Pizza night just got a serious upgrade and these garlic butter pizza rolls are the reason. Store bought pizza dough split into twelve equal sections, pressed flat, stuffed with pizza sauce, a chunk of string cheese, and mini pepperonis, pinched closed, nestled into a greased muffin tin, and brushed with the most incredible garlic herb butter before baking at 400 for fifteen minutes. Individual stuffed pizza rolls that come out of the oven golden and puffy with melted cheese pulling from the center when you tear them open. The kind of thing that makes everyone in the room migrate toward the kitchen the second they smell them.
The string cheese is the stuffing detail that makes these so genius and so easy. One stick of string cheese cut into three equal sections gives you the perfect amount of melty cheese for three rolls without any measuring or shredding required. It melts beautifully in the center and creates that irresistible cheese pull that makes these look like something from a pizza place that has been perfecting stuffed rolls for decades. Add the mini pepperonis right on top of the cheese before you pinch everything closed so they get tucked inside every roll and cook right alongside the sauce and cheese as everything melts together.
The pinching technique is the step worth taking your time on. Press each dough section into a flat round, add your fillings in the center, and then pull the edges up and over everything and pinch firmly at the top so nothing leaks out during baking. If the seal feels loose, give it another pinch and place it seam side down in the muffin tin for extra insurance. The muffin tin is what gives each roll its perfectly round shape as it bakes and keeps everything contained and upright so the garlic butter you brush on top stays right where it belongs.
That garlic herb butter brush right before the oven is the finishing touch that makes these taste like something you would pay way too much for at a restaurant. Melted butter, garlic, Italian seasoning, and a pinch of salt brushed generously over every roll so they bake up golden and fragrant and herby all the way around. Serve them straight from the muffin tin with a bowl of warm marinara on the side and watch them disappear before you have even set the table. These work for pizza night, game day, a quick weeknight dinner, or any time you want something that feels special and comes together in twenty five minutes.
Garlic Butter Pizza Rolls
Equipment
- 1 muffin tin
Ingredients
- 1 premade pizza dough
- 6 tbs pizza sauce (roughly)
- 4 string cheese
- 6 tbs mini pepperonis
For the Garlic Butter:
- 3 tbs butter, melted
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp italian seasoning
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400℉ and grease a muffin tin.
- Divide your premade pizza dough into 12 equal sections.
- Cut string cheese sticks into 12 pieces (3 pieces per stick)
- Flatten one of the sections of dough out and spread ½ tbs pizza sauce on it (stay away from the edges) I just use a small spoon to put a dollop on the top it doesn't have to be exact.
- Place one section of string cheese on top of the sauce and top with a few mini pepperonis.
- Take the ends of the pizza dough and bring them up and together, wrapping all the fillings up and pinch the edges closed.
- Place the roll seam side down into the muffin tin and repeat with the remaining dough sections.
- in a microwave safe bowl, combine butter, garlic powder and Italian seasoning and mix until smooth.
- Brush melted garlic herb butter onto the tops of each roll and bake for 15 minutes or until the tops are golden brown.
- Enjoy immediately!
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