On the Tailgate Menu: Pepperoni Pizza Pinwheels

These almost stole the show of all the tailgate food that I had. They were so easy to make and tasted great -everyone loved them! I'll definitely do these again!

Pepperoni Pizza Pinwheels, courtesy of susannahskitchen.com from Pinterest:

Ingredients:

• 1 (13.8 oz) can refrigerated pizza dough

• 1/4 cup pizza sauce or tomato pesto

• 18 slices pepperoni

• 1/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

• 1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese

• Oil mister or cooking spray

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350

2. Unroll dough onto a work surface, and lightly mist dough with oil or cooking spray

3. Spread pizza sauce of pesto onto dough; spread right to the edges

4. Scatter pepperoni slices evenly over dough, and sprinkle with the cheeses

5. Beginning at a long edge, roll up dough in jelly-roll fashion. Pinch seam to seal but do not seal end of roll

6. Using a serrated bread knife, cut roll evenly into 12 slices

7. Place slices, cut sides down, on a baking sheet coated with oil or spray

8. Bake for 20 minutes, or until golden brown

Notes:

Instead of cooking them on a baking sheet, I put them in an oil-coated muffin pan, they kept their shape a lot better. Next time I might add additional ingredients to this like onion or mushroom, but you don't want to overload the dough or I don't think it will hold up when you cut it.

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