This twist on a traditional pizza caught my eye when I was scrolling through Facebook one day. I think my favorite food page to follow is Tasty. You know, all those delicious videos of foods you can only eat in moderation…the foods that make you salivate and your buttons pop just by thinking about them. The recipes you watch being made, but never make yourself.
I decided this one looked easy enough to try and really wanted my boys to try something different with a hint of familiarity. Let me just tell you that what it lacks in appearance it makes up for in taste! The boys absolutely LOVED these pizza twists!

Pizza Twists

2 puff pastry sheets, thawed
pizza sauce (your preference)
mozzarella cheese
pepperoni and other pizza toppings, optional
1 egg
1/2 TBSP milk

Ingredients

2 puff pastry sheets, thawed
pizza sauce (your preference)
mozzarella cheese
pepperoni & other pizza toppings, optional
1 egg
1/2 TBSP milk

Directions

First start with two thawed out puff pastry sheets. Open them up and place one sheet on top of other.
Now find a round plate and place it face down on top of the layered puff pastry sheets. You’re going to cut around the edge of the plate and remove the excess dough.
Remove the top layer and set that piece of puff pastry aside. Spread a generous helping of pizza sauce on the bottom layer of the puff pastry. I would HIGHLY recommend prepping this on a pizza stone or baking sheet.
Sprinkle a generous helping of mozzarella cheese over the pizza sauce and top with your favorite kind of pizza toppings. We only used pepperoni. Using too many toppings will make it a little harder for the next couple of steps so proceed with caution 🙂
Now cover the sauce and cheese with the puff pastry sheet you set aside earlier.
Place the bottom of a glass…or a really small bowl…in the center of the “pizza”. You’re going to use this as a guide to make your slices. Don’t cut around the edge of the glass/bowl. Just cut the slices from the edge of the sheets to the bottom of the glass/bowl.
Now take each slice and twist them until they look like they do below…a hot mess!
Coat the dough with a little egg wash. Just mix together 1 egg and 1/2 TBSP. of milk and brush it all over the top. Bake at 400 for 20-25 minutes.
Remove from oven, pull the twists off, and eat!