Appetizers · Christmas
Christmas Tree Pull-Apart Pesto Rolls
Warm pesto-and-cheese pull-apart rolls shaped like a Christmas tree, made for holiday parties, Christmas Eve snacks, or an easy appetizer everyone can tear into.
- Prep
- 25 min
- Cook
- 25 min
- Total
- 50 min
- Serves
- 12 rolls
The recipe card
Christmas Tree Pull-Apart Pesto Rolls
- Prep
- 25 min
- Cook
- 25 min
- Total
- 50 min
- Serves
- 12 rolls
Ingredients
- 1 lb refrigerated pizza dough
- 1/3 cup basil pesto
- 1 cup shredded low-moisture mozzarella
- 2 tbsp grated Parmesan
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 small red bell pepper, diced finely.
Method
- Heat oven to 400°F. Divide dough into 12 equal pieces. Flatten each, add about 3/4 tsp pesto and a pinch of mozzarella, then pinch shut firmly. Arrange seam-side down on a parchment-lined sheet pan as a tree: rows of 1, 2, 3 and 4 rolls, with 2 below for the trunk.
- Leave a little space for expansion. Brush with oil and sprinkle Parmesan.
- Bake 20–25 minutes until deeply golden and cooked through; check a center roll for raw dough. Sprinkle with tiny red pepper pieces after baking.
- Rest 5 minutes and pull apart.
