Cheesy Pizza Bites

Recipe By: Queen G's Recipes

Serves: 6 to 8

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Bake time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 lb. ball of pizza dough (store bought or homemade)

• 1/2 cup of pizza sauce

• oregano

• 16 cubes of mozzarella cheese

• 32 slices pepperoni (I used turkey pepperoni)

Garlic Butter:

• 1/4 cup melted butter

• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

• ​everything bagel seasoning

Directions:

1. ​Sprinkle flour on your counter, and roll out the pizza dough to a 1/2" thickness. Create a large rectangle, and cut out the uneven edges. Make 15 squares out of your dough.
   

2. Add about half of a teaspoon of pizza sauce to the middle of each piece of dough. Sprinkle some oregano, and then add two slices of pepperoni to each one. Lastly, add one cube of mozzarella cheese on top of your pepperoni slices.
   

3. Carefully fold in each corner of the dough to the middle, to form a bite sized dough ball, and pinch any openings together.
   

4. Prepare a 9x13 baking dish that is greased with olive oil or non stick spray. Place the pizza balls in the baking dish, in a single layer. Cover them with plastic wrap and a clean tea towel.
   

5. Place the baking dish in the oven, with the oven turned off and the light turned on. This will allow the pizza balls to rise and double in size.
   

6. Preheat oven to 425F. Prepare the garlic butter, by mixing the melted butter with the garlic powder. Brush the garlic butter on each pizza ball and sprinkle everything bagel seasoning on top.
   

7. Bake for 20 minutes. Allow your pizza bites to cool for ten minutes before serving.