Pizza Rolls
December 7th, 2012
I’m attempting to keep my promise of some savory dishes mixed in among my gluttonous desire for non stop Christmas cookies and bed pillows made from gingerbread cupcakes I bring you these (druuuuuum rooooollll please!!!!!)
Pizza Rolls!
Not like freezer style pizza rolls- like made from scratch, fluffy tender dinner rolls flecked with garlic and oregano, and stuffed with tomato sauce and oozing melty mozzarella cheese.
I love pizza. I really, really do. And a few weeks ago I made these cheese buns, all I could think was how I am so demented because there I was staring at and shoveling in these gooey melty cheese buns which were phenomenal on their own, but all I could think about was stuffing them with pizza sauce. I have issues. Also, I feel like my husband would freak out if I presented him with a big basket of these piping hot on like a Saturday afternoon, or for the kids when they get home from school! Wouldn’t you?
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees, and prepare a sheet pan with a silpat or parchment paper.
In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with a dough hook combine the hot water, sugar and yeast. Let sit and rise until puffy, about 10 minutes.
Add the garlic powder, dried oregano, salt and olive oil and begin mixing on low.
Add the flour 1 cup at a time and mix until you have a smooth soft dough, about 5 minutes. Remove the dough hook and pat the dough into a ball. Lightly grease a bowl and place the dough in it, cover with a dishtowel and set in a warm place until the dough doubles, about an hour.
Divide the dough into 16 even pieces and pull apart and stretch out.
Pull each little piece of dough apart and stuff with a few little balls of fresh mozzarella (about ½ ounce) and a teaspoon of marinara, and then crease closed in a ball.
Place the buns on the prepared sheet pan, and brush generously with olive oil.
Bake the buns for about 12 minutes, until pale golden on top. When the buns come out, brush them with the olive oil.
Recipe: Pizza Rolls
Summary: makes 16 rolls
Ingredients
- -1.5 packets of yeast
- -1 tablespoon sugar
- -1 cup hot water
- -2 teaspoons salt
- -2 teaspoons garlic
- -2 teaspoons dried oregano
- -¼ cup olive oil
- -3 cups flour
- -3 tablespoons olive oil
- -8 ounces fresh mozzarella packed in water and drained(preferably mini balls)
- -1/3 cup marinara sauce
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees, and prepare a sheet pan with a silpat or parchment paper.
- 2. In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with a dough hook combine the hot water, sugar and yeast. Let sit and rise until puffy, about 10 minutes.
- 3. Add the garlic powder, dried oregano, salt and olive oil and begin mixing on low. Add the flour 1 cup at a time and mix until you have a smooth soft dough, about 5 minutes.
- 4. Remove the dough hook and pat the dough into a ball. Lightly grease a bowl and place the dough in it, cover with a dishtowel and set in a warm place until the dough doubles, about an hour.
- 5. Divide the dough into 16 even pieces.
- 6. Pull each little piece of dough apart and stuff with a few little balls of fresh mozzarella (about ½ ounce) and a teaspoon of marinara, and then crease closed in a ball.
- 7. Place the buns on the prepared sheet pan, and brush generously with olive oil.
- 8. Sprinkle the shredded cheese over the top of each bun.
- 9. Bake the buns for about 12 minutes, until pale golden on top.
- 10. When the buns come out, brush them with the olive oil.
Preparation time: 20 minute(s)
Cooking time: 12 minute(s)
So Heather….let’s say I was too lazy to make the dough….what would you recommend?
5:26 am on December 7th, 2012
This is just lovely! I’ve been wanting to try pizza rolls for a while now, and yours are just the recipe I was looking for. Another hit!
5:50 am on December 7th, 2012
Uh oh! These look too fantastic! I could see stuffing half with pesto and mozzarella.
5:59 am on December 7th, 2012
I will never ever EVER be the same.
6:52 am on December 7th, 2012
Jessica- Canned biscuit dough- for sure!
7:03 am on December 7th, 2012
Oh good Katrina!! I hope you like them!
7:04 am on December 7th, 2012
Oh YES Vicki!!! I don’t know how I could have not thought about PESTO!!!
7:04 am on December 7th, 2012
Oh Bev- I love you so much just the way you are. A little melted cheese can’t change that!!
7:05 am on December 7th, 2012
Wholly cow! Yum!!
7:09 am on December 7th, 2012
Thanks Yum!
7:21 am on December 7th, 2012
Freak Out Worthy! Can you slip a few pieces of pepperoni in mine, please? Nummers!
7:27 am on December 7th, 2012
I LOVE this Heather!….we make them with refrigerated pizza dough that comes in the can, and I sprinkle with garlic salt and italian seasoning – I can’t wait to try your version!!
7:50 am on December 7th, 2012
Well that sound easy! I love stuff like this- its the perfect remedy on cold gray afternoons :)
8:12 am on December 7th, 2012
I love these!! Gorgeous!
8:27 am on December 7th, 2012
These look great ~ straight out of oven all hot & fabulous!
9:44 am on December 7th, 2012
they are indeed the very best hot!!
11:43 am on December 7th, 2012
OMW those look like sheer HEAVEN!!!!! I am SO adding these to my blog to share with my friends!!! Thank you for creating this recipe!!!
11:50 am on December 7th, 2012
These look heavenly!
12:47 pm on December 7th, 2012
yum I already printed this recipe
2:28 pm on December 7th, 2012
Thanks Christina!
2:29 pm on December 7th, 2012
Yummers! Just found your recipe and fabulous blog via Pinterest-of course! :)
We will be making these over the holiday break…if we can wait that long. Tee hee.
Can you freeze these? They’d be perfect to warm up in the am for school lunches. And way better than the HotPockets…*shudder*
8:58 pm on December 7th, 2012
Thanks Stephanie!!! Yes- totally! I would just reheat them at 325 until they look golden and hot- maybe 15 min?
6:19 am on December 8th, 2012
I want I want I want I WANT. these look perfectly … perfect.
7:00 pm on December 8th, 2012
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3:31 pm on January 29th, 2013
What is the purpose of preheating the oven to 375 degrees over an hour before baking?
9:12 am on February 3rd, 2013
Made these for superbowl. AWESOME easy peasy. TMade the dough before breakfast, madde breakfast, ate, then the dough was ready. I used block moz that i cut up innto little cubes and put three pepperoni inside. Cant wwait to taste.
1:12 pm on February 3rd, 2013
I made the dough by dumping the ingredients into my bread maker and setting it on the dough cycle. These are fabulous!! We dipped them in extra pizza sauce.
6:11 pm on February 3rd, 2013
Oh, I forgot to also note: I made them the morning I was going to serve them. I wrapped the rolls in plastic wrap after filling them with the sauce and stuck them in the fridge. When dinner was ready, I just took them out about 30 minutes ahead of time and baked them that evening.
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