Pizza Buns

By felcrs0513

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs bread/pizza dough
• 2 tsp olive oil
• 1/2 onion, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 4 oz. turkey pepperoni, diced
• 3/4 cup green olives, diced
• 1 cup pizza sauce
• 3 cups mozzarella cheese, divided

Preparation

Step 1

Heat olive oil in a skillet. Add onions and saute to soften, 5-6 minutes. Add garlic and saute another minute or two. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature

Spray counter top with cooking spray. Using a greased rolling pin, roll pizza dough into a 12"X18" rectangle. Sprinkle 1 cup of the cheese on the dough and press into the dough lightly.

Evenly spread cooled pepperoni topping over the rectangle

Starting with the short end, roll the dough into a log, seam side down

Using a ruler to help guide you, score the log into 1 inch sections

Continue slicing through the score marks, creating twelve pizza buns. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and place six buns on each sheet. Cover the buns with plastic wrap that has been sprayed with cooking spray. Let rise for 60-90 minutes

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake pizza buns for 15 minutes then remove from oven

Top with pizza sauce then top generously with cheese

Return the buns to the oven to finish baking, 15-20 minutes. Remove from oven and transfer to cooling rack

Once cool, you can freeze these individually wrapped in plastic wrap then placed in a ziploc freezer bag. Thaw at room temperature then reheat in microwave for 15-30 seconds