Gluten Free Pizza Rolls | the perfect party food or snack
Gluten free pizza rolls are the perfect finger food are they're surprisingly easy to make. They even reheat well for an after-school snack!
Yield: 24 pizza rolls
Ingredients
For the pizza dough (See Recipe Notes)
- 1 cup (140 g) all purpose gluten free flour blend (I recommend Better Batter; please click thru for full info on appropriate blends) plus more for sprinkling
- ½ teaspoon xanthan gum (omit if your blend already contains it)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¾ cup (170 g) nonfat Greek-style plain yogurt
- 2 tablespoons lukewarm water plus more as necessary
- 4 ounces low-moisture mozzarella cheese diced
- ½ cup (4 fluid ounces) Simple Tomato Sauce (or your favorite tomato sauce) plus more for serving
- Heavy whipping cream for brushing
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400°F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with unbleached parchment paper and set it aside.
Prepare the pizza dough.
- In a large bowl, place the flour blend, xanthan gum, baking powder, and salt, and whisk to combine.
- Add the yogurt and 2 tablespoons of water, and mix until the dough holds together well.
- If necessary for the dough to clump and hold together easily, without feeling stiff to the touch, add another tablespoon of water and mix to combine.
- Turn the dough out onto a very lightly floured surface and knead it with clean hands until it’s a bit smoother.
Shape the pizza dough.
- Sprinkle a flat work surface lightly with gluten free flour, place the dough on top of it, and sprinkle it again lightly.
- Roll out the dough into a large rectangle that is about 1/4-inch thick.
- Fold the dough over on itself at least once and roll it again, to ensure you’re working with a smooth dough.
- With a pastry wheel, pizza wheel or sharp knife, slice the rolled-out dough into rectangles about 2 1/2-inches long x 1 1/2-inches wide.
- Gather and reroll scraps as necessary.
- Working with each miniature rectangle at a time, roll it out again along its length until it’s a bit thinner.
Fill the dough.
- Place about 1 teaspoon of tomato sauce on one half of each rectangle, leaving at least a 3 cm of the edge of the dough bare.
- Place 3 to 4 pieces of chopped cheese (less if the cheese is cut into a larger dice) on top of the sauce. Do not overfill.
- Fold the clean half of the rectangle over the sauce and cheese, and press the edges together firmly to seal.
- Place the filled and shaped dough on the prepared baking sheet about 1-inch apart.
- Using the same pastry wheel, pizza wheel or sharp knife, slice two vents through the top layer of dough in each pizza roll.
- Using a pastry brush, brush each roll generously with the cream.
Bake the pizza rolls.
- Place the baking sheet in the center of the preheated oven and bake for about 15 minutes, or until the cheese is bubbling and the pizza rolls are uniformly golden brown all over. Serve warm.
Notes
For the pizza dough.
For a yeasted pizza dough, prepare a recipe for my basic gluten free pizza dough. Shape, fill, and bake as instructed in this recipe.
To serve a crowd.
This recipe can be easily doubled for a crowd.
The rolls can also be wrapped tightly in a freezer-safe wrap, and frozen until ready to use.
Defrost in the microwave or in a toaster oven until warmed throughout.
Defrost in the microwave or in a toaster oven until warmed throughout.