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Raise your hand if you love pizza!! I mean, who doesn’t right?!? These Ham and Cheese Pizza Rolls are one of our favourite ways to enjoy all those pizza flavours and they’re pretty much comfort food at its finest!
I love to make these Ham and Cheese Pizza Rolls for after school snacks for the kids – a pizza roll with some sliced veggies makes a great mini lunch or snack and our kids love them! They’re also great for school lunches as an alternative to boring old sandwiches, and they freeze really well making them easy to keep on hand for on the go lunches or snacks.
And if you’re nervous about working with yeast dough, don’t be! I’ve recently shared all my best beginner tips for working with yeast dough in THIS POST, so head on over there to read my no-fail tips before trying this recipe if you’d like!
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I hope you love this recipe as much as we do! Let me know in the comments below, what’s your favourite pizza-inspired snack? I’d love to know!
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Ham and Cheese Pizza Rolls
These Ham and Cheese Pizza Rolls are the perfect savoury treat with meat, cheese and veggies - great for a picnic, lunch or an after-school snack!
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Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 316kcal
Ingredients
For the dough:
- 1 1/2 cups milk at room temperature
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 1/4 tsp instant dry yeast
- 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1 egg
For the filling:
- 2/3 cup pizza sauce
- 10 slices ham chopped
- 1 green bell pepper diced (or 1/2 green and 1/2 red)
- 1 1/2 cup shredded cheese
Also Needed:
- 1/3 cup pizza sauce for bottom of pan
- 1-2 tsp vegetable oil for rolling out dough
- Butter for greasing the pan
Topping:
- 1/2 cup shredded cheese
- chopped chives for garnish optional
Instructions
- Into the bowl of your stand mixer, add the room-temperature milk, sugar and yeast and stir gently. Let sit for about 5 minutes.
- Add the flour, salt, melted butter and egg.
- Turn your mixer on low and watch the ingredients combine. After about a minute you should see a sticky dough starting to come together. If you need to turn the mixer off and scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl, now's your chance.
- Turn up the mixer speed slightly and allow the mixture to knead the dough for about 2 minutes. The dough should be tacky to the touch, but not so sticky that it's very messy. If necessary, add a tablespoon or two of extra flour. It should pull away from the sides of the bowl easily and the bowl should appear fairly clean. If the dough appears too sticky, continue kneading and add flour, one tablespoon at a time, until the dough reaches that tacky texture (don't add more than 3 tablespoons).
- If you don't have a stand mixer, you can knead the dough by hand on a lightly floured work surface for 5 minutes after the wet and dry ingredients are combined.
- Cover the bowl with some plastic wrap and move it to a warm place in your kitchen to rise for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours. It should double in size.
- Once you notice your dough has risen fully, and before you do anything with it, grease a large rectangular pan or casserole dish (at least 9x13 in size) with some butter or cooking spray and spread the 1/3 cup of pizza sauce onto the bottom of the pan.
- Turn the dough out onto a work surface that's been very lightly greased with vegetable oil. Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough evenly until you have a rectangle that's approximately 18 inches wide and 12 inches deep.
- Spread the 2/3 cup of pizza sauce over the dough rectangle right to the edges. Top evenly with the chopped ham, diced bell pepper and shredded cheese.
- Roll up the dough from the long side until you've got one long roll. Cut the long roll in half, then in half again, and then each of those sections into 3 pieces until you have 12 rolls. Try to cut the rolls to an even thickness as this promotes even baking. You don't want some rolls to be overdone and others to be raw in the middle.
- Arrange the 12 pieces in the pan you've greased. An arrangement of 3 rows of 4 works well in a rectangular pan.
- Top with the 1/2 cup shredded cheese.
- Cover the pan with a clean kitchen towel and set them aside to rise. It's a good idea to preheat your oven at this time, too. Set temperature to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Once the rolls have risen for 20 to 25 minutes (no longer), place them in the oven to bake for about 25-30 minutes, or until they're a nice even light golden brown colour and the cheese on top is melted and bubbly.
- Remove the pan from the oven and let the buns cool in the pan for about 20-25 minutes before serving. Sprinkle with some chopped chives, if desired.
Notes
To make the day ahead (overnight rise instructions):
Prepare the dough and roll the buns the night before, placing them in the greased baking dish and covered with plastic wrap in the fridge to rise overnight. In the morning, place the COLD baking dish in a COLD oven. Let the buns rise as the oven preheats and slowly heats up the baking dish (placing a cold baking dish in a hot oven will cause it to crack and break or warp, whether it's a metal, glass, or ceramic dish). When the oven reaches 350 degrees Fahrenheit, bake according to the recipe directions.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 316kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 43mg | Sodium: 711mg | Potassium: 279mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 503IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 146mg | Iron: 2mg
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Olivia says
Your tips for working with yeast bread made this so easy! We loved these! Will definitely be making again 🙂 Thanks for the recipe!
Chrissie says
I’m SO glad you loved them! 🙂
Amanda says
I cannot wait to make these this weekend!!
Dorothy Reinhold says
My kids are going to lovvvvve these! I love that I can add different veggies for each kiddo!
Deseree says
These are perfect for any gathering or after-school snack. We will be making this soon as we host our next party.
Erin | Dinners,Dishes and Dessert says
These Ham and Cheese Pizza Rolls are perfection!
Lora says
Such a great dough recipe and lovely for a weekend baking project!!
Katerina @ diethood .com says
This is such a fantastic recipe! My kids would really enjoy these ham and cheese pizza rolls!!
Caitlin says
I just finished making this recipe. Stop reading and START MAKING!!!! If you want light and fluffy rolls this is your Recipe. I love the pizza roll up idea… Once my dough was finished rising – I divided it into 2 balls to roll out. I made 1 ham and cheese roll up and 1 bell pepper, zucchini, ham, and cheese roll up. There were perfect! I WILL MAKE THIS AGAIN! Plus it was super easy to follow. Thanks
The Busy Baker says
Thank you so much Caitlin!! Makes me so happy to hear that you enjoyed the recipe so much!🙂
Lindsay Muirhead says
This might sound like a silly question but what kind of cheese would you suggest? Mozzarella? Cheddar?
Chrissie says
I’d suggest a combination of those 🙂