Stuffed Pizza Rolls

Do you ever have those days where you don't really want to cook so you just stick a frozen pizza in the oven and call it dinner? I think I do that too often! If that ever happens again try making Stuffed Pizza Rolls. They are way better than frozen pizza and each person can customize their own! I think that husbands might like these even more than the kids!

Stuffed Pizza Rolls

From The Girl Who Ate Everything Blog

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning

Mozzarella cheese, diced or grated (diced is the least messy to use when stuffing the rolls)

Pizza toppings of your choice: ie, ham and pineapple, pepperoni slices, sausage, etc.

Preheat oven to heat specified on pizza dough package. Usually it's 400 degrees. If you make your own dough, 400 is usually a good heat as well.

Unroll your pizza dough onto a lightly floured surface. Pat or roll the dough so it's about 12" by 8". You're going to want to cut it into 24 squares, so just eyeball it if you need to. Use a pizza cutter to slice the dough into 24 squares.

Place cheese and desired toppings on each square. Just eyeball how much. You just need to be able to enclose the toppings in the dough so keep that in mind. *Don't put marinara in the rolls. Save it for dipping.

When all of your dough squares have cheese and toppings on them, carefully lift up each square and wrap the dough around the toppings. Pinch to make sure each ball is sealed shut and then place them seam side down in a lightly sprayed pie pan (or similar sized dish).

Brush the tops of the dough balls with olive oil or melted butter and then sprinkle with the garlic and Italian seasoning and top with Parmesan cheese.
Cook them in the oven for about 15-20 minutes or until golden brown on top. Keep an eye on them! Doughs vary, so I'd check them after even 10 minutes.

Serve warm with warmed marinara sauce on the side for dipping.

Daring Pizza!

This months Daring Bakers was hosted by Rosa of Rosa Yummy Yums and she chose to have us make pizza like the pros. That meant tossing the pizza by hand! I made the dough but just couldn't get the courage to toss it, so I rolled it instead. I know, I'm a chicken! The hubby and I love a place in Utah called The Pie Pizzeria and our favorite pizza from there is Chicken Ranch so I re-created that pizza for us. The dough was super easy to make and freezes really well for later use! And the pizza was excellent and came together really quick!


Chicken Ranch Pizza
By Amber

Dough Recipe
2 grilled chicken breasts cut into bite-sized pieces (nothing special, just cooked it on the grill)
5 pieces of bacon, crumbled
1 garlic clove, minced (use more if you like)
1 cup ranch
1 cup shredded Mozzarella Cheese
2 Tablespoons parsley (fresh or dried)

Roll or toss the dough, cover with ranch dressing and add toppings. Bake for about 15 minutes or until dough is slightly browned and chicken is warm.

Grilled Pizza Take 2

So I decided to try grilled pizza again, but I did a few things different this time. I used the same recipe for pizza dough but added 1 T. of honey instead of 1 T. of the sugar in the dough recipe. I also used corn meal when rolling out the dough and that worked a lot better when rolling the dough out. I also sprinkled some corn meal on the baking sheet and that made it easier to get the dough off the pan. It was so yummy and I will be trying it again!

BBQ Chicken Pizza

1 Dough Recipe
1 Rotisserie Chicken, shredded and covered with 1 cup BBQ Sauce
1 small red onion, cut into thin pieces
1 cup cilantro, torn
1 cup Parmesan Cheese (or however much you want)
More BBQ sauce (about 1/2 cup) for putting on the pizza crust

Make the pizza dough and while it rests for 20-30 minutes, heat the grill, cut the onion and cilantro and let the chicken marinate in the BBQ sauce. When the dough and grill are ready, cook the dough on low heat, flipping once. When the dough is cooked, transfer to a baking sheet. Cover the dough with BBQ sauce, then layer the chicken, onions, cilantro and cheese (I like to heat the chicken back up in the microwave for 3 minutes and then put it on the pizza so it is warm). Put the baking sheet with the pizza on it on the grill and heat until cheese melts. Enjoy!

I Need Help Bobby Flay!

I have been wanting to try grilled pizza for awhile and finally tried it!

I made homemade pizza dough using the recipe from Stephanie's Kitchen. I made it in the morning and put it in the fridge until I needed it that evening. I decided to make an all meat pizza so while I was cooking Italian Sausage I rolled the dough out into a rectangle on my SilPat, which I thought was a good idea. When the grill was ready I oiled the dough and went to flip it. I thought it was just come off since I used the SilPat but it still stuck. So I quickly tried to pull it off while not ripping the dough, which didn't work so well. So I ended up with this horse shape pizza. I had the grill on medium heat but had to crank it way down because the dough was getting crispy. I flipped the dough and quickly put on pizza sauce, mozzarella, Parmesan cheese, pepperoni, Italian Sausage and Canadian bacon. The dough was done cooking, but the cheese had not melted so I turned the grill off and closed the lid and let the heat finish melting the cheese.

The pizza was really crispy, but really good! I plan to try it again. I had the idea to make a Mexican pizza and a BBQ Chicken pizza. Next time I will double the dough recipe to make it thicker and I am thinking it would be better to roll the dough out on a cookie sheet with some cornmeal on it so it won't stick. If anyone has better ideas on how to easily flip the dough onto the grill let me know. I really liked the pizza and want to keep making it.

Here is how to make the dough:
2 T. Sugar

2 1/2 all purpose flour

1 (1/4 ounce) package active dry yeast

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup warm water

1/2-1 tablespoon olive oil

cornmeal, for sprinkling

1. Mix the sugar into the warm water
2. Sprinkle yeast on top
3. Wait for 10 minutes or until it gets all foamy
4. Pour into a large bowl
5. Add flour, salt, olive oil
6. Combine
7. Knead for 6-8 minutes until you have a moderately stiff dough that is smooth and elastic (add a bit more flour if you need to)
8. Cover and let rest for 20-30 minutes
9. Lightly grease two 12-inch pizza pans
10. Sprinkle with a little bit of cornmeal
11. Divide dough in half
12. Place each half on a pizza pan and pat it with your fingers until it stretches over the whole pan
13. Try to make it thicker around the edge
14. If desired, pre-bake at 425 F for 10 minutes (I don't always do this)
15. Then spread with pizza sauce and use the toppings of your choice
16. Bake at 425 F for 10-20 minutes longer or until bubbly and hot
17. Makes 2 12-inch pizzas
18. If you don't want to use all the dough, you can freeze it
19. Take a portion of dough, form into a ball, rub olive oil over it and place it in a freezer bag (the oil makes it easier to take out of the bag)
20. When you want to make a pizza, take dough out of freezer and allow to thaw before using