Fabulous Pepperoni Rolls

My mother-in-law made pepperoni rolls for her birthday recently and tortured us during our Skype conversation by having to leave the computer for a minute and go take them out of the oven.  I tried to get it out of my mind, but ever since I have wanted them!  My mother-in-law always has used a boxed hot roll mix to make them, but I was up for something a bit more challenging.  I love to modify recipes and do creative things with them.  So, I decided to give this a go.  If you would like to give them a shot.  This is the recipe:

FABULOUS PEPPERONI ROLLS

Wisk together:

2 Large Eggs
2 Large Egg Yolks (save the whites for later)
6 T Sugar

Add:  2 1/2 Cups lukewarm water.  Make sure it isn't over 110 degrees or it may kill the yeast.


I use my Kitchen aid mixer to knead dough.  I never do it by hand.


Add to your mixer or bowl (separate from the wet ingredients):

7 Cups All Purpose Flour
2 T. salt
3 tsp active dry yeast

Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients.

Knead for about 5 minutes

Let rest for 20 minutes

Add:   1 Cup All Purpose Flour

Knead until it pulls away from the sides of the bowl and forms a ball (approximately 5 minutes).

Place dough in a greased bowl, cover, and let rised in warm place for 1 hour.  I always rise my bread on the Bread proof setting for my oven.

Once the dough has doubled in size, punch it down to deflate it.  Flour a space on the counter and take dough by the handful and flatten it out on the counter.  Once you have a disk, add a small amount of pepperoni and any shredded cheese you would like to add to the center of the dough.  I used turkey pepperoni and then 1/2 mozzarella and 1/2 Colby Monterrey Jack.  Take the edges and gather them up so that the pepperoni and cheese are inside of the roll.  Place the seem side down into a large greased baking pan.  This will make approximately 16 large rolls.

Wisk the egg white that you saved and brush on the top of the rolls.

Cover the rolls and allow them to rise once again in a warm place for approximately 45 minutes.

Once the rolls have risen completely, brush the tops with another coat of egg white before placing them in the oven.

Bake the rolls at 375 Degrees for 10 minutes
then drop the temperature to 350 Degrees and bake them for an additional 12 minutes

Enjoy warm!
They were fabulous!