t’s time to try something new with our Pizza. This recipe is especially good for the little ones in our lives, turning the ordinary into something new and fun! This recipe comes from a wonderful site called BreadIn5.

The recipe below makes about 24 pieces.

Ingredients:

1 lb piece of *dough – if you go to the Breadin5 site you will find several homemade dough options.  Otherwise, your favorite fresh dough recipe will work.

1/2 cup pizza sauce or crushed tomatoes

1 1/2 cups grated mozzarella cheese

Pepperoni or other favorite toppings

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees

Set up 2 0r 3 baking sheet pans with parchment, set aside.

Roll the dough out to a 1/4-inch thick rectangle, using enough flour so the dough doesn’t stick.

Layer on the sauce, cheese and pepperoni. Leave some of the cheese exposed so that it can melt and act as a glue, to hold the pizza rolls together.

Roll the dough into a log, starting at the long end.

Using kitchen shears cut the dough into 1/2-inch thick buns. (I only baked 16 and then wrapped the rest of the log, refrigerated it and will bake it later this week. You can also cut and freeze the individual pizza rounds to thaw and bake within the next 2 weeks.)

Place them on the prepared sheet, leaving plenty of space for them to expand when they bake. Allow them to rest on the counter for about 15-20 minutes.

Bake for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown and the cheese has melted and caramelized a bit.

Put them on a stick or let them cool and pack them in a lunch box!

See the entire recipe and article here.