Pizza Roll Ups

I got a great deal on some refrigerated Crescent Roll and I was working on doing some different things with them to get creative and use something that I got free after sales and coupons at the store.  I already made my blue cheese crescent rolls so I decided to make some pizza roll ups for dinner because I was looking to use up things that I already had in the house.  I pulled out all of the ingredients from the fridge.  I had some Marinara sauce in the fridge which I needed to use up.  I also had some mini pepperonis that I got my son and the thrill had worn off so he wasn't interested anymore.  Then lastly, I had my block of Mozzarella cheese which I got on super sale for under $2.50 for the block.

I opened the dough which I think we all know how boring this dough looks when it comes straight out of the can.

I rolled them out into the triangles like the can says and I placed them on my baking sheet.

I cut my huge block of cheese and placed them on the triangles towards the bottom or the bigger side.  Not everyone is sitting around with a huge block of mozzarella but you can use string cheese or shredded cheese.  I always suggest using what you have in the house and what you can get the cheapest so feel free to try whatever you can get your hands on.

Then, I put on sauce.  Just a little because I didn't know how much messier that would make it but you can always skip the step and just dip if you prefer but I thought that it would also help me stick the pepperonis to the cheese.

I put the pepperoni on top.  Feel free to use the normal sized pepperoni which you can use whole or cut based on your tastes. You can also put any other topping you like but my son only likes pepperoni so we were looking for something he would eat.

I started to roll up the dough and realized that I didn't have enough dough at the edge because I put my cheese and toppings too close to the edge.  I moved the pile up the dough so that there was some dough at the edge to fold over so here is my helpful tip so that you don't have to do that later in the process but start at the beginning.

Wrap the dough around and if you want to, you can stretch the dough to seal but we wanted it to cook out because the gooey cheese is great!  They looked just like crescent rolls from the top but the side showed the secret inside.

I baked them until they were golden brown which was a little longer then the package directions to cook the rolls.  They came out nice and golden brown.

There were a few that had some spilling out the side which was super tasty and made it taste even more like pizza.  I just used the spatula and put it all on the plate.

Here is what we had for our dinner.  It was super tasty and a special treat.  Sad part is that my husband and I had two each and we probably could have eaten a lot more but we just had it as a little snack before dinner since we weren't sure how much we would like it.  I can tell you that next time I am going to be making a tray full of treats like these!!!

I hope that you try this easy meal sometime soon!! It is a great last minute meal to pull out of the fridge if you don't have a lot of time at home but need dinner on the table and who doesn't like a flaky pizza roll up!

Pizza Roll Ups

Refrigerated Crescent Rolls
Mozzarella Cheese
Pizza Sauce
Pepperoni or other toppings

Roll out the refrigerated dough on a cookie sheet.  Cut mozzarella cheese to fit towards the end but leave a little bit of dough to roll over.  Top with a little bit of spaghetti, pizza or marinara sauce.  Add toppings.  Roll up dough around the toppings.  Bake per the package directions and add a little more time if the dough isn't golden brown.