Easy Pizza Roses for Valentine’s Day
Easy pizza roses made with pizza dough, pepperoni, sauce, and cheese, baked into rose shapes for a festive Valentine’s Day treat.
Ingredients
- 1 can 13–16 oz refrigerated pizza dough
- ½ cup pizza sauce
- 1 ½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 ½ cups pepperoni slices
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F and lightly grease a muffin tin.
- Roll pizza dough into a large rectangle on a floured surface.
- Cut dough lengthwise into 6–8 long strips.
- Spread a thin layer of pizza sauce down the center of each strip.
- Sprinkle mozzarella cheese evenly over the sauce.
- Layer pepperoni slices along one edge, slightly overlapping.
- Fold the bottom half of the dough strip over the filling.
- Roll the strip tightly into a rose shape.
- Place seam-side down into the muffin tin.
- Brush tops lightly with olive oil and sprinkle with Italian seasoning and Parmesan if using.
- Bake for 18–22 minutes until golden and bubbly.
- Cool for a few minutes, then remove and serve warm.
Notes
Notes:
Use thick pizza sauce to prevent leaking. Let roses rest briefly before removing from the pan to keep their shape.
Use thick pizza sauce to prevent leaking. Let roses rest briefly before removing from the pan to keep their shape.