Easy Football Pizza Pinwheels

Got a fun football party idea for you!! Rocking Pizza Pinwheels shaped as a football. It’s so fun and easy, your guests will love it!

First of all, sorry for not posting any new recipes for a couple of days. Little man and I have been quite under the weather and I couldn’t bring myself up to write or cook.

I did manage to whip up some awesome pizza pinwheels. I thought it would be a fun party idea to make the pinwheels into a football. At first, I thought that I would need a special pan but then I got an idea. Making a football form is super easy with aluminum foil! Duh!

I made the pinwheels using Pillsbury pizza dough (original, not thin crust), Marinara sauce and lots or cheese! You can choose your own filling of course, we just like a plain cheese pizza. To make the football stitches, I used mini pepperoni pieces. Isn’t it just too fun?!

Easy Football Pizza Pinwheels

I made the pinwheels using Pillsbury pizza dough (original, not thin crust), Marinara sauce and lots or cheese! You can choose your own filling of course, we just like a plain cheese pizza. To make the football stitches, I used mini pepperoni pieces. 

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Course: Appetizer, lunch, Snack

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes minutes

Servings: 6

Calories: 270kcal

Author: Lyuba Brooke

Ingredients

• ▢ 13.8 oz original refrigerated pizza dough
• ▢ 2/3 cup Marinara sauce
• ▢ 1 cup shredded Mozzarella cheese
• ▢ salt
• ▢ Mini Pepperoni pieces for topping

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Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 400.
• Roll out the pizza dough and straighten it to an even rectangle. Pull it a little but not too much so it won't be too thin or rip.
• Spread the marinara sauce evenly but leave about 1/2 an inch sauce free at the top, long side. This is so the dough will seal once rolled up. Add some salt.
• Spread the cheese over the sauce. Tightly roll up the dough.
• Cut the roll into 7-8 pieces.
• Cut two large rectangles out of aluminum foil. Place the foil piece one on top of the other and grease the foil. Lay the rolls in the form of a football in the middle of the foil sheets and bring up the edges of the foil. Fold and form a football shape out of the foil around the pinwheels, leaving a little bit of space between the foil and pinwheels so there is a little room for them to expand. Carefully (use a large spatula to help) place the foil form of pinwheels into a large rectangular baking dish.
• Lay the mini pepperoni pieces on top of the pinwheels to form the football stitches.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes, until golden brown.

Nutrition

Calories: 270kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 866mg | Potassium: 121mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 244IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 100mg | Iron: 2mg

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