Pizza Pinwheels
These pizza pinwheels are everything you love about a classic pepperoni pizza, rolled up, sliced, and baked into golden, gooey bite-size swirls. They start with refrigerated pizza dough, get layered with marinara, lots of melty cheese, and plenty of pepperoni, then bake until they’re puffed and irresistible. They’re easy, fun, and always the first thing to disappear at game days, parties, or anytime you need a crowd-pleasing appetizer.
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 1 tube refrigerated pizza dough
- 2 cups marinara sauce divided
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- Pinch of red pepper
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella
- 1/3 cup grated parmesan
- 32 pepperoni slices
- 2 tsp parsley
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375°F and line a baking sheet with parchment. On a large cutting board, unroll the refrigerated pizza dough and gently roll it out until it’s about ¼–⅓ inch thick.
- Spread marinara over the dough, leaving about an inch along one long edge clean so you can seal it later.
- Season the sauce with a little garlic powder, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, and a pinch of red pepper flakes. Add a generous layer of mozzarella and Parmesan, then cover the whole thing with pepperoni.
- Carefully roll the dough up into a log — you’ll need to keep a hand on the pepperoni as you go so everything stays tight.
- Once it’s rolled, slice the log in half, then cut each half in half again so you have four sections. Cut each section into three pinwheels.
- Set the pinwheels on your prepared baking sheet and bake for 22–25 minutes, until they’re puffed and deeply golden.
- Let them cool for a few minutes, then finish with a sprinkle of parsley.