Recipe #57 - Stuffed Pizza Rolls

If you want to win the award for being the Mom of the Year, you need to make Stuffed Pizza Rolls.  My kids gobbled these babies up and begged me to make them again.  My twelve-year old has requested them for his birthday meal...in June!  What a hit!

You can find this recipe on page 164 of the cookbook or online here.

You start by rolling out your pizza dough.  I used the Pillsbury refrigerated dough, and it is already the exact size called for in this recipe.  No rolling required.

Next you use a pizza wheel to cut your dough into 24 equal sized squares.

Now you get to be creative and add whatever toppings your family will like.  It can be as basic as pepperoni and cheese or you can make it a full on supreme or meat lovers pizza.  I opted for Canadian bacon and crispy bacon -- my kids' favorite!

Then you top each square with about a tablespoon of cheese.

Next comes the time consuming part.  You have to turn each of these squares into a ball by wrapping the dough around the toppings and pinching the dough together to seal everything in.  Here is a picture of what the pinched part looks like.

Once that is done, you put them pinched-side down into a greased pie pan.  You do the same for all the squares and fill your pie pan up.

Now you brush the tops of the dough with either melted butter or olive oil.  (I used olive oil.)  And you top it with garlic, Italian seasoning, and Parmesan cheese.

They bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.  Mine took the full 20 minutes.

Serve them with warmed pizza sauce, marinara sauce, or alfredo sauce.

Like I said, my family loved these.  I am excited to try them again with different fillings and I would also like to try the variation listed on the side of the recipe.  So many options!