Stuffed Pizza Rolls

While this recipe is a little labor intensive, it's definitely yummy enough to make again.  Like the Pizza Grilled Cheese recipe, this one is healthier than regular pizza.

 The original recipe is here.

Ingredients:

1 roll refrigerated pizza dough
2 Tbl. grated Parmesan cheese
1 Tbl. olive oil or melted butter
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. dried Italian seasoning
Mozzarella cheese, diced or grated
Pizza toppings of your choice
Pizza sauce

Preheat oven to heat specified on pizza dough package (usually it's 400 degrees).

Unroll the pizza dough onto a lightly floured surface.   Roll the dough so it's about 12" by 8". Use a pizza cutter to cut it into about 24 squares.  I definitely eyeballed it as you can see.  I probably should have made squares instead of rectangles but it still worked great. :)

Note: I tried this with regular crust and thin crust dough.  I think the thin kind worked out much better.  The regular crust seemed a little too substantial for these rolls.

Put all toppings except for marinara on top of the squares, which will be used for dipping later. Wrap the dough around the toppings.  Pinch the dough closed and then put then them seam side down in a lightly sprayed pan.  Some of mine didn't squeeze together perfectly, but it didn't matter all all.
Brush the tops of the dough balls with olive oil or melted butter, sprinkle with the garlic, Italian seasoning and Parmesan cheese.

Cook them in the oven for about 15-20 minutes or until golden brown on top. Check often.  I cooked them for about 12 minutes.

Serve with warm pizza sauce on the side for dipping.

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