{"id":36694,"date":"2017-10-26T18:00:21","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T23:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=36694"},"modified":"2017-10-06T16:15:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T21:15:23","slug":"pepperoni-rolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=36694","title":{"rendered":"Pepperoni Rolls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I have a recipe for pepperoni rolls, but you might not know what I am talking about.\u00a0 It’s probably a whole new food term for you.\u00a0 I first heard about them when I was a college student at West Virginia University. \u00a0 I learned that the coal miners took\/take pepperoni rolls down in the mines with them for\u00a0 lunch or for snacks.\u00a0 These rolls are filling, flavorful, packable, affordable, easy to make, and don’t require refrigeration.\u00a0 They were started in West Virginia, and are now the food most closely associated with that state.\u00a0 They are often for sale in convenience stores in the coal mining regions of the state.\u00a0 They are simply dinner rolls that are stuffed with pepperoni and sometimes cheese.\u00a0 While in the oven, the flavors from the pepperoni ooze into the dough, and enhance the bread’s flavors.\u00a0 They became popular in the early 20th century when the coal was mined and the railroads were built by immigrants from Italy, according to Wikipedia.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Two Ways to Make Pepperoni Rolls<\/h2>\n

There\u00a0 are two ways you can make pepperoni rolls.\u00a0 The easy way is to buy frozen bread dough at the grocery.\u00a0 Follow the package’s directions and then form the dough into balls. (I took these unedited photos with greasy hands while forming the pepperoni rolls.)<\/p>\n

\"Pepperone<\/p>\n

Flatten each ball.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\"Pepperonie<\/p>\n

Fold the pepperoni in the middle of it.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\"Pepperoni<\/p>\n

Form a roll around the pepperoni, and place it in a baking pan to rise a second time.<\/p>\n

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Then bake them according to the directions.<\/p>\n

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If you are like me, then you prefer to make things from scratch.\u00a0 I found an easy homemade dinner roll recipe on Laughing Spatula<\/a> that is the perfect vessel for the pepperoni.\u00a0 It is a little different from the way most bread is made, but it is easy.<\/p>\n

The Recipe<\/h1>\n

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