Pizza Roll Buns & Turbo FAST

We have homemade pizza every single weekend that we are home.  It's a fun meal to make, and everyone enjoys it - like a special treat.  And because it is homemade, I make sure that the crust is whole wheat, and it's loaded with veggies, so it's not even unhealthy.

Today was going to be pizza, but I thought I'd try something different with the same ingredients.  I've made pizza rolls before, where you roll the whole thing, then bake it and slice it after.  This time, I thought I'd roll it like cinnamon buns, then slice, then bake!

 I made the dough in my breadmaker, then rolled it out into two large rectangles.  I put a small amount of sauce on - if there's too much liquid, it will leak out the bottom.  When you serve it, you can add sauce on the side to dip

 

 

I chopped the ingredients a little finer than I normally would, so they could stay inside of the buns when I cut them.  I did green pepper, onion, and pepperoni.  Then I sprinkled it with grated cheese. Again, I used a little less cheese than normal, so there would still be some left to sprinkle on the sliced rolls.

 

 

I rolled it, and sealed it. I sliced it into about 1.5 inch pieces and placed them in a warm place to rise for an hour or so.

Then I baked them at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes. We put some sauce on the side and served these delicious pizza roll buns!

 

 

We had some excitement here when, as part of the #StreamTeam, we got to pre-screen the new episodes of Turbo FAST on Netflix, which will air on April 4. And my brilliant sister/co-author realized that these would make great snails for our Turbo-themed Family Film Night. I just added a tomato for the head and a dot of mustard for the eye. So fun!

It was fun catching up again with those speedy snails and their adventures.  They faced an imposter, some jail time, and a battle with spiders! It's one of those shows that keeps the kids' attention, and is still fun for adults. Check out the new episodes airing April 4.

Warden Rudy Guana proves a worthy competitor for Turbo and his stunt team in DreamWorks Animation's Turbo FAST only on Netflix