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Pizza Pockets on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Pizza Pockets

Catherine
These delicious Pizza Pockets are easy to make at home! The whole family can stuff their pocket with their favourite pizza ingredients!
5 from 3 votes
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine American
Servings 8 servings
Calories 403 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

For the Dough

  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1/2 cup butter cold, cubed
  • 2 large eggs
  • 3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons milk

Filling

  • 1 cup pizza sauce
  • 1 cup mozzarella shredded (or another melty cheese like marble, provolone, or Gouda)
  • 1/2 cup pepperoni slices chopped into smaller pieces (optional)
  • veggies of choice (optional)
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil or melted butter

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 400F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • In the bowl of a food processor, add the flour, Parmesan cheese, salt, onion powder, and baking powder. Pulse a few times to combine. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles a coarse meal.
  • Add the eggs and milk and pulse until it forms together as a ball. Transfer onto a floured surface and knead by hand until it comes together into a smooth dough.
  • Using a floured rolling pin, roll the dough out into a large rectangle of the desired thickness. Use a bowl to cut out circles of the desired size. I use a soup bowl to make larger pockets the size of a store-bought pizza pop but you can make smaller ones too. Collect the scraps and re-roll to make another pocket if there is enough. For less uniform but easier to make pockets: instead of rolling out the dough in a rectangle, simply divide it into 8 equal portions. Form each portion into a ball and then roll it out with a rolling pin to form a circle.
  • Place a tablespoon of sauce on half of each circle being careful not to go right up to the edge. Add a tablespoon of cheese and any desired toppings to each half.
  • Fold the half of the circle with no toppings over the half the has the toppings and press down with your fingers to seal. Use the tines of a fork to seal them if you like or pinch and fold the dough to seal it. Sealing with a fork will seal it better though and may prevent them from bursting open like mine do but I don't mind.
  • Brush with olive oil or melted butter and bake in the oven for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown.

Note: Metric ingredient measurements are provided as a courtesy using a third-party calculator and are rounded to the nearest unit. The recipes provided on this site have not been tested with metric measurements and their accuracy cannot be verified.

Nutrition

Calories: 403kcalCarbohydrates: 39gProtein: 13gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 11gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 99mgSodium: 747mgPotassium: 235mgFiber: 2gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 696IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 179mgIron: 3mg

The nutritional information provided is based on third-party calculations and is an estimate only. Accurate nutritional facts will vary based on the particular brands used, portion sizes, measurement accuracy and more.

Keyword comfort food, pizza
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