For Valentine's Day I decided that I was going to make myself roses, Pizza roses that is! I saw a video on facebook and googled some recipes until I found something that I thought could work.

I bought two tubes of pilsbury thin crust pizza dough that comes in tubes to start. I rolled out one tube of dough and cut in into strips of 2in x 12in. I lightly sauced the strips with some extra pasta sauce I had in the cupboard and after some experimentation I figured out that this is the perfect length to fit about 8 pepperoni slices in a row slightly overlapping on one edge of the dough. After the row of pepperoni I sprinkled on shredded mozzarella cheese and folded the dough length wise to create a pocket for all the toppings. I started down one end of the strip and gently rolled it to create a pinwheel bun shape that fits perfectly in the muffin pan.

Each tube of dough makes about 6 roses which is why I bought two tubes to make a nice dozen. 20 minutes later in the oven and these roses were cooked to perfection.

They turned out really great and cheesy and once I got the hang of it, they were super easy to make. I would totally do it again. Crowd pleaser for sure and good as a treat to share.