Get ready to make the best pepperoni pizza rolls right at home. They combine the fluffy texture of a cinnamon roll with the savory flavor of a classic pepperoni pizza. While my homemade dough recipe takes some time, you can use a store-bought shortcut to have these ready in under an hour for a quick meal.

What You Will Need:

18 inch x 12 inch pizza dough
2 cups or more of sliced pepperoni
3 cups of shredded mozzarella
1 jar of your favorite pizza sauce

The Dough for the Pizza Rolls

Your pizza Dough can be purchased from the store or you can use your favorite dough. I started off with my Pizza Dough Recipe. The recipe does take some planning but the results are worth the time. After the dough has risen place the dough on a lightly dusted surface. Next, roll the dough out to roughly an 18 x 12 inch rectangle. Spread out the pepperoni and cheese evenly over the dough. Roll starting with the long edge. Keep as tight of roll as you can. The dough should be stretchy so it has some give.

Cutting the rolled dough

Butter a nine inch round cake pan and set it aside. Cut the pizza roll roughly every 1-1/2 inches to get 12 pizza rolls. Place the pizza rolls in the round buttered pan. Cover the pan with plastic wrap and let rise for 15 minutes. After the rolls have risen, take the plastic wrap off and sprinkle one cup (or more) of mozzarella cheese on the rolls.

pizza rolls prepared and cut. Then placed into a 9 inch round pan and sprinkled with mozzarella. Cleveland cooking. — Prepared pizza rolls ready for the oven Cleveland Cooking

Baking and serving the Pizza Rolls

Bake the rolls for about 12-15 minutes at 400 degrees F. Bake until the internal temperature reaches 190 degrees F. When the pizza rolls come out of the oven Turn out the rolls on a serving dish. Warm up some of your favorite pizza sauce. Spoon some sauce onto a plate and place the rolls on top of the sauce and serve! Enjoy!

If you are looking for a full sized pizza, try my easy honey sriracha chicken pizza!

pizza roll from cleveland cooking in pizza sauce

Quick and Easy Pizza Rolls

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American, Italian

Keyword: cleveland cooking pizza, cleveland cooking pizza rolls, pizza, pizza rolls

Prep Time: 25

Cook Time: 20

Total Time: 45

Servings: servings

Calories: 281kcal

Author: Dan Harper

This pizza rolls recipe is a great twist on pizza. The dough is soft like cinnamon rolls, but they taste like a pepperoni pizza!

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Equipment

1 spring form pan or round cake pan

Ingredients

Pizza dough recipe
2 cups or more of quartered pepperoni slices
3 cups of shredded mozzarella cheese divided
1 tablespoon of butter
1 jar of your favorite pizza sauce

Instructions

Make the Pizza Dough Recipe
After the dough has risen, place on a lightly flour dusted work area, roll out the dough to a rectangle measuring 18 x 12 inches. Spread the pepperoni and 2 cups of mozzarella cheese out over the dough. Next, with the long edge nearest you, roll the dough up into a log.
Brush the tablespoon of butter on the bottom and sides of a nine in round cake pan.
Next cut the log into 12 pieces and place them into the cake pan you just greased and cover with a piece of plastic wrap. Place in a warm area and let rise for 15 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Sprinkle with one cup of mozzarella cheese on top of the rolls and bake the pizza rolls uncovered for 12-15 minutes until golden brown and delicious or internal temperature reaches 190 degrees F.

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