Take DIY pizza night to a whole new level
Tear-and-share bread, monkey bread, bubble bread — they’re all different names for the same kind of dish: balls of dough, baked close together in a pan, that are served warm and pulled apart with your hands.
While there are lots of savory tear-and-share breads (like this one!), its roots are sweet. In the 1950s, a Hungarian dessert called aranygaluska (“golden dumplings” in Hungarian), a cinnamon‑flavored, pull-apart coffee cake, became popular in America. Today, many Americans refer to a similar recipe, made of yeasted dough balls coated in butter, cinnamon and sugar, as “monkey bread.”
And although you might think little ones would prefer the sweet side of this snack, these savory homemade pizza rolls are kid-approved. Our 10-year-old recipe tester Tammy said, “This recipe was AMAZING! I can’t tell you in words how yummy this recipe truly was! All I can say is that it was just completely AMAZING!”
Quick tip: If your pizza dough is cold from the fridge, you can leave it out on the counter for 1 to 2 hours to bring it to room temperature before starting. To bring it to room temperature faster, place cold dough in a zipper-lock plastic bag, squeeze out extra air, and seal the bag. Place the bag in a large bowl filled with hot water. Let dough sit in water until warmed to room temperature, about 15 minutes, turning and squeezing dough a few times while it sits.
Pepperoni Pizza Rolls
Makes 12 rolls
Vegetable oil spray
1 pound pizza dough, room temperature
24 slices pepperoni
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese (4 ounces)
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