This easy pepperoni roll recipe might just become your favorite snack or lunch.
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West Virginia Pepperoni Roll Tutorial with Lost Creek Farm
Simple Recipes / Mark Beahm
If you grew up eating pepperoni rolls like I did you know you’re in luck. My mom would buy a few from Brownie Bakery every now and then and as a latchkey kid I’d come home from school and eat one while watching reruns of The Flintstones. I’d purposely remove the pepperoni and savor it at first. Then I’d slowly nibble on the soft white dough that surrounded it—a halo of pepperoni fat had melted into the roll turning the center a reddish-orange. It was the best way I’ve ever ruined a dinner.
When I moved two hours north from the Ohio River Valley I was shocked to discover that pepperoni rolls aren’t universal. They’re actually highly regional with a fascinating origin story. Familiarity with pepperoni rolls signals a native of northeastern Appalachia but they’re so delicious it’s a shame they’re confined to this region. No matter where you live you deserve pepperoni rolls. Consider this your primer.
