Pizza rolls tonight

I promise that I'm not just going to post recipes.  In fact, I think I'll post something right after this.  But I had to share how awesomely easy and delicious this recipe is!

Here's what you need:

Pizza dough using this recipe.
String cheese
Pepperoni
Other "toppings" (optional)
Hunt's Traditional spaghetti sauce (semi-optional)
Garlic powder (used with the sauce)

This is really easy to make!  After you have made the dough, you can rise it in the microwave on the lowest power setting.  Let it run for three minutes, cool for three minutes, then run for another six minutes, then cool for a few minutes.  Depending on how much you want it to rise, you can repeat those steps as much as you like.

Put some flour down on your clean countertop or cutting board and then roll the dough so it gets pretty thin.  Trust me that you want it decently thin or else you get all dough and zero filling.

Next, take four slices of pepperoni and lay them down in a row so they're overlapping about a quarter slice each.  Then put down a stick of string cheese on top of the pepperoni.  After you have done that, place another four slices of pepperoni on top of the piece of string cheese.

After you have lined up your filling, simply roll the filling so that the dough connects, and then pinch the sides and edges so that everything gets closed up.

One option here is to spray with a little butter and then coat with garlic powder and Parmesan cheese.  I didn't do that on mine, but you may as well go nuts!

Bake at 450F for about 12 minutes or until the dough is golden brown.  Your result will look something like this:

If you take the Hunt's Traditional spaghetti sauce (my favorite spaghetti sauce) and mix in some garlic powder, you have an excellent pizza sauce.  You can serve that at the side for dipping.  I suppose you could also add it to the filling in one way or another, but I think it's fun to have at the side.

I got the idea for this after having Pizza Hut's stuffed pizza rollers.  They were so good that I knew I had to make them myself.  Believe it or not, I didn't make this for a whole year!  I can't believe I waited so long!  Make this for dinner tonight.  You can even get creative and cut the string cheese in half to make smaller rolls, or add sausage or peppers or something.  It's your dish, make it fun!  I'll bet having these stuffed with ham and mild cheddar cheese would be delicious.  It's like making your own Hot Pockets, but tons better.  In fact, I might make a bunch of these and freeze them for those days in grad school where I have to have a quick meal.