Calzones

What You Need

Pizza/Roll Dough

pizza sauce

ricotta cheese

mozzarella cheese

Pizza toppings of your choice

Directions

Roll dough into 6-8 circles. Top dough with sauce, cheeses, and toppings, making sure to keep about an inch of the outer edge free of any toppings or sauce. Brush a little water or egg whites around the outside edge of the dough. Fold dough over on itself to create a half circle, then gently press edges together using fingers, or fork prongs. Place calzones on a lightly greased cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes, or until golden brown. For a crispier crust, brush calzones with egg whites before baking.

Roll Dough

This is one of my favorite recipes for roll dough. I actually found it in a children's cookbook and slightly adapted it. The rolls have a great simple flavor, and a great texture that is strong enough to be able to use for sandwiches, but soft enough to avoid being too chewy. I thought it would be a great recipe for our calzone dough.

What You Need

1 lb flour (around 4 c)

1 t salt

1 envelope yeast (or 2 1/4 t)

1 T Olive oil

1 1/2 c warm water

3 T sugar

Directions

Mix 2 c flour, salt, sugar, and yeast in bowl. Add water and oil beating on high. Add additional flour till dough starts climbing the beaters. Knead the dough for 5-7 minutes, adding enough flour to keep it from getting too sticky (try to add as little flour as possible, since the more flour you add the tougher the bread will turn out). Place in a clean, lightly greased, bowl, loosely cover, and let rise for 30-45 minutes, until it doubles in size. Divide dough into 6-8 round pieces, then let rise an additional 30 minutes. Then follow the directions above.