Easy Stromboli

Easy Stromboli is simply made with refrigerated pizza crust, pepperoni, sausage, pizza sauce and cheese! Perfect for lunch, dinner or game day!

A QUICK STROMBOLI RECIPE

If there’s one thing I know for sure, it’s that both kids and adults love a good, Easy Stromboli. You can easily change things up on the inside and make all sorts of different varieties. This stromboli is so simple to toss together that it makes for a perfect weeknight meal!

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (SEE RECIPE CARD BELOW FOR THE FULL RECIPE)

• refrigerated pizza dough– I usually grab the dough in a tube or package. Or, you can use a regular pizza dough ball (store bought or Homemade Pizza Dough)
• pizza sauce– grab a can of your favorite, or if you really want to make this a full homemade recipe all around, try my Homemade Pizza Sauce recipe.
• sliced pepperoni – you can really use whatever fillings you prefer.
•  Italian sausage- cooked and crumbled. When I first made this recipe, I recommended the already cooked sausage crumbles that you can find, but I have found that over time this has become more difficult to locate. So, I changed it up a bit and updated it to use Italian sausage that you cook up fresh. If you have leftover sausage from another meal, you can use that. Or, if you want to meal prep a bit and cook some up earlier in the day, that may save you some time later.
• shredded mozzarella cheese – feel free to change up the type of cheese to suit your tastes.
• Italian seasoning
• melted butter – I use salted butter but you could use unsalted.
• garlic powder
• shredded Parmesan cheese – I sprinkle this on top but it is optional.

HOW TO MAKE THIS EASY STROMBOLI:

Preheat oven to 375F. Spray a large baking sheet (I used a half sheet size baking pan) with nonstick cooking spray (or line with nonstick aluminum foil). Roll out pizza dough on the prepared baking sheet. If it isn’t spreading easily, allow it to warm up to room temperature a bit. Cold dough is harder to spread. Cook the Italian sausage in a skillet on the stove. Drain excess grease. Crumble the sausage and set aside. In the center of the dough, spread the sauce.

Then add sliced pepperoni and cooked sausage.

Add mozzarella. Then sprinkle evenly with Italian seasoning. Cut 1′′ thick strips all the way down each long side of dough from the edge of the filling to the outer edge of the dough to weave with. Braid the bread by starting with the strips in each top corner, laying them over the filling and criss-crossing over each other. Continue braiding and tuck the last braid under when you get to the end.

Melt butter in a bowl and add garlic powder. Brush the braided dough with melted butter.

Then bake for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown. Some dough may take longer to cook so just look for it to be golden brown and no longer doughy.

Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and dried parsley. 

Cut diagonally and dig in!

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Originally published: July 2017
Updated photos & republished: October 2025