Description
These are the amazingly unique pepperoni rolls found in almost all convenience stores in West Virginia and Southwestern PA. 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
- 1 (.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
- 1 (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.
Prep Time: 25 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins
Servings: 20