Sausage and Pimento Cheese Pinwheels are one of the best appetizers to make during the holiday season. They are not only made with just a few simple ingredients, but with the help of store bought pimento cheese and pizza dough, this recipe couldn’t be any easier to make. Whether you are hosting a party, bringing an appetizer to a holiday gathering, or serving these pinwheels up as part of breakfast, everyone will love these sausage and pimento cheese pinwheels this holiday season.

For the ingredients:

• Pizza dough: Feel free to use your favorite brand of pizza dough or if you want to make your own, you could go that route as well. I like to use pizza dough from the freezer section of my local grocery, but even the refrigerator Pillsbury pizza dough works great here.

• For the pimento cheese: I also use my favorite brand of pimento cheese, so feel free to use whatever your favorite brand is here. Most grocery stores will have pre-made pimento cheese that you can use! Again, if you have a favorite homemade pimento cheese recipe, feel free to use that as well.

• For the sausage: I like to use a spicy breakfast sausage in this recipe, but you could definitely go for a mild sausage if you prefer. Simply break up and brown the sausage in a skillet before adding it on top of the pimento cheese

Variations of this recipe:

• Make this recipe gluten free by swapping regular pizza dough for gluten free pizza dough.

• Add scrambled eggs to make these perfect for a breakfast bite.

• Omit the sausage for a meatless version.

• Use puff pastry instead of pizza dough.

• Make larger pinwheels and bake them in a regular sized muffin tin.

These easy sausage and pimento cheese pinwheels are so easy to make and they are irresistible as well. You won’t be able to eat just one! I can’t wait for you to give this recipe a try this holiday season! You are going to love these.

Ingredients:

• 2 Premade Pizza Doughs

• 1 Lb. Spicy Breakfast Sausage

• 2 Cups Pimento Cheese

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 425.

• Cook sausage in a skillet, breaking it up into small pieces until browned and cooked through.

• Roll our pizza dough into a rectangle shape and spread 1 cup of the pimento cheese leaving 1 inch edge around the dough.

• Sprinkle half of the sausage across the pimento cheese in an even layer.

• Roll up the dough long ways and pinch the seam together to seal.

• Cut the rolled up dough into 1 inch pinwheels and place into a greased mini muffin tin. Alternatively you can cut into larger pinwheels and place into a large muffin tin. (Mini will make 9-12 pinwheels per pizza dough.

• Repeat the process with the second pizza dough and bake for 15-20 minutes until the dough is golden and cooked though.

Golden, cheesy, and so delicious, these sausage and pimento cheese pinwheels will be a hit at your next holiday gathering!