Homemade crescent roll pizza has a light, buttery, and flaky crust that is quick to make.
Crescent roll dough is the perfect thin-crust pizza base for pizza sauce, pepperoni, and loads of melty cheese.
Holly’s Recipe Highlights
- Flavor: This pizza has a light and flaky buttery crust, and the garlic butter gives it a savory and garlicky flavor.
- Difficulty: The dough is the perfect knead-free and mess-free pizza base. Just unroll and top.
- Serving Suggestions: Crescent roll pizza is a kid-friendly activity for parties, playdates, and sleepovers.
Ingredients
Crescent Roll Dough: No need to buy the Pillsbury brand, any brand will do. No crescent rolls? Use puff pastry or ready-made pie dough.
Garlic Butter: The secret ingredient to a crispy crust with authentic Italian flavor is the garlic butter. Punch up the flavor with extra seasonings like oregano, basil, or some red pepper flakes.
Pizza Sauce: Any pizza sauce or marinara works for crescent roll pizza.
Cheese: Loads of ooey gooey mozzarella, parmesan, a Mexican cheese blend, or any shredded cheese works.
Toppings: Pepperoni, cooked Italian sausage, leftover taco meat, or chicken are great options for customizing pizzas. Omit the meat and make a veggie pizza with spinach and mushroom.
Variations
- Make a BBQ chicken pizza by switching out the pizza sauce for BBQ sauce and top with cooked shredded or diced chicken and black olives.
- Or try a Hawaiian-style pizza using slices of deli ham and pineapple bits.
- Or turn it into a breakfast pizza with breakfast sausage, scrambled eggs, and cheese!
How to Make Crescent Roll Pizza
- Roll out the dough and pinch the seams together.
- Brush melted garlic butter over the top (full recipe below).
- Spread sauce, pepperoni, and seasonings (if using) over the top.
- Bake until perfectly golden!
Shortcut Tips
- Buy pre-shredded mozzarella to save on time.
- Line the baking sheet with parchment paper for easy cleanup; no scrubbing needed.
- Buy pre-sliced pepperoni or pre-cut toppings to avoid extra chopping.
- Use store-bought garlic butter or mix melted butter with garlic powder in seconds.
Leftovers
Keep leftover crescent roll pizza in single layers in a covered container and use parchment paper in between layers if stacking them. They will keep for 3-4 days in the refrigerator.
Enjoy pizza cold, or warm portions in the microwave, air fryer, or in a dry skillet before serving.
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Crescent Roll Pizza
Equipment
Ingredients
- 8 ounces crescent roll dough 1 can
- 2 tablespoons garlic butter melted
- ½ cup pizza sauce
- 1¼ cups mozzarella cheese shredded
- 20 slices pepperoni or your favorite toppings
- ¼ teaspoon dried oregano optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375℉. Lightly grease a baking sheet or line it with parchment.
- Roll out the dough onto the baking sheet and pinch together any seams.
- Brush the melted garlic butter over the entire crust.
- Spread the sauce over the dough, leaving a ¾-inch border around the edges. Top with the cheese and pepperoni slices. Sprinkle the dried oregano overtop (if using).
- Bake for 12 to 14 minutes until the cheese is melted and crust is golden.
- Let cool on the pan for a couple of minutes before slicing and serving.
Notes
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
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I would leave the garlic butter off of the entire pizza. It made the crust too soggy for me. Maybe just on the edges would be okay.
Definitely an option. Thank you for trying our recipe, Margaret!
This is an easy recipe that is so good! I will definitely make this again and again! Thank you fir sharing!
Thank you for trying it, Andrea!
I made this pizza recipe and it turned out wonderful!! Thank you for such an easy and delicious pizza recipe!!
I am so glad you enjoyed this recipe Glenda!
Love it! So quick and easy to put together!
I am so glad you enjoyed this recipe!
You wouldn’t think these would be all that good, but they ARE. The vegetable pizza is equally good.
We love the vegetable pizza!!