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Tray full of pizza calzones

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In the mood for some pizza sandwiches? These miniature calzones are full of pizza flavor. While this recipe is for a cheese and pepperoni calzone, you can customize them anyway you like.  Hot peppers, sauteed onions, whatever you or your guests desire.

Party Pizza Calzones
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Party Pizza Calzones

Recipe by Sheri Tomato
Prep time

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Cooking time

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Total time

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Ingredients

Directions

  • Take pizza dough from fridge and allow to rise at room temperature in covered bowl for two hours.
  • Preheat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit
  • Spread pizza dough out on a lightly floured surface with your fingers. Separate into 8 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a dough ball. Cover your 8 dough balls with a clean kitchen towel and let rest for thirty minutes.
  • Roll each dough ball into a square, keeping the other balls covered as you work. Toss and spread dough with your fingers to spread it out.
  • One square at a time, in diamond placement, spoon 2 tablespoons of pizza sauce on one half of the diamond, then spread a layer of cheese on top of the sauce Next lay down about 8 pepperoni slices over the cheese, and then one more layer of cheese.
  • Brush a little water around the edges of the dough as a sealing agent. Then fold bare half of diamond over the other half. Use a fork to form a seal all around the edges.
  • Using a spatula, carefully place calzones on lightly oiled aluminum foil lined baking sheet, being sure to allow space between each calzone.
  • Brush olive oil over top of each calzone and sprinkle with Everything Bagel seasoning.
  • Bake in oven for 30 - 40 minutes or until top is golden brown. Let cool on baking rack for 5 minutes.

Notes

  • You can serve this with a pizza sauce dip or ranch dressing. Very good.

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Appetizers, Doughs

Let’s Make a Pizza

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Baked dough after 5 minutes in the oven.
Pizza, after first bake, all dressed up and ready to bake.
Check out the crust on that baby. Mmmmm.

Check out My go-to Pizza Dough Recipe or use store bought pizza dough if you don’t have the time to make your own. If using my recipe, be sure to make the dough the night before you need it. It makes a really tasty, crispy, airy crust. Really yummy.

Delicious pizza you can make at home


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Delicious pizza you can make at home

Recipe by Sheri Tomato

Double bake homemade pizza. So delicious.

Ingredients

  • Pizza Dough My go-to Pizza Dough Recipe or store bought

  • 1/4 cup flour for working the dough

  • small amount of Semolina flour for dusting the pizza peel if you have it, all-purpose flour if not.

  • 1/4 cup of The olive oil baste you’ll want to use on everything or store bought olive oil

  • 2 TBS Everything Bagel seasoning (optional)

  • 1 cup jarred pizza sauce or my homemade pizza sauce – Your New Favorite Pizza Sauce Recipe room temperature

  • 2 cups shredded cheese – combination of mozarella, provolone and Monterey Jack

  • Pepperoni slices (20 -30, depending on your preference)

  • 1/8 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese

Directions

  • If dough was refrigerated, bring to room temperature in bowl with lid. (1-2 hours)
  • Place pizza stone in oven. Preheat oven to 475 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • While your oven is preheating, place your dough on a lightly floured surface.
  • Flatten dough gently and spread out the dough, using your fingertips. Push gently from the middle with a poking, pushing motion, all the way out to the sides. Flip over and do the same to the other side. Repeat this 3 more times. If dough is sticky, use a small amount of flour on your hands. If you’re feeling particularly brave, a few tosses in the air will do it some good.
  • Cover dough with a clean kitchen towel for about 10 minutes. Then repeat step four.
  • In the meantime, gather your other ingredients.
  • When oven is done preheating, sprinkle your pizza peel with semolina flour. Carefully place dough on peel. Stretch and shape the dough to desired size. Dough should be able to slide easily on peel. If it sticks anywhere, use more flour.
  • Take your pizza stone out of the oven carefully. It will be very hot. With one quick jerking motion, slide dough from peel onto stone. This takes practice. Pull at sides of dough for final shaping.
  • Brush olive oil lightly over entire top of dough. Sprinkle Everything Bagel Seasoning if desired.
  • Place pizza back in oven. Let dough bake for 5 minutes. This will be your first bake.
  • After it has baked for 5 minutes, take pizza out of oven. You are now ready to apply the toppings.
  • Spoon pizza sauce over top being sure to go almost to the edges. Next, sprinkle on the cheeses. Then spread out the pepperoni on top. Brush the edges of the dough with olive oil and back in the oven it goes.
  • This will be your second bake. Bake for 10-15 more minutes, keeping a careful eye on it. The pizza is done when the dough is golden, and the cheese is bubbling. Immediately after taking it out of the oven, brush the edges one more time with olive oil and then lightly sprinkle grated parmesan cheese on top of entire pizza.
  • Let cool for a few minutes and then slice it up and enjoy!

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Quick and Easy Pizza Logs

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Everybody loves pizza logs. You can do them many ways.  Sometimes I use eggroll wrappers.  Sometimes I use homemade pizza dough.  Sometimes I make the dipping sauce by scratch and sometimes I just buy a jar of marinara or pizza sauce and call it a day.

This is the quick and easy way. We will go back to basics another day.

Air Fryer Pizza Logs

This is a very easy recipe. I used jarred pizza sauce and pre-packaged eggroll wrappers. I usually like to make my own sauce and eggroll wrappers from scratch, but I wanted to keep this recipe fast and simple. Because sometimes the party shows up when you least expect it.

I will add the longer "from scratch" version in the future.

  • Air Fryer
  • pastry brush
  • l pkg eggroll wrappers
  • 1 pkg pre-sliced pepperoni
  • 1 pkg whole milk mozzarella cheese sticks
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/4 cup Everything Bagel Seasoning

  1. Pre-heat air fryer to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

    Set up your rolling station by laying out your ingredients in the following order:

    Eggroll wrappers, bowl of water, pepperoni slices, mozzarella cheese sticks, olive oil, Everything Bagel Seasoning.

    1. Lay out an eggroll wrapper in diamond position.

    2. Brush water around the edges of the wrapper (this will be the sealing agent)

    4. Place 5 pepperonis in a line in lower middle of eggroll wrapper, being sure to leave a 1/2" margin on either side.

    5. Place cheese stick on top of line of pepperoni.

    6. Take the tip of the wrapper facing you and fold bottom corner of wrapper over filling.

    7. Roll snugly halfway to cover the filling.

    8. Fold in left and right side like an envelope.

    9. Firmly but gently, finish rolling, keeping the roll as tight as possible with ripping it. You will get better at this with practice.

    10. Brush entire pizza roll lightly with olive oil and then sprinkle some Everything Bagel Seasoning on it.

    10. Place seam side down in pre-heated air fryer basket.

    Repeat with rest of eggroll wrappers. You may have to cook in batches depending on the size of your air fryer basket. You want to keep a space between each pizza log.

    Cook for 10 minutes, flipping halfway through. Eggrolls should be a light golden brown. Check every few minutes to keep them from burning. Every air fryer is different.

    When they have cooked to your preferred crispness, remove them from air fryer and let them cool on a cooking rack for a few minuters. Serve with a small bowl of pizza sauce.

This can also be made in the oven.  Preheat oven to 450 degrees and cook a few more minutes on each size.

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