This Pizza Roll Casserole Recipe is an easy dinner that gives us the flavors of pizza rolls in one of our favorite easy dinner recipes! This easy Pepperoni Pizza Roll Casserole is fun to make and it is the perfect alternative to ordering pizza delivery on Friday nights!
Why You are going to Love our Pizza Roll Casserole
This easy dinner recipe is actually something that you could even eat with your fingers, making it a great finger food for your family gatherings and parties! Grab a roll, and dip in marinara sauce and enjoy!
Doesn't it look just delicious? You might also want to check out our Easy Cheesy Pepperoni Pizza Dip Recipe, which makes a great appetizer to eat while this easy dinner recipe is cooking!
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Here are the Ingredients You will need to make our Pizza Roll Casserole
- Refrigerated pizza dough
- Quality pizza sauce
- Cooked ground sausage
- Shredded mozzarella cheese
- Chopped fresh basil optional
- pepperoni slices
Keep in mind that the exact quantities of each ingredient are listed in the printable recipe card below!
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Here's How to Make Pizza Roll Casserole
Pizza Roll Casserole Recipe Directions
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F and grease a small casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray or butter. I prefer nonstick cooking spray, like PAM, as it distributes more evenly and it's as messy!
Place the dough onto a lightly floured surface and flatten to the size of a baking sheet (10 x 15). Spread pizza sauce onto the dough keeping it ½" from the edge. Top with cheese, pepperoni and sausage.
Begin to roll the dough into a log, starting from the long side. Pinch the seams together as best as you can. This helps all of the sauce and goodies stay inside while baking!
Cut the dough into 8 pieces. Add small score marks with a knife to aid in cutting an equal number of pieces.
Place rolls into prepared casserole dish. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
Hint: Sprinkle your finished Pizza Roll Casserole with fresh basil and serve with a side of pizza sauce for dipping!
This Pizza Roll Casserole Recipe serves four people, so make a nice side salad to round out this easy dinner recipe!
Substitutions and Variations for this Easy Dinner Recipe
Now, you can get creative with this Pizza Roll Casserole Recipe, by adding different cheeses, more cheese on top - or even substituting different sauces in place of the pizza sauce.
- Italian Sausage- instead of pepperoni, you can use cooked Italian sausages or just double the cooked sausage the recipe calls for
- Add Peppers- add cooked, diced green bell peppers for a bit of veggies
- Make it Vegetarian or Vegan - the pepperoni and sausage can be replaced with a plant-based pepperoni to make this vegetarian, or vegan by using plant based meat and dairy alternatives.
See this Pinwheel version of this recipe for something a bit simpler and more of an appetizer!
Top tip
When I make a casserole, I try to make it in a casserole dish with a lid. This way, it is easy to put away leftovers in the fridge! You can grab my favorite Pyrex Casserole dish with lid here!
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Pizza Roll Casserole
Ingredients
- 13.8 oz refrigerated pizza dough
- 1 cup pizza sauce divided
- ½ cup cooked ground sausage
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese divided
- chopped fresh basil optional
- ½ cup pepperoni
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and grease a small casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- Place the dough onto a lightly floured surface and flatten to the size of a baking sheet (10x15).
- Spread pizza sauce onto the dough keeping it ½" from the edge.
- Top with cheese, pepperoni and sausage.
- Roll the dough from the long side. Pinch the seams together as best as you can.
- Cut the dough into 8 pieces
- Add small score marks with a knife to aid in cutting an equal number of pieces.
- Place rolls into prepared baking pan.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
- Sprinkle with fresh basil and serve with pizza sauce for dipping
Kathleen Allen says
Hello Jennifer. How can I get a printed copy of your pizza roll casserole? It looks devine. Thank you.