Calzones

I love calzones and recently found a recipe for pizza dough that I really, really like using to make them. I haven’t used the dough to make pizza yet, so I'm not sure how it much I would love it for pizza, but it's excellent for calzones. So excellent, in fact, that I'm posting the recipe. I found it here.

I've made calzones in the past with Rhode’s bread dough, but it’s not nearly as good. If you’ve got the time to throw the dough ingredients in a bread machine, I recommend making pizza dough rather than using frozen bread dough. It really made a big difference in how tasty the calzone ended up. It was also really easy to toss everything in the bread machine, put it on dough cycle, and wait for 90 minutes for the dough to form. When the dough is done, roll it out, fill it with your favorite pizza toppings and bake. It really couldn’t be easier.

Calzones
recipe and photos from Homemade Deliciousness
original recipe from Kevin K. on allrecipes.com
printable version of Calzones

1 ¼ cups water
2 teaspoons dry active yeast
1 ½ tablespoons sugar
3 cups bread flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon powdered milk
¾ cup marinara
1 cups grated Mozzarella cheese
Fillings (pineapple, Canadian bacon, pepperoni, mushrooms, onions, bell peppers, Italian sausage, etc)
2 tablespoons melted butter
1 tablespoon grated Parmesan
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning

Put water, yeast, sugar, flour, salt, and powdered milk in a bread machine; select dough cycle.
When dough is finished, roll it on a lightly floured surface. Preheat oven to 375. Shape dough into two 8x12 inch rectangles. Transfer to a greased cookie sheet; spoon marinara down center of dough and top it with fillings of your choice. Make diagonal cuts 1 ½ inches apart and braid over filling. (I folded the top down and sealed the edges instead.) Seal edges with water; brush top with melted butter. Sprinkle with Italian seasoning and Parmesan.  Bake for 35-45 minutes, or until golden. Cool 5 minutes, slice and serve. Makes 2 large calzones.