Pizza bun recipe, homemade pizza buns with step by step pictures. Perfect for snack box or back from school snack.
Wishing you all friends and readers a very Happy and Prosperous New Year! Life is a bit busy these days, so taking a short break, see you guys with more exciting recipes next year.
👩🍳 Inspiration
This recipe idea flashed, when I saw a pamphlet I got from 7 eleven introducing Pizza bites. I loved the idea and thought it would be easy to make at home.
As I have been making pizza from the scratch for quite a while now and have tried several buns, I was pretty confident in try these and enjoyed making these.
📖 Variations
This could be an easy party snack idea, kids would be super excited to have it and sure we can also enjoy this.
The stuffing is flexible so you can experiment it with your favorite topping, let it be simple like what I have used or add on your favorites like black olives, mushrooms, zucchini…it’s your choice!
Check out my other bun recipes you may be interested in :
💭 Top tip
How to get smooth looking bun?
Kneading well and resting gives out best results. Also make sure the water content is enough for perfect results. Make use of your stand mixer if you have as it gives un believable results.
Brush generously with butter once it is out from oven.
Why my bun smell weird/ yeast smell?
Probably the yeast you are using is not active. Change to a fresh batch. Make sure to proof the yeast before using in the recipe.
📝 My notes
- Make sure to seal the stuffing properly, otherwise while baking you will get the cheese ooze out from the buns.
- If your dough is too dry then sealing is bit tough, especially after rising, the sealing may not be proper. Use water or milk to seal properly in that case.
- Brushing with milk helps in browning. So brush with milk before baking.
- The oven temperature and timing may vary slightly depending on the make and model of yours. So experiment and fix it if you are not getting as shown.
Recipe card
Pizza bun recipe, homemade pizza buns
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups All purpose flour
- ½ cup Milk
- ⅛ cup olive oil or melt butter
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1.5 teaspoon Sugar
- 1 tablespoon Active dry yeast
For the filling
- 1 Capsicum chopped
- 1 Onion
- 1 Tomato optional
- ½ cup Grated mozzarella cheese
- 2 Pasta sauce or pizza sauce
- 1 teaspoon Oregano or any dried Italian herb
- 1 teaspoon Red chilli flakes
- 2 pinches Salt
- 2 teaspoon oil
Instructions
Proofing yeast
- Heat milk until lukewarm, dissolve sugar and yeast completely in it.
- Let it rest for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes the mixture would have been raised to frothy, proving that the yeast is active.
- If not, your yeast is not active and use active yeast. Buy a fresh batch or try different brand.
Make dough
- Meanwhile, take flour in a large bow and make a dent in the middle.
- Add salt, oil and the yeast mixture in the dent and knead well to a smooth pliable dough. More you knead, better the texture.
- If sticky sprinkle little more flour, if too dry sprinkle some water. The dough should be smooth and pliable.
- Let it rest for 1 hour. Wrap the bowl with cling wrap or wet towel.
- After an hour the dough should have been raised. Punch it down and knead to make it smooth.
- Make equal sized balls and arrange in a greased baking tray.
Prepare stuffing
- Heat a pan with oil and fry capsicums, tomato and onion for just a minute.
- Cool down and add sauce, cheese, Italian seasoning, salt and chilli flakes . Mix well.
Make pizza bun
- Flatten the prepared dough balls and keep a small lemon sized ball of the filling.
- Pinch the edges towards center to cover the filling.
- Arrange in the baking tray with the sealed side down. Make sure you have sealed properly, otherwise, the cheese will ooze out.
- Pre heat the oven to 190o C (10 mins) and till then brush the buns with milk.
- Bake it for 15-20 minutes or until the buns start becoming golden brown on the top.
- Take out and cool over wire rack. Brush generously with butter when hot.
Notes
- While sealing the buns, you can use water if you find it difficult to do so.
- Adjust the baking time accordingly. Keep an eye on the buns after 15 minutes.
- You can sprinkle white sesame seeds or any herb on the top before baking the buns.
Pizza bun method
1. To start with, gather the ingredients needed. Heat milk until lukewarm, dissolve sugar and yeast. Let it rest for 10 minutes.
2. After 10 minutes the mixture would have been raised to frothy, proving that the yeast is active. If not, your yeast is not active and use active yeast.
3. Meanwhile, take flour in a large bow and make a dent in the middle. Add salt, oil and the yeast mixture in the dent.
4. Make a smooth pliable dough. If sticky sprinkle little more flour, if too dry sprinkle some water. The dough should be smooth and pliable.
5. Let it rest for 1 hour, wrap the bowl with cling wrap. After an hour the dough should have been raised. Punch it down and knead to make it smooth.
6. Make equal sized balls and arrange in a greased baking tray.
7. Meanwhile prepare the filling. Heat a pan with oil and fry capsicums, tomato and onion for just a minute.
8. Cool down and add sauce, cheese, Italian seasoning, salt and chilli flakes . Mix well.
9. Flatten the prepared dough balls.
10. Keep a small lemon sized ball of the filling.
11. Pinch the edges towards center to cover the filling as shown in the picture.
12. Roll to smoothen again
13. Arrange in the baking tray with the sealed side down. Make sure you have sealed properly, otherwise, the cheese will ooze out.
14. Pre heat the oven to 190o C and till then brush the buns with milk little and bake it for 18-20 minutes or until the buns start becoming golden brown on the top. Brush generously with butter after done.
Serve hot with tomato ketchup or chilly sauce! Enjoy it with your favorite drink!
Happy new year Raji to u and ur family.
Happy new year Raji….
Happy New Year Raje ,
I love this recipe… Believe me I drool every time I look at the picture 🙂
Thank you for the lovely post.
very cute and delicious buns with super tempting filling…great recipe…surely worth a try…
oooohhhh yum!
love it…
Happy New Year!
Nice post. wish u all a very happy new year 🙂
Yummy and tempting buns..perfectly baked
looks sooo delicious and tempting !!!
Those look delicious!! Love it!
soft delicious looking buns
Happy new year Raji to u n to ur family this is so wonderful buns.. love the stuffing too.. u hv made it so so good..
looking so cheesy and yummy..
A real treat for eyes and stomack as well. Happy new year
Wow… lovely
yummy fillings makes this a great try.
Wish ya great year ahead,…pizza bun looks delicious
Beautiful pictures and very innovative recipe! 🙂
Happy new year to you too raks..
Hi, tried your paruppu urundai and moon gal dal sambhar…came out well. Can you share your version of vathakuzhambu?
Wish you & your family a very happy New Year!
A mess free cute way to enjoy pizza – nice!
Happy New year!
Mind blowing and mouth watering snaps dear. Amazingly presented. Bookmarked this.
pizza flavoured buns.. very interesting.. Happy New Year Raji…
Happy New Year Raj!! The pizza buns look so cute, I'm sure they'll make great picnic food!!
Beautiful they look they are for long time in the list to make, should try soon!
A fabulous buns, well done..
Perfectly baked buns nice idea though!Wish you a happy new year!
Cute buns…….Happy New Year
Happy New year Raks. Have a great year ahead!!!!
Wishing you the very best and a Happy New Year, Raks! I hope I am finally able to comment on your blog.
Happy New year to u and ur family…Wish raks kitchen his many more milestones in the coming year too..Pizza buns looks so tempting
Wonderful buns..Happy New Year to you and your Family !!! Though I have been visiting your your blog for every recipe you post, I was not able to comment due to issues with my google ID. It is working now !!! Did not miss a single recipe of yours !!! Good going !!
that looks amazing. Always i mess up with yeast. will try out this time. beautiful clicks
oh wow, mouth watering. gonna try this
Hi Raks,
I love your filled buns. Always they are so perfectly rounded and plump! Amazng clicks. Happy new year to all of your family. Wishing you good health and happiness always!
Shobha
Awesome buns 😀
Raks, you are trying to break all my new year's resolve by posting such a delicious recipe! Totally bookmarking to try! Super buns and I am pretty sure my kids would take to this nicely ;)))
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hello raji
ur site in simply superb.i wanted to try ur buns recipe i have a doubt regarding the yeast.can i use easy bake yeast instead of active dry yeast.if so is it the same quantity and do i need to mix it in water and allow the yeast to become active.please help me.
thank you in advance.
Planning to make the pizza and pizza bun tomorrow. Lovely pics. The pizza buns would make a good school snack option too. Can i make these buns in bulk? How long will they stay if refrigerated.
i made it with chicken, and fried them instead of baking, and they turn out very good. so who don't have oven they can fry them. 🙂 happy cooking to all…….
Hi MATS, this post is published in the year 2011, check your facts before jumping into your own conclusion!
Thanks. Can i make in bulk and keep in freeze
Brfore serving make hot in microwave. Will it become chewy.
If you steam it wont be chewy. If using microwave, make sure to eat hot. If it again goes cold, it will become chewy.
Hi,I only have instant yeast, how much would I use and do I need to activate it in the same way? I’m thinking no but not sure
Add 1 tsp of instant yeast directly and make dough. rest same. No need to dissolve.Make sure to knead well for 10-15 mins.