I was able to do a lot of cooking this past weekend and wanted to share a new favorite: Pizza Pockets (from Heavenly Homemakers). I really like this recipe because it is incredibly simple. I would recommend this for anyone who has never made pizza pockets or the like, as the dough is very easy to use and manipulate. I was able to put together over a dozen of these and clean up the kitchen while Ajax napped!
Crust
- 3 1/2 cups whole wheat flour (I used 1 1/2 cup white flour and 2 cups whole wheat)
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 cup melted butter
1 cup plain yogurt - Stir ingredients together until thoroughly mixed. You can make these pockets right away. (The dough will be difficult to mix with a spoon, I started with a spoon then just used my hands).
Pizza Sauce
- 1 1/2 cups tomato sauce
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 1/2 teaspoon oregano
1 1/2 teaspoon basil - Stir together and simmer for a few minutes. I just used canned sauce 🙂
Pizza Pocket Fillings
- Grated mozzarella or white cheddar cheese, cooked hamburger, pepperoni, olives, peppers, mushrooms
To form a Pizza Pocket
- Roll a small ball of dough into a circle (about the size of a golf ball or ping pong ball). Place one tablespoon of pizza sauce in the center. Put in a small amount of your choice of toppings. Fold the dough in half. Use a fork to pinch the edges together.
- Lay Pizza Pockets on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper (I didn’t have parchment paper and just put them right on the cookie sheet and they came off fine). Freeze for about one hour. Pop them off the cookie sheet and put them into a freezer bag…and back into the freezer.
Bake your Pizza Pockets
- For frozen Pizza Pockets, bake in a 400 degree oven for 30 minutes. If the Pizza Pockets are thawed, bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.
I was also able to pick two buckets of tomatoes and made my own tomato sauce! I have never peeled tomatoes before and it did take a bit of trial and error for me to get the hang of it… oh and I inadvertently ruined one of my pots. Apparently you shouldn’t work with high acid items and Teflon. Anywho, I was able to make four jars of the sauce and freeze it. I’m super pumped and pretty proud! For some reason though I was surprised that it didn’t taste like Ragu or something… but it was very good.
