Dinner is ready in 15 minutes when you're making pizza with crescent rolls. This is a good shortcut recipe that produces a light and crispy pizza made with your favorite toppings.
This is another crescent roll recipe your whole family is going to love. Let me show you how easy it is to make pizza at home for dinner tonight!
If you've been a reader of my blog for anytime, you'll know that we love pizza! I have quite a few pizza recipes here on the site but making pizza with crescent rolls is the fastest way to have pizza for dinner.
The crust is light, airy and crispy. Using crescent rolls is really a great substitute when you're short on time. Or maybe you don't feel like preparing my homemade pizza dough.
Check out my other recipe for Pizza made with Crescent Rolls for a slight variation of this yummy recipe!
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Pizza Dipping Sauce
Check out my delicious pizza dipping sauce recipes and more traditional pizza recipes, try these homemade versions:
- Homemade pizza dough
- Pizza made with Beer dough
- Pizza and Pepperoni Braid
- Breakfast Pizza
- Crescent Roll Pizza Dough
What I love most about this making pizza with crescent roll dough is how quick it bakes.
This recipe pairs well either a side salad or my creamy pasta salad recipe. If you have a large family, you'll need to double the recipe and make two pizzas.
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Main Ingredients Needed
This is an overview of the ingredients and instructions. Be sure to see the recipe card below for exact quantities, detailed instructions and special notes.
Step-by-Step Directions
- Step 1: Preheat the oven to 425°F.
- Step 2: Open the can of crescent rolls, but do not separate them. Place them on a piece of parchment paper. Press the dough together to form one big rectangle.
📌Quick Tips: Try using either a pastry dough roller or rolling pin to get the crescent rolls to form a rectangle shape. If you need to, sprinkle a little flour on top of the dough to keep it from sticking.
- Step 3: Spread the pizza sauce over the dough leaving about an ½ inch to 1 inch crust.
- Step 4: Add the mozzarella cheese followed by the pepperoni, Parmesan cheese and Italian seasoning.
Baking Instructions
- Gently lift up the edges of the parchment paper and place either on top of the preheated pizza stone or a baking tray.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 10 - 12 minutes or until the crust is brown and the cheese is bubbling.
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💡 Substitutions and Variations
- Crescent Roll Sheet Dough- will help you get a more even surface. But sometimes it can be hard to find this type of dough in the grocery stores.
- Chopped Peppers- add red, green and yellow peppers to the top of the cheese.
- Italian Sausage - brown a few links of sweet Italian sausage and crumble it up and toss on top of the pizza sauce before adding the cheese.
- Mushrooms, Black Olives, Chopped Broccoli - make it a veggie pizza!
- See this dessert version of this recipe, Crescent Roll Fruit Tart, on my website!
🍶Storage Tips
- Store any leftovers in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.
- These ingredients don't stand up well to freezing.
🔁 How to Reheat Pizza
Use the following methods for reheating pizza:
- Toaster oven
- Traditional oven - I like to place leftover slices of pizza on a preheated pizza stone or a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Air fryer - one of the newest ways to ensure leftover pizza is crispy is to use the air fryer.
- Do not use the microwave!
💡Recipe FAQ
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After you open a can of crescent roll dough, you can wrap it with plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator for a few hours. However, after a few hours the dough will no longer be good.
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📇Recipe Card
Making Pizza with Crescent Rolls
Dinner is ready in 15 minutes when you're making pizza with crescent rolls. A light, crispy shortcut recipe w/your favorite toppings.
Ingredients
- 1 - 8 ounce can Pillsbury Refrigerator Crescent Rolls
- 1 cup pizza or marinara sauce
- 1 to 2 cups mozzarella cheese
- ¼ cup sliced pepperoni
- 1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
- 4 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°F. If you are using a pizza stone, place the stone in the oven while it preheats.
- Open the can of crescent rolls, but do not separate them.
- Place them on a piece of parchment paper.
- Press the dough together to form one big rectangle.
- You can use a pastry dough roller or even a rolling pin.
- You might need to sprinkle a little flour on top if you find the dough sticking.
- Spread the pizza sauce over the dough leaving about an ½ inch to 1 inch crust.
- Add the mozzarella cheese followed by the pepperoni, Parmesan cheese and Italian seasoning.
- Remove the pizza stone from the oven. Be careful, it's very hot!
- Gently lift up the edges of the parchment paper and place either on top of the preheated pizza stone or a baking tray.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 10 - 12 minutes or until the crust is brown and the cheese is bubbling.
- Slice the pizza into 8 squares and serve.
- This pizza should serve 4 people with a nice salad on the side.
Notes
Add your favorite pizza toppings:
- Chopped Peppers- add red, green and yellow peppers to the top of the cheese.
- Italian Sausage - brown a few links of sweet Italian sausage and crumble it up and toss on top of the pizza sauce before adding the cheese.
- Mushrooms, Black Olives, Chopped Broccoli - make it a veggie pizza!
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 604Total Fat: 35gSaturated Fat: 18gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 101mgSodium: 1303mgCarbohydrates: 46gFiber: 3gSugar: 10gProtein: 27g
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MBG says
I made this pizza a few times. Each time I have varied the toppings. I am planning on making it tonight. This time I will use ricotta cheese instead of marinara. I will then add a sliced shallot, breaded chicken breast strips, roasted broccoli and cauliflower topped with shredded mozzarella. This pizza and all my variations is requested by my husband quite frequently. My 4-year old twin grandchildren love it as well. Thanks so much for the great recipe that I can vary to my family’s tastes.
Lois says
I love the idea of using ricotta cheese on the pizza dough! That sounds so good! I'm glad you're enjoying the recipe and that your make it for your grandchildren!!!
Bree says
I’m curious why 425F instead of the 375F specified on the crescent roll package?
I cooked mine as specified in your recipe for 11 min and it came out a bit burnt on the bottom. My son still ate it… but even he was asking why it was burnt lol
Lois says
I always bake my pizza recipes in a hot oven. I'm guessing your oven at 425 is hotter than mine. Make a note and next time start checking the pizza after 8 minutes and remove it when it just starts to get brown. Thank you for visiting.
Jenna says
Such a great idea! I haven't had crescent rolls in a long time... But they are delicious! Will have to try this out 🙂
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Lois says
Thanks for visiting. Hope you try the recipe and like it!
Tobius says
OMG as the teens say these days, this was so good!
I love pizza, and I live alone so I hate making a big pizza, but this was a perfect size, I set aside a few slices for the next day's breakfast and lunch.
I made this exactly the way it was written except I added ham instead of pepperoni, a winner 🙂
Next time I make it I am going to try Daiya cheese as I can't have too much regular cheese
Lois says
Thanks for the great comment! Glad you enjoyed the recipe!