How To Brand Mom's Calzones {Step-By-Step}

Mmmmmm, calzones. They're similar petty personal-sized pizza pillows. And for me, they concur beautiful memories from growing up.

H5N1 few times a year, Mom in addition to I would larn on an all-day shopping trip. I'd save, in addition to save, in addition to salve my babysitting coin thus I'd select a overnice petty pot of coin to pass on whatever wearing clothing struck my fancy. Back inwards those days I was quite the petty wearing clothing hound {not thus much anymore}. Oh, I loved our shopping trip days ...

... Not alone did I larn to pass the whole solar daytime alongside my Mom in addition to purchase lots of novel stuff, nosotros e'er got 1 of my favorite foods for lunch. You guessed it calzones.

Growing upwardly inwards Vermont, our 'big' shopping trip days required a trek to the closest metropolis alongside a mall, nigh an hr away. An hr away immediately seems similar nothing {shoot, until lately I drove nigh that far one-way every solar daytime for work} ... but it seemed similar an eternity of a drive to me dorsum then. We'd hitting the mall, store to our heart's content, in addition to halt inwards at a tiny petty topographic point inwards the mall for their delicious calzones for lunch. Good times.

But then, since nosotros loved them thus much, my sweetness petty Mom figured out how to brand our ain calzones at dwelling menage thus enjoying them wasn't express to merely our shopping trip days. She's clever similar that.

And you lot know what? You tin brand your ain calzones at home, too! ... Here's how, courtesy of my Mom.

Now, you lot tin brand your ain breadstuff dough ... but nosotros shortcut this pace past times buying frozen dough loves or pizza dough balls.

Start past times cutting each frozen dough loaf or pizza dough ball into iv equal sections ...

... in addition to thus curl each department into a 7- to 8-inch circle. They don't select to survive perfect, but I exercise mensurate mine alongside a ruler to brand certain they're by in addition to large the correct size. Place the dough circles on cookie sheets, iv circles to each sheet.

Place the filling ingredients ... herbed ricotta cheese, mozzarella, pepperoni, in addition to mushrooms (or whatever fillings you lot desire) ... inwards the oculus of each dough circle.

Then, bend the dough upwardly over the filling, forming the dough into a turnover-like one-half circle.

Gently press in addition to crimp the edges of the dough together to seal the calzone.

At this point, your calzone volition expect similar a large ol' camel's hump ... sort of similar this ...

That's because the filling is nevertheless all balled upwardly inwards the center. You don't wishing that.

With your fingertips, gently force downward on the filling in addition to spread it out equally evenly equally possible throughout the entire calzone.

Now, it should expect nigh similar this ...

Bake 'em upwardly 'til the dough is cooked through in addition to they're a overnice golden brown. I e'er banking concern gibe the bottoms to run across if they're done ... they should survive golden brownish nigh similar this ...

If you lot come about larn the dough a fleck likewise sparse inwards the middle or materials the calzones a petty likewise full, you lot may larn a twain of blow-outs ... but that's okay ... they'll nevertheless sense of savor yummy!

All done! At this point, you lot tin serve them ... or, wind them individually inwards foil in addition to freeze them for later.

Here's what these petty beauties expect similar inside. Mmmmmmmm.

Serve 'em upwardly alongside around warmed spaghetti sauce spooned on transcend in addition to you've got a very tasty dinner.

Ahhhhhh ... memories. Thanks, Mom!

Pepperoni & Mushroom Calzones

Source: An master past times my Mom

(Printable recipe)

Ingredients

2 loaves frozen breadstuff dough
15 oz. container ricotta cheese
4 c. shredded mozzarella cheese
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 tsp. dried basil
1/2 tsp. garlic salt
1 package pepperoni slices
1 (4 oz.) can sliced mushrooms
1 jar spaghetti sauce (or homemade sauce)

Directions

Thaw the breadstuff dough loaves overnight inwards the refrigerator.
Cut each breadstuff loaf into iv pieces. Form a 7-inch to 8-inch apartment circle out of each dough piece. Lay each dough circle on a cookie canvass lightly sprayed alongside non-stick cooking spray. You'll take away 2 cookie sheets, placing iv dough circles on each sheet.
Mix together the ricotta cheese, dried oregano, dried basil, in addition to garlic salt.
Place a dollop of the ricotta mixture inwards the oculus of each dough circle; transcend alongside around of the mozzarella, pepperoni slices, in addition to mushrooms, dividing these ingredients evenly betwixt the viii dough circles.
Carefully bend each dough circle inwards one-half similar a turnover, bringing the dough upwardly over the filling. Seal the edges together past times gently pressing together the dough in addition to slightly crimping it together. With your fingertips, gently pat downward in addition to spread the filling within the dough out to the edges to disperse it evenly throughout the calzone.
Bake at 350 degrees for twenty minutes, switching the rack seat of the pans after the outset 10 minutes to ensure fifty-fifty browning.
To serve, identify each calzone on a plate in addition to slash an 'x' inwards the transcend alongside a sudden knife; pour warm spaghetti sauce over the top.

Note: Calzones freeze good - wind individually alongside aluminum foil to freeze. When educate to swallow them, thaw for a fleck inwards the fridge in addition to thus reheat (while nevertheless inwards the foil) at 400 degrees until heated through. Top alongside spaghetti sauce to serve.

Enjoy!