Basic Pizza Rolls
In middle school and high school, I never got into teen dramas like One Tree Hill or Dawson’s Creek despite the fact that I was the target demographic of The WB’s teen market push in the early 2000’s. There was only one WB show that I did watch though: Gilmore Girls. Even though I hated it at times (that April!), it was witty, full of Gilmoreisms, girl friendships, and cool moms. I liked that it was set in a kooky whimsical town with a troubadour because really, who does that?
For the past month, my sister and I have been doing the whole Gilmore Girls marathon thing because it’s all on Netflix now. I don’t know why I didn’t notice this before but they eat all the damn time. Naturally, watching other people eat makes us hungry because we’re just programmed to function that way — I’m sure food marketers love us. Thanks to the pizza roll mention in episode 2 of season 3, I had to make pizza rolls. (My sister had to make her own vegan version because I’m a jerk.)
(Note: If you’re vegan and you wanna do vegan pizza rolls, my sister used Daiya cheese, and added some broccoli florets. She also used Pillsbury thin crust pizza dough like I did because they’re accidentally vegan — but remember to double check the ingredient listing on any product though since ingredients may change.)
For 4-5ish servings:
- 11oz. can Pillsbury refrigerated thin pizza crust
- 1/2 c. pizza sauce
- 1/4 c. mozzarella cheese
- 1 tbsp. whole milk
Preheat oven to 425F. Line a large baking sheet with aluminum foil.
Roll pizza dough out onto a 15”x10” rectangle. Using a pastry cutter or baker’s blade, cut dough into 3”x 2” pieces. For each piece, spread about 2 teaspoons of pizza sauce and about 1 teaspoon of mozzarella, leaving about 1 cm of the sides un-sauced.
Fold over and pinch the open sides to form a pizza roll (if you wanna be literal, it’s more like a pizza envelope). Don’t be afraid to stretch the dough a little bit to get everything contained.
Place pizza rolls onto baking sheet, making sure they’re about 1/2” to 1” apart. With a pastry brush, lightly brush the tops of the rolls with milk. Bake for 10 minutes or until the tops are golden brown.
As I’m living my non-neurosurgeon life and eating pizza rolls, I wouldn’t trade my current life for anything and I’m glad that life didn’t turn out the way I planned it. I still have time to work on that band too. I just need a kick ass name.
Other super awesome pizza ideas:
- Mini Deep Dish Pizza from Damn Delicious
- Skillet Tortilla Pizza from Simply Delicious
- Pizza Stuffed Chicken from Organize Yourself Skinny
- Pizza Bread from Inspired by Charm
- Pizza Cupcakes from Pillsbury
Disclaimer: My employer owns Pillsbury refrigerated products.
