Meatball Calzone & Pizza dough recipe

If you have been following my blog recently I have begun cooking ahead and freezing meals in order to not only save time but to save money and feed my family more healthy, home cooked meals.   I am excited to keep doing this and this doesn't mean I am just reheating meals.  I find more time to figure out other meals that can be frozen and to prepare other things like Cinnamon rolls, cookie balls that can be frozen and also time to perfect a bread recipe to make at home that freezes well.  I am also trying to get all these recipes entered here so my friends can access them easily and I can use them for reference each month when menu planning.   
So here goes another recipe using things I froze a couple of weeks ago.

MEATBALL CALZONES
Here is just another use for the meatballs and pasta sauce that was premade, they don't have to be used strictly for spaghetti and meatballs anymore.  :) 


**you can also just make meatball hoagies if you don't have time to make the dough**


1 baggie of frozen meatballs  (from freeze ahead meals recipe)
1 baggie of sauce       (from freeze ahead meals recipe) 
Homemade pizza dough
Provolone cheese slices
Shredded mozzarella cheese 






Place meatballs and sauce into crockpot and cook on hi for 4 hours or low for 6-8 hours.  


make pizza dough from recipe below.


PIZZA DOUGH
1 tbsp yeast  (I use quick rise yeast)
1 c warm water
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp butter, softened
2 3/4 cup flour


 add sugar to water, soften yeast in sugar/water mixture (about 5-10 mins.)
Add remaining ingredients and mix well.  Knead dough for several minutes.  Let rise for 1 hour.   Cut dough in half, roll each out to be rectangles.  Place on greased cookie sheet before filling w/ meatballs!!!   
Place cheese slices on dough down the middle, (leave about 1 1/2 inches at top and bottom and on the sides leave enough room to fold over meatballs and cheese to seal closed.) add sauce and meatballs, sprinkle with mozzarella.  Fold bottom and top of dough then sides and seal well.  You can brush with egg wash or just place it in the oven.  Make two small slits in the top to allow steam to escape.   Bake at 400 degrees until dough is fully cooked and golden brown.   Let it rest about 10 -15 mins before cutting so cheese can set up a bit and doesn't run out all over.   


Easy, delicious and fun for the kids to help make also.   
ENJOY!!





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