Quick Pizza Melts

Brandess's Note:

Pizza toppings are baked inside flaky crescent layers, and then sliced into triangles perfect for dipping in pizza sauce or ranch dressing. Our favorite dip for these melts is ranch dressing with blue cheese crumbles.

• Total Time: 55 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 16

• 2 (8 ounce) cans refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
• 1/4 cup pizza sauce
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package pepperoni, sliced
• 2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 1 egg, beaten
• 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese, grated
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
• 1 cup pizza sauce, if desired (optional)

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 375°F Grease cookie sheet. On cookie sheet, unroll 1 can of dough into 1 large rectangle. With floured rolling pin or fingers, roll or press dough into 12x9-inch rectangle, firmly pressing perforations to seal.
2. Spread 1/4 cup pizza sauce over dough to within 1/4 inch of edges. Top with pepperoni and mozzarella cheese.
3. On 14-inch length of parchment paper, unroll remaining can of dough. Press to make 12x9-inch rectangle, firmly pressing perforations to seal. While holding paper with dough, turn dough upside down to cover cheese. Remove paper. Brush with beaten egg. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and oregano.
4. Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand on cooling rack 5 to 10 minutes. Move to cutting board. Using pizza cutter, cut into 16 squares. Cut each square in half diagonally. Serve with 1 cup pizza sauce.

Reviews

[Chads Cook]

Chad and I really enjoyed this. Instead of using the crescent roll dough, I used cans of Pillsbury seamless dough. It worked great and I didn't have to spend any time pressing the seams of the crescents together. Next time I'll skip greasing the pan. I especially like how I can change this recipe depending on what we're in the mood for! Thanks for a keeper!

[Virginia Cherry Blossom]

I too did not grease the baking sheet. Came out perfectly golden brown. Seemed like a lot of cheese to use in this. My first bite, initially reminded me of the cheese bread sticks at Pizza Hut, but after that I came to realize that it is a pretty heavy meal. Maybe it was just the crescent rolls that I used (Pillsbury.) Very easy and quick to make as well.

[Southern Bug]

These were super easy and very good! I can see these being a great finger-food for football watching. We used extra pizza sauce for dipping.