Pizza Roll-Ups (Oamc)

Tish's Note:

A once a month recipe that is great for picnics or nights when the family has to eat in shifts. They can be eaten warm or cold.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 25 mins
• Prep Time: 50 mins
• Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 24 Roll ups

• 1 loaf frozen French bread dough or 1 loaf italian bread dough or 1 loaf all purpose bread dough
• 1 lb lean ground beef or 1 lb turkey
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 2 cups grated part-skim mozzarella cheese
• 1 teaspoon Italian herb seasoning
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
• 4 cups italian tomato sauce

Directions:

1. Thaw dough; roll it into 14 x 24-inch rectangle about 1/4 inch thick.
2. Brown ground beef or turkey; stir in remaining ingredients except Italian tomato xauce.
3. Spoon filling evenly onto dough, slightly pressing filling into dough.
4. Roll dough lengthwise like a jelly roll, and cut into 24 1-inch slices.
5. Treat 2 rimmed cookie sheets with nonstick spray; lay slices on sheets about 1 inch apart.
6. Preheat oven to 400°F.
7. Let roll-ups sit for 10 minutes.
8. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden.
9. Cool roll-ups and freeze in 4 1 gallon bags, 6 per bag.
10. Slip a 1 quart bag with 1 cup sauce into each bag of pizza roll ups.
11. To prepare, thaw roll-ups and warm them in a preheated 400°F oven for 10 minutes or put them frozen in the microwave; heat on high for about 2 minutes.
12. Serve with warmed Italian tomato sauce.

Reviews

[karen in tbay]

Fun food for the kids - ran short on mozz chz so used 1 cup montery with jalapeno. Nice snack

[Autumnhope]

I make something similar to this. It's called Stromboli. Everything is the same except that I don't slice before cooking, just cook the roll as a loaf of bread on a cookie sheet, approx 30-40 min at 325. This can be used for any ingredients, Ive tried it with ham and cheese with vegetables and scrambled eggs with bacon and cheese whatever ingredients you used, remember the cheese,it acts as a binder and holds everything together

[mistydisa]

These were just okay for us. Something about the seasonings made my hamburger meat taste more like sausage after coming out of the oven. That's not a bad thing considering we like sausage, but it was just unexpected. My first batch was charcoal after 20 minutes; I had to reduce cooking time to 14. I can see where these could be a kid-pleaser, but I'm not sure I'll try them again. Thank you, though!