This easy, cheese-stuffed twist on pizza night makes a great dinner or fun game day appetizer.
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Pepperoni Pizza Braid
- Prep Time 10 min
- Total 30 min
- Ingredients 4
- Servings 8
Ingredients
- 1 can (8 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Original Crescent Rolls (8 Count) or 1 can (8 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Original Crescent Dough Sheet
- 1/4 cup pizza sauce (from 14-oz jar)
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese (4 oz)
- 1/2 cup pepperoni slices (2 oz) (about 27 slices)
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. Spray large cookie sheet with cooking spray, or line with cooking parchment paper.
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Step2Unroll dough on cookie sheet. Press into 13x8-inch rectangle; if using crescent rolls, firmly press perforations to seal. Spread pizza sauce in 3 1/2-inch-wide strip lengthwise down center of dough all the way to ends. Layer half the pepperoni slices and cheese over sauce; repeat.
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Step3Make cuts 1 inch apart on each side of rectangle just to edge of filling. Alternating from side to side, fold cut strips of dough at an angle halfway across filling, slightly overlapping ends.
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Step4Bake 16 to 20 minutes or until deep golden brown. Serve with additional pizza sauce, if desired.
Nutrition
180 Calories
11g Total Fat
6g Protein
14g Total Carbohydrate
4g Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 180
- Calories from Fat
- 100
- Total Fat
- 11g
- 17%
- Saturated Fat
- 5g
- 24%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 440mg
- 18%
- Potassium
- 75mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 14g
- 5%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 4g
- Protein
- 6g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 10%
- 10%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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