Pepperoni Pizza Roses

YUM

Jan 26

Not to be dramatic, but I screamed when I saw these pizza roses. Sheila (my sis-in-law) and I just made some apple-flower tarts using the same method.

These cuties are perfect for Valentine’s Day. I’ll still do my normal personal heart pizzas, but this is a fun, delish and cute new treat to add to the mix.

Now here are the details!

Ingredients:

Pizza dough
Pizza sauce
Sliced mozzarella cheese
Large pepperonis
Cupcake tin
Squeeze bottle

*It’s also helpful to have a pizza slicer.

Here’s a life hack for making pizza at home with littles: put your pizza sauce in a squeeze bottle. It makes the process fun and minimizes the mess. It's also perfect for these roses.

First, preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Step 1: Prep ingredients. Unroll pizza crust and cut into 6 strips. Cut large pepperonis in half. Lastly, cut mozzarella into 3-4 slices depending on the thickness of your dough strips.

Step 2: Lay out dough strip. Add cheese and then a line of sauce. Top with pepperoni.

Step 3: Loosely roll the strip into a rose shape. You’ll want to roll tightly enough so there are no gaps, but not so tight that the sauce is oozing out of both sides. Place each rose inside muffin tin.