Cheesy Dinner Roll Leaves

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Did you get stuck with “roll” duty again this year for Thanksgiving? I hate to break it to you, but it’s probably because your family doesn’t think you can cook. But they’re wrong! If you can follow directions, you can cook!

So this Thanksgiving I want you to surprise everyone by making these festive, cheesy leaves. I saw another blogger make these with crescent roll sheets. But I cannot for the life of me figure out how she did that because when I tried it, the crescent roll sheet was way too flimsy and the leaf didn’t hold it’s shape.

So my solution was to use pizza dough! You could also use puff pastry. It honestly doesn’t matter because you’re going to brush butter on it and cover it in cheese and seasoning anyway.

When it comes to decorating these leaves, use whatever cheese and seasoning combination your heart desires. The goal is to decorate them in a way that makes the look like autumn leaves. I used cheddar cheese, Italian seasoning, and paprika. Pesto would also be really good!

It’s important to note when you bake these leaves the cooking time is not nearly as long as a normal pizza crust because, of course, they’re a lot smaller.

These beautiful roll alternatives are delicious plain, or I think they would be tasty with hummus too!

Cheesy Dinner Roll Leaves

Ingredients

• 1 pizza crust
• 2 Tablespoons Challenge butter, melted
• 1/2 cup cheddar cheese
• 2 Tablespoons Italian seasoning
• 1 teaspoon paprika

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit and place parchment paper on baking sheet.
2. Cut leaves using cookie cutter on pizza crust and set on prepared baking sheet
3. Brush melted butter on top of leaves
4. Sprinkle cheese, Italian seasoning, and paprika on top, or whatever seasonings you desire.
5. Bake for about 6 minutes or just until the leaves start to turn golden brown.
6. Serve plain or with hummus.