Pepperoni Rolls
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
- 1 cup warm water 100 degrees F/40 degrees C
- ½ teaspoon white sugar
- 25 ounce package active dry yeast
- 5 cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 eggs beaten
- ½ cup butter melted
- 8 ounce package sliced pepperoni
Instructions
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bake rolls in the preheated oven until bottoms are lightly browned and tops are barely golden, 14 to 16 minutes.