SCHOOL LUNCH FAVORITES: HOMEMADE PIZZA ROLL-UPS

SCHOOL LUNCH FAVORITES: HOMEMADE PIZZA ROLL-UPS

On Sundays, we could make a batch or two of these light pizza-inspired sandwiches with a cinnamon roll, and all my children had to do in the morning was cut a bun, fill it in a plastic bag and pack a few other favorite snacks.

I love it - just like pizza - these rolls are very versatile: we never run out of flavor options. Here you will find the basic pepperoni pizza, but you can also add any of your favorite pizza toppings to these simple drills. Sometimes we go vegetarians, sometimes we make meat lovers. Whatever we have in the house, we just add the ingredients to our pizza rolls, and the kids enjoy delicious spiral samms all week!

Ingredients

1 chilled onion dough or pizza dough

3/4 cup pizza sauce

1 1/2 cups grated Italian cheese

15-20 pieces of pepperoni

1 tablespoon fresh basil (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Expand the tube of chilled crescent dough and press each seam. Also suitable is pizza dough with cooling, multi-grain or gluten-free pizza dough.
2. Spread the pizza sauce on top of the dough. Top with cheese.
3. Put the filling on top of the sauce and cheese.
4. Roll the dough into a tight cylinder and place the pizza rolls in the finished baking dish.
5. Bake at 350 degrees until golden brown. Allow them to cool before covering them and store in the refrigerator. When it's time to pack your school lunches, just cut one or two buns with pizza from a baking sheet and pack them in a lunch box.

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