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Pepperoni Rolls

Appetizer 🧄Side Dish 🥗Lunch 🥪Snack 🍿 Italian 🇮🇹American Low-Carb

Pepperoni Rolls feature a tender, slightly sweet dough wrapped around layers of salty, spiced pepperoni, baking up soft with just a hint of golden crust. They’re satisfying as a hearty snack, game-day bite, or casual dinner, and taste great warm from the oven or packed for on-the-go munching.

  • Prep25 mins
  • Cook15 mins
  • Serves20
  • DifficultyMedium
Pepperoni Rolls
  1. 1

    In a small bowl, stir together 1 cup warm water and 1/2 teaspoon sugar until the sugar dissolves. Sprinkle the yeast over the water and let it sit for 5 minutes.

  2. 2

    In a large bowl, mix the flour, 3/4 cup sugar, and salt. Stir in the yeast mixture, beaten eggs, and melted butter until the dough comes together. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes.

  3. 3

    Place the dough in a greased bowl and turn it to coat with oil. Cover with a light cloth and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 1/2 hours.

  4. 4

    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet.

  5. 5

    Punch down the dough and divide it into 20 equal pieces, each about the size of a golf ball. Using your hands, flatten each piece into a small rectangle, about 4 inches square.

  6. 6

    Place 3 overlapping slices of pepperoni down the center of each dough square. Add another row of 3 pepperoni slices next to the first. Roll the dough around the pepperoni, pinch the edges closed, and place the rolls on the prepared cookie sheet.

  7. 7

    Bake the rolls in the preheated oven until the bottoms are lightly browned and the tops are just barely golden, 14 to 16 minutes.