Have a craving? Need a quick meal for dinner? Want to win the hearts of your entire family? Try these amazing and simple pizza buns!

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This is one of my family’s favorite recipes. My son is currently going through his “picky toddler” phase and won’t eat half the things I give him. My husband is a lifelong pizza connoisseur, which puts a bit of pressure on me to make a good pizza. lol But they both LOVE this dish and it’s one of the easiest things to throw together after a long day of work. In fact, my husband loves it so much he requested it for his last solid meal the night before getting his wisdom teeth removed the other day.

I used to be terrified of working with yeast. It was always one of these ingredient items that I avoided at all costs. I could easily make any sweet bread with baking powder and baking soda, but I would never dream of making any kind of yeast dough. I think I avoided it because I assumed it would be so difficult I would destroy my entire meal. It’s actually really easy and fun to work with yeast and leaves you feeling a bit like a scientist.

Now, this isn’t exactly pizza, but a bun form of the regular pizza I make. Right around the time, I was getting really confident with yeast I came across a recipe for vegan steamed buns and really loved shaping the dough to twist and look so delicate and pretty. My husband loved it and then came up with the idea of making a similar bun but with pizza filling. He’s a genius (also he edits all of my pictures so I owe him some homage right now).

Let me know if you try out this recipe!

Ingredients Details:

• Yeast – I use Fleischmann’s Rapid Rise yeast for this dough. It makes for a quick fluffy dough so that the bun isn’t too hard to bite into.

• Water

• Flour – I always use King Arthur.

• Tomato paste – This makes a great, thick sauce for the pizza filly and doesn’t get too runny.

• Vegan Sausage – I used beyond meat hot italian susage. I’ve tried it out with different sausages and they’re all great, but I really like the flavor and texture of this one in this recipe.

• Vegan Cheese – I highly recommend blending mozzarella and cheddar. It’s even better if you can also add some miyoko’s mozzarella cheese wheel, but you can really use any vegan shredded cheese. I really like simple truth because it melts well and tastes really good.

• Seasonings – Garlic salt, oregano, basil, thyme, rosemary, fennel, red pepper flakes.

• Vegan Butter – This is just to grease the pan and it helps to get the brown crispiness you want on the bottom of the bun.

Detailed Instructions:

• Make dough – You’ll need one pack of yeast and very warm water. Swirl the yeast and water together. You can test that the yeast is active, but if you use the packs of yeast like I do in this recipe you shouldn’t have a problem unless you’ve had the yeast for a long time. Mix the flour and add more until you can kneed easily without too much dough sticking to you. Once it forms a solid, smooth ball, cover it in a clean, oiled bowl. Let the dough rise for at least 15 minutes before rolling out.

• Cook sausage and season – Slice sausage into thin medalions and cook in medium-sized frying pan until cooked through. This usually takes about 10 minutes if you want the sausage crispy around the edges. Add the seasonings so they cook well with the sausage for optiumal flavor.

• Add tomato paste – Pour in contents of the tomato paste can and mix well with the sausage in the pan. If it seems to thick, add a little bit of warm water (about 1 tbsp). If you add water, don’t add too much or it will make your pizza bun super runny!

• Make buns – Grease pan or prep area with vegan butter or oil. Take about 3/4 cup of dough and roll out with your hands like a mini pizza. Add about a quarter cup of sausage filling and cheese in the center of the dough. Pull edges of the “mini pizza” together and twist to create the proper shape. Mine are no where near as fancy as the steamed veggie buns you usually see, but it gets the job done!

• Bake – Bake on 425° for 12 minutes and let cool for about 5 minutes before serving.

Recipe List

Prep time: 25 minutes

Cook time: 10 minutes

Total time: 30 minutes

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1 package Fleischmann’s Rapid Rise yeast
• 1 1/2 cups warm water
• 3 cups flour
• 6oz can Tomato Paste
• 3.5oz sausage Beyond Meat Hot Italian Sausage (4 ct)
• 8oz vegan cheese (mixture of cheddar and mozzarella is best)
• 1 tsp Garlic Salt
• 1/4 tsp basil
• 1/4 tsp thyme
• 1/4 tsp rosemary
• 1/4 tsp fennel
• 1/4 tsp oregano
• light sprinkle crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 tbsp vegan butter

Instructions:

1. Heat oven to 425°
2. Mix yeast and water and swirl. Add flour and mix together, add more if dough is too sticky. Kneed together and cover for 10 minutes.
3. Slice sausage and cook in pan with seasonings for 10 minutes.
4. Add Tomato paste and mix together. Add a tablespoon of water if too thick.
5. Roll out 3/4 cup of dough at a time. Pile 1/4 cup of sausage filling and sprinkle cheese on top.
6. Pull edges of dough together and twist, forming a ball.
7. Bake on 425° on a baking sheet for 10 minutes.
8. Cool for 5 minutes and serve!

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