top and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
- Cut up the pepperoni slices into small pieces and arrange them evenly over the pizza dough.
- Sprinkle the mozzarella and provolone cheese over top of the pepperoni.
- Starting on the long edge roll the dough up tightly.
- Cut off the ends and discard.
- Cut the dough into 12 even pieces.
- Butter the muffin tins.
- Place the pepperoni rolls into the muffin tin cut side up.
- Brush butter on top of each pepperoni roll and sprinkle with garlic salt.
- Bake for 10 - 15 minutes at 425 degrees or until lightly golden.
- Remove and transfer to a cooling rack.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although attempts have been made to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
Beverly
This definitely has my husband's name written all over it so I have to make it for him. One question - just wondering about the quantity of dough you used. The frozen dough I have seen in our stores is usually one pound. I would probably make my own dough but would like to know roughly the amount you used. Looking forward to trying this, hubby's going to love it!
Patti Estep
Beverly, I used one of a 3 loaf 3-pound pack.