Cheese-Stuffed Pizza Pretzels

• store-bought pizza dough14 ounce
• shredded mozzarella cheese4 cup
• presliced pepperoni15 piece
• marinara sauce0
• nonstick vegetable oil cooking spray0

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 425°F (220°C).

2. 2

   Unroll the dough, it should form 15x9-inch (38x22 cm) rectangle, then cut the rectangle horizontally into three equal strips. (These will be your three pretzels.) Carefully stretch each of the strips by width and length — stretch each to about 3 inch (7 ½ cm) width and about 34 inch (86 cm) length.

3. 3

   Sprinkle 1 cup (100g) of cheese down the center of each dough strip.

4. 4

   Reserve the last 1 cup (100g) of cheese for later.

5. 5

   Fold the dough over the cheese, pressing to seal and rolling slightly to create 3 dough logs filled with cheese.

6. 6

   Cover a baking sheet with foil and spray with vegetable oil.

7. 7

   To form the pretzels, take one dough log, move it to the foil covered baking sheet, then form a circle with the ends of the log at the top of the circle.

8. 8

   Twist the log ends around each other once and bring them down to meet the bottom of the circle.

9. 9

   Repeat with the other two dough logs.

10. 10

    Wrap pepperonis on the pretzels — 5-ish per pretzel — then sprinkle the remaining cup of cheese among the three pretzels.

11. 11

    Bake 14-18 minutes until deep golden brown.

12. 12

    Serve immediately with pizza sauce for dipping.

13. 13

    Enjoy!