Have you done homemade pizza pockets?
It’s no secret, we love pizza in this house! I grew up with the Friday night pizza night tradition and we’ve kept it going. My kids and husband look forward to it each week. (Here’s a super delish recipe for a New Mexico Style Pizza!)
Every once in a while we like to switch things up with these yummy homemade pizza pockets.
Now, my kids have never had a frozen pizza pocket or hot pocket but they think these the coolest things ever. In fact, when we last made them, after inhaling 3, my son says “I think I might like these better than pizza”! That right there is saying something!
The only thing they don’t like is that they have to wait longer for them to cool down enough to bite into. 😉
These take me a little longer to make than a traditional pizza but homemade pizza pockets still come together easily.
I love how easy they are to customize. This makes a batch of 12, so enough to give everyone exactly what they want.
Use some pizza sauce and cheese on each of them and whatever other “toppings” (fillers is probably more technically accurate, but you know what I mean) you’d like! We did some straight sauce and cheese, some with pepperoni and onion added, and then the others also included mushrooms, spinach, pepperoni, and onion. Yummy!
You can switch up the cheese as well. Spinach is always tasty with feta cheese or use cheddar or colby jack – what ever you have!
One big tip!
Don’t roll the dough out too thin or you will have more of a problem with leaking! (Ask me how I know.) I aim for 6-7 inch circles.
I also try to not put the sauce on the bottom. Put your meat or spinach and cheese down first. I find that this also helps with the sauce not breaking through out the bottom.
You can use a jar of pizza sauce, or make your own using this super simple recipe of mine!
Homemade Pizza Pockets
- 5 cups flour
- 1½ teaspoons salt
- 1 tablespoon instant yeast
- 1¾ cups warm water
- Mozzarella Cheese
- Meat (Pepperoni, chicken, sausage etc)
- Veggies (onions, bell peppers, mushrooms, spinach etc)
- olive oil
- Combine all ingredients in your mixer and knead the dough a few minutes until smooth and elastic. (You can also make by hand - you will just have to knead it longer.) Start with just under 1¾ cups of water and add more little by little if needed. Cover and set aside to rest until at least doubled in size.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Divide the dough into 12 equal parts. Roll out into circles that are 6-7 inches in diameter.
- Place the rolled out dough on your baking sheet and put the toppings on one half. (Try to not put the sauce on the bottom do the meat or vegetables without a high water content first.)
- Fold the other half of the dough over the toppings and using a fork, press the edges together. Use flour if necessary.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Divide the dough into 12 equal parts. Roll out into circles that are 6-7 inches in diameter.
- Place the rolled out dough on your baking sheet and put the toppings on one half. (Try to not put the sauce on the bottom do the meat or vegetables without a high water content first.)
- Fold the other half of the dough over the toppings and using a fork, press the edges together. Use flour if necessary.
- Repeat with the remaining pizza pockets.
- Brush lightly with olive oil and bake for 15-20 minutes.
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