{"id":12262,"date":"2016-03-31T13:13:19","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T20:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thatrecipe.com\/blog\/?p=12262"},"modified":"2024-01-20T18:30:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T02:30:48","slug":"kids-can-bake-pepperoni-rolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thatrecipe.com\/kids-can-bake-pepperoni-rolls\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids Can Bake: Pepperoni Rolls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you are looking for an easy\u00a0and simply delicious recipe for your kids to bake for lunch, dinner or snack, I have a fun recipe for you to give a try: Pepperoni Rolls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I first heard about these on an episode of Barnwood Builders.<\/a> They proclaimed them a West Virginia staple. So I asked the only West Virginian I know, my neighbor, Nathan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He confirmed they are in fact a \"thing\" and proceeded to ask his mom and cousin for a recipe for me. Neither had an official recipe, because there really isn't one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are nothing more than bread dough wrapped around pepperoni and cheese and then baked. Traditionally they are made with a stick of pepperoni cut into large chunks. But, I was assured they could be made with pre-sliced pepperoni and they would be close enough. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which was a good thing, because I had a whole pack of mini-pepperoni slices left over from a recent pizza party we had last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

History of West Virginia Pepperoni Rolls<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nathan's mom explained the history of this dish: The miners in West Virginia, many of whom were Italian immigrants, used to make them and take them down into the mine to eat for lunch. Simple, portable, and hearty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What kind of bread dough to use for Pepperoni Rolls?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You can use store bought frozen bread dough if you want to make life easier for yourself. Just defrost so it is ready to be shaped and rise one last time before baking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I used my go to bread dough recipe<\/a>. This will add 90 minutes to the recipe prep time for letting the dough rise the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kids Can Bake Pepperoni Rolls<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After I made up the dough I handed the rest over to my soon to be 8 year old chef.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He divided the dough into 12 equal balls. We even broke out the scale to be as accurate as possible (and sneak in a little Spring Break learnin', shhh!)<\/p>\n\n\n

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Then he spread the dough ball into a circle. It works best if you leave it a little thicker in the middle and thinner around the edges.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Then he added the cheese and pepperoni to the center of the dough circle.<\/p>\n\n\n

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And he wrapped the dough around the filling.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Then I let them rise and baked them. He still doesn't do the oven parts of recipes.<\/p>\n\n\n

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We each had a few for dinner and I froze the rest so he can have them for lunch or afterschool snack next week.<\/p>\n\n\n

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