5 Ways to Get Creative with Pizza Dough

You can make it at home, buy it at the market, or even pick it up at your local pizza shop. Next time you get it, break out of the plain cheese pizza box and get creative with it! 

1:28 Pretzel Bites

2:51 Crispy Flatbread Sandwich

4:45 Stuffed Sesame Pancakes

6:40 Pizza Pockets

8:37 Cinnamon Rolls 

Pretzel Bites

Ingredients 

Pizza Dough 
Water
Baking Soda
Sea Salt 
Butter

- Preheat oven at 425. Roll pizza dough into a log shape, cut into pieces and roll. In a pan boil water and baking soda. Once the water starts to bubble add dough balls and boil for 1 minute. Drain on a paper towel. Spray tin foil lined cookie sheet a put dough. Sprinkle the top of each piece with sea salt. Bake at 425 for 10-15 minutes. Brush with melted butter and enjoy!

Crispy Flatbread Sandwich

Ingredients 

Pizza Dough
Lettuce
Creamy Dressing
Deli Meat
Hot Sauce
Cheese 
Onion

- Chop lettuce and mix in a bowl with creamy dressing. Flatten out a piece of pizza dough. Chop and fry deli meat in a pan with hot sauce. Then fry the pizza dough in a pan on both sides, top with cheese and let it melt. Add spicy deli meal, sliced onions, lettuce and fold over. 

Stuffed Sesame Pancakes 

Ingredients 

Sesame Pancake 

Pizza Dough
Soy Sauce
Sesame Seeds

"Stuffing"

Sausage
Soy Sauce
Honey
Sesame Seeds
Carrot
Cucumber
Spicy Mayo
Scallions

- Roll pizza dough till flat, and poke holes. Brush with soy sauce and cover with sesame seeds. Fry on low heat for 20 minutes, flipping ever 5 minutes. Brush the other side with soy sauce and cover with sesame seeds as well. Fry some sausage, add soy sauce, honey, and sesame seeds, caramelize. Cut open sesame pancake and add carrots, cucumber, sausage, spicy mayo and scallions. Close the sandwich and eat!

Pizza Pockets

Ingredients 

Pizza Pocket

Pizza Dough
Tomato Sauce
Mozzarella 
Pepperoni
Basil 

Garlic Butter

Butter 
Garlic 

- Preheat oven to 425. Roll out pizza dough till flat. Scoop tomato sauce onto half of the dough in sections. Top the sauce with a piece of mozzarella, pepperoni, and basil. Fold over the other half of the dough. Cut into sections (like ravioli). Seal the edges with a fork. Drizzle a cookie sheet with olive oil, and add pizza pockets. Bake at 425 for 10 minutes. Melt butter and crushed garlic in microwave for 1 minutes. Brush pizza pockets with garlic butter and return to oven for 5 minutes. Brush with garlic butter again and enjoy. 

Cinnamon Rolls 

Ingredients

Dough

Pizza Dough
Flour

Filling

Butter
Brown Sugar
Cinnamon
Chopped Nuts (Any kind)
Raisins 

Glaze 

Cream Cheese
Powdered Sugar
Cinnamon
Milk

- Preheat oven to 400. Flour your surface, and roll pizza dough till flat. In a bowl melt butter, add brown sugar and cinnamon and mix together. Rub filling onto pizza dough, add chopped nuts, raisins, and roll! Cut into pieces. Spray oven safe dish and place rolls. Back at 400 for 15 minutes. To make the glaze mix cream cheese, powdered sugar, and cinnamon. Add a splash of milk and mix again. Top your hot Cinnamon Rolls with your glaze!