Pizza Buns
If you're over regular pizza slices, these pizza buns are fun to make (and eat!).
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 385kcal
Equipment
- 1 9x9 Glass baking dish
Ingredients
Dough
- 1 ¼ cup warm water
- 1 tsp instant dry yeast
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1 Tbsp maple syrup
- ½ Tbsp salt
- 3 cups all purpose flour (most for dusting)
Toppings
- black olives
- veggie bacon
- sun-dried tomatoes
- pesto
- cheese of choice, grated
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2 Tbsp margarine, melted (more for greasing your dish)
Instructions
- Combine water, yeast, oil and syrup in a bowl. Wait 5 minutes for yeast to bubble.
- Add salt and flour. Mix by hand in bowl until most of the time flour is incorporated.
- Transfer dough to a lightly dusted surface, knead dough until it's elastic and smooth, and no longer sticky (a couple minutes).
- Transfer to a lightly greased bowl and cover. Let rest about 1 hour, or until doubled in size.
- While resting, prep your toppings. I did a pesto pizza, but you can make whatever you want - tomato sauce & cheese, or something more fancy.
- Preheat oven to 350 °F and lightly grease a 9x9 glass baking dish.
- Once dough has doubled in size, transfer to a lightly dusted surface.
- Stretch (or roll out with a rolling pin) the dough out into a rectangle (about 13" x 16"). You don't want it too thin. If your dough is ripping, stretch it as much as you can, and then let it rest for 5 mins. Come back, and stretch it the remainder of the way.
- Dress your dough with your sauce and toppings. Spread your sauce and toppings right to the edge.
- Starting at one of the shorter ends, roll your dough until it's rolled up completely.
- Using a serrated knife, cut into 1" slices and place in your greased dish. Pack them tightly. Any extras can go on a greased cooking sheet. The more toppings you use, the fewer will fit in the dish.
- Brush the tops with garlic butter.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until golden brown. Rotate throughout the bake.
- Let cool 5-10 minutes in the dish, and then remove and let cool on a wire rack another 5 minutes.
- Serve with a salad, and a dip!
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving (dough alone, does not include toppings) | Calories: 385kcal
