Pizza pinwheels
These pizza pinwheels are a fun twist on the classic pizza. Add any topping you like then roll them up and pop them in the oven. You’ll get a crispy, moist, cheesy pizza bite for your effort.
Pizza pinwheels are a fun twist on the classic pizza. Add any topping you like then roll them up and pop them in the oven. You’ll get a crispy, moist, cheesy pizza bite for your effort.
Our kids are not big fans of pizza. They like all the ingredients separately but won’t touch pizza even if they make it themselves and choose their own toppings. As we have a little more time during the holidays I decided to try these pizza pinwheels for lunch to see if I could trick them into trying them. It worked! They were a hit with (almost) the whole family so we might have finally found a way of sneaking some pizza into our diet! We might have made them in the holidays but these would be the perfect addition to kids’ lunchboxes too.
You could either use a sheet of pre-made pizza dough or make your own. Making your own is easy if you have time and you’ll end up with a nicer pizza roll but if you don’t have time, use a ready-made one. The dough from our supermarket was really thin which made shaping the pinwheels a bit difficult but as long as you are not too fussy about how they look it won’t matter.
You can also use puff pastry to make these. Follow the same instructions, using a ready-rolled sheet of puff pastry and you’ll end up with lovely crisp puff pastry pin wheels. A great, alternative to pizza for kids.
How can kids help make pizza pinwheels?
These are so easy to make meaning there are loads of opportunities for kids to help. They can practice their buttering and spreading when they add the sauce, and choose and add their own toppings. My kids also enjoyed getting to roll the pinwheels up and if you’ve got older kids they can help cut the pinwheels up.
Can you make pinwheels ahead of time?
Once you’ve rolled up the pinwheels if you don’t bake them straight away, cover them and pop them in the fridge. Before you bake them, remove them from the fridge, slice them and bake pop them in the oven.
Once you’ve baked them, you can serve them warm, or keep them for another day. They’ll keep, covered in the fridge for a few days.
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 15 minutes plus 15 minutes baking
Serves: 4
Ingredients
Pizza dough (pre-made or make your own)
1 cup passata/marinara sauce
250g grated mozzarella or a mozzarella/cheddar mix
Your favourite toppings
how to make pizza pinwheels from scratch
Preheat your oven to 220C/200C Fan /390F and line two baking trays with baking/parchment paper.
Arrange your pizza toppings
Lay or roll out your pizza base out in a rectangle on a lightly floured work surface or sheet of baking paper. If you have made your own pizza dough, roll it out into a large rectangle about ¾ cm thick.
Get your kids to help you spoon the passata/marinara sauce over the base of your pizza, making sure you get right to the edges.
Then, sprinkle over your toppings and cheese. If you want, you can add different toppings to different sections to give yourself more variety. This can be a good way of keeping different kids happy, by letting them create their own pizza pinwheels by choosing their own toppings.
Make the pizza pinwheels
Starting at the long edge start roll the pizza up until you have a neat spiral. Using a sharp knife, cut the spiral into pieces about 2-3cm thick.
Place them on your prepared baking trays, reshaping them if you need to.
Pop them in the oven and bake for approximately 15 minutes. They’re ready when they’ve turned a nice golden brown colour and the base is properly cooked.
Remove from the oven and enjoy!
Pizza pinwheels
Ingredients
- Pizza dough pre-made or make your own
- 1 cup passata/marinara sauce
- 250 g grated mozzarella or a mozzarella/cheddar mix
- Your favourite toppings
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 220C/200C Fan /390F and line two baking trays with baking/parchment paper.
Arrange your pizza toppings
- Lay or roll out your pizza base out in a rectangle on a lightly floured work surface or sheet of baking paper. If you have made your own pizza dough, roll it out into a large rectangle about ¾ cm thick.
- Spoon the passata/marinara sauce over the base of your pizza, making sure you get right to the edges.
- Then, sprinkle over your toppings and cheese. If you want, you can add different toppings to different sections to give yourself more variety.
Make the pizza pinwheels
- Starting at the long edge start roll the pizza up until you have a neat spiral. Using a sharp knife, cut the spiral into pieces about 2-3cm thick.
- Place them on your prepared baking trays, reshaping them if you need to.
- Pop them in the oven and bake for approximately 15 minutes. They’re ready when they’ve turned a nice golden brown colour and the base is properly cooked.
- Remove from the oven and enjoy!
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