Pizza Wheels
When our kids were younger, Pizza Wheels went with us to baseball, soccer and football games, camping trips, or just for quick snacks. Once baked, they don’t need to be refrigerated (but you can if you’re home) and we’ve carried them on backpacking trips for a couple of days.
Now that we have grandkids, I recently dug out this recipe when we camped at the lake. I’d forgotten how much we all like them.
I hope Pizza Wheels become one of your family’s favorites, too!
Pizza Wheels
Ingredients
- 1 loaf frozen bread dough, refrigerated pizza dough, or 1 batch pizza dough using a bread machine
- 1/2 cup shredded Italian mix cheese
- 1 package sliced pepperoni
- 3 tbsp pizza sauce
- 1 tsp oregano
Instructions
- Follow package directions to raise the dough, if frozen.
- When ready to make them, preheat the oven to 400. Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray.
- On a lightly floured surface, use fingers or a rolling pin to roll the dough into a rectangle approximately 10"x12".
- Spread pizza sauce on the dough. Just enough to lightly cover it. Don't slop too much near the edges or it will all leak out when you roll it up.
- Layer pepperoni evenly, leaving a bit of empty space along the far edge for rolling.
- Layer cheese and oregano over the pepperoni, to your taste.
- Roll dough along the longer edge into a 12 inch long log and pinch seal the edges. You may have to use wet fingers to make them stick.
- Cut into about 12, one to two inch wide pinwheels and place them cut side down on a cookie sheet.
- Bake at 400 for 12-15 minutes until medium brown on top and the sides are firm.
- Cool slightly and serve with extra pizza sauce or ranch dressing for dipping.
Notes
~browned hamburger and pizza sauce with sliced provolone
~turkey and pepper jack cheese
~ham and Swiss with mustard
~Reuben ingredients.
You get the idea, right? Making 5 loaves at once takes me around two hours.
It takes some time, but your family will be happy.
Enjoy!
Kelly Brakenhoff is an author of eleven books and an ASL interpreter. She divides her writing energy between two series: cozy mysteries set on a college campus and picture books featuring Duke the Deaf Dog. The mother of four young adults and a hunting dog, and grandma to a growing brood of perfectly behaved grandkids, Kelly and her husband call Nebraska home.