Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Crazy Busy Mom's Simple Calzones

My calzones consist of cold cuts and cheese, but really you can put in any filling you want. Here's what you need to make mine:

Pizza dough from the grocery store 
Turkey
Salami
Ham
Corned beef
Cheddar or American cheese
Provolone cheese
Swiss cheese
Either melted butter or a beaten egg

Heat the oven to 375 and line a baking sheet with either parchment paper or aluminum foil. Spray the foil with Pam so the calzones don't stick. 

Generously sprinkle flour on a cutting board and a rolling pin to keep the dough from sticking. 

Cut the pizza dough into fours. Take one and set the other three aside. 

Roll out the dough so you get a reasonably large surface to put you meat on. 

Take one slice of you meat, then place a piece of cheese on top. Keep alternating your meat and cheesed until you've used one of each. 

Roll up the dough, tucking in the sides as you go.  Place the end in the bottom of the calzone and put on the baking sheet. Do this for the other three pieces. 

Take a little bit of melted butter and brush the calzones so they have a light coating. You can also spray them with a little Psm or neat an egg and brush that on top. Use whatever you have. 

Bake in the oven for about 35 minutes or until golden brown. Serves four. 

If you are going to substitute the cold cuts for say meatballs or something that has a sauce, you're going to need to work fast as the dough will get soggy and unmanageable quickly and may not get crispy on the outside. 

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