These pepperoni rolls are just like the amazingly unique pepperoni rolls found in almost all convenience stores in West Virginia and Southwestern Pennsylvania. A slightly sweet fluffy dough with spicy pepperoni makes for a delicious treat!
Ingredients
- warm water (100 degrees F/40 degrees C): 1 cup
- white sugar: 0.5 tsp
- active dry yeast: 1 pack (.25 ounce pack)
- all-purpose flour: 5 cups
- white sugar: 0.75 cup
- salt: 2 tsp
- eggs: 2 piece (beaten)
- butter: 0.5 cup (melted)
- pepperoni: 1 pack (8 ounce pack, sliced)
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
-
Stir together 1 cup warm water and 1/2 teaspoon sugar in a small bowl until sugar dissolves. Sprinkle yeast over water; let stand for 5 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
-
Mix flour, 3/4 cup sugar, and salt in a large bowl. Stir in yeast mixture, beaten eggs, and melted butter until dough comes together. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
-
Place dough into a greased bowl and turn to coat with oil. Cover with a light cloth; let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 1/2 hours. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
-
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet.
-
Punch down dough; divide into 20 equal pieces about the size of a golf ball. Using your hands, flatten each piece into a small rectangle, about 4 inches square.
-
Place 3 overlapping slices of pepperoni down the center of each dough square. Place another row of 3 pepperoni slices next to the first. Roll dough around pepperoni, pinch the edges closed, and place rolls on the prepared cookie sheet. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
-
Bake rolls in the preheated oven until bottoms are lightly browned and tops are barely golden, 14 to 16 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
