Deep dish pizza bake is a new take on pizza, using dinner roll dough and lots of great pizza toppings in a large pan to create a meal with leftovers for days or a great crowd-pleasing meal.
Course: Main Course
Keyword: basil pesto, breakfast casserole, crowd-pleaser, deep dish, easy dinner, fresh mushrooms, frozen rolls, green bell pepper, marinara sauce, meal for a crowd, mozzarella, onion, pepperoni, pizza, vegetarian
Ingredients
Cooking spray
1 48-ouncebag frozen yeast dinner roll dough
3-4tablespoonsolive oil
1-2cupspizza saucewe used pesto
Your favorite pizza toppingsprecooked
32ouncesshredded cheesewe used a combo of mozzarella and Mexican blend
Instructions
Spray a large 12-by-18-by-2-inch pan with cooking spray. Spread the entire package of frozen dough evenly over the bottom and spray them with more cooking spray. Cover the pan with plastic wrap and set it aside for the dough to thaw and rise. This will take about three hours.
In the meantime, cook any toppings that are raw (ex. hamburger, sausage, etc.) that you’ll want to add to your pizza bake, and set those aside.
When the dough is about doubled in size, remove the plastic wrap. Drizzle the rolls with olive oil, and then gently squish the dough to flatten it and eliminate seams. Add salt and pepper, to taste, since the bread has not been seasoned at all to this point.
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
Spread the sauce over the top of the dough. (You don’t have to avoid the edges. There is no “crust” with this.)
Add your toppings and any additional seasonings you like on your pizza, and finish off with a healthy layer of cheese.
Bake, uncovered, for 30 minutes or until the bread is completely baked and everything is heated through.
Let the pizza bake rest for five to 10 minutes before slicing and serving.