Mar
04

Healthy Treat for Today: Homemade Pizza Pockets

By Laura · Mar,04 2008

Lunch time around here can be a hectic time…

These Pizza Pockets are a perfect treat that you can make ahead put in the freezer…then throw in the oven at lunchtime.
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Here’s how I made these:

I used my regular pizza recipe…

Crust

3 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 t. sea salt
1 cup melted butter
1 cup plain yogurt

Stir ingredients together until thoroughly mixed.

Pizza Sauce

1 1/2 cups tomato sauce
1/2 t. garlic powder
1 1/2 t. oregano
1 1/2 t. basil

Stir together and simmer for a few minutes.

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.  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.  Freeze for about one hour.  Pop them off the cookie sheet and put them into a freezer bag…and back into the freezer.
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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 love the convenience of this nutritious ”fast food”!  Serve them with fruit and veggies(God’s fast food!)…and you’ve got yourself a quick and easy lunchtime treat!!

You’ll find more healthy treat recipes here.

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  1. mom2fur says:

    Those look like fun! I’m going to print this out and try my hand at it. I actually tried to bake bread yesterday. I thought it came out too doughy and heavy…but everyone in my family raved about it. Not too bad for a first attempt. (I don’t have a bread machine, but I did use my Kitchenaid for the kneading!)

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  2. Sonshine says:

    Yummy!!!

    I make these too! Usually I just use some canned biscuits…flatten the biscuit and then add fillings. When I make pizza dough, my family thinks they actually need a big round pizza! LOL

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  3. Kim says:

    Wow looks really yummy and not too difficult either! THX

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  4. Char says:

    Yummy… I may wait until next week to make these, because I’m sore from making 46 berocks last night, and making crust and rolling dough doesn’t sound fun today! LOL

    Thanks for always sharing such great, yummy recipes!

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  5. jayme says:

    I was hoping you would share this recipe. :)

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  6. Krista says:

    What a great idea for a fast lunch!

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  7. These look like something we would really enjoy! Thanks for the all the great recipes you share! Have you thought about putting together a cookbook and submitting it to a publisher?

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  8. Suezque says:

    Okay- what did I do wrong? My dough was sooo flaky/crumbly, it wouldn’t roll out, and could not make pockets out of it…

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  9. Lyndsae says:

    How many pockets does one recipe make? Thanks.

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  10. Megan says:

    I made these last night and they were yummy! I froze half for some quick and tasty meals. Great idea!

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  11. Karen says:

    I made these and got about 20 nice sized pockets. The dough mixes up very well and is easy to work with. I used 1/2 cup olive oil/1/2 cup butter, as that seemed a little healthier. The finshed product tasted very good! We’ll see if the kiddos agree tomorrow!!

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  12. Megan says:

    I’m doing a spin on these for dinner tonight. Barbecue chicken pockets. I chopped the chicken and added some barbeque sauce and chipotle seasoning.

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  13. Brook says:

    What about freezing them? Do they work in the microwave for re-heating (thinking school lunch!)

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    Laura Reply:

    I freeze them all the time. I’m not a big fan of microwaves so I haven’t personally warmed one this way, but if you bake them first, then re-warm them in the microwave, I’m sure they’d do fine!

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  14. tara says:

    DO you soak your grain for this?
    I am thinking about making these but my son is gluten ree…can I soak the grain to make easier to digest. or should I just use gluten free flour?
    thanks
    Tara McMillan

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    Laura Reply:

    I do soak my grain for this and it works great!

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  15. blair says:

    thank you!! i have been looking for make ahead and freeze meals! these look so yummy and are surely better for you than the store bought pizza pockets! YUMMY!

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  16. Sharon says:

    Sounds great! I love that you put directions for heating from frozen and unfrozen. I also like that the recipe doesn’t call for cooking, freezing, then heating in the microwave. We got rid of ours due to health concerns, so when I see recipes like that, I’m thinking…”okay, how do I reheat it without a microwave? Will it be overcooked if I try it in the oven?”

    So thank you!

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  17. Holly says:

    I also had trouble with the dough being flaky and crumbly and difficult to roll out. The ones I did get together are in the oven baking at the moment, so we’ll see how they come out…they smell good!
    I love this idea, though I may use the breadmaker pizza dough recipe I usually use for our pizza & movie nights, as I didn’t have much success with this dough recipe (perhaps it is my flour? My flour tends to be on the grainy side…)

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    Laura Reply:

    Might have been the grainy flour. I know that I usually have to work my dough (like playdough) for a while sometimes to make it nice enough to roll. Hope yours tasted good anyway!

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  18. anna says:

    If I used a yeast dough for the crust do you know if it would freeze and work as well?

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    Laura Reply:

    Yes, I think it would work perfectly!

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  19. Diana says:

    Just a tip I’ve found when making mass amounts of pizza pockets: You can roll out a huge amount of dough and cut it with a pizza cutter into desired size squares. Then top the dough and fold over or pull up edges and tuck all the ends under sorta like a bread roll with the filling in the middle.

    Love looking over your recipes and can’t wait to actually get busy and make some!

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  20. Alison says:

    I read above that you said you soaked the flour. Do you soak it before you add the other ingredients or do you just mix all the ingredients and let it sit? If you soak it before what do you soak it with?

    Thanks, I am trying to soak my grains and learning how to convert recipes so this is helpful. I can’t wait to try these!

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    Laura Reply:

    I mix all the ingredients together and let it soak. You don’t have to add anything because the cultures in the yogurt break down the phytates!

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  21. Julia says:

    Wow, I just found your site…I’ve been skimming through and saving tons of recipes and links! Love it, thanks so much!
    Sorry to have you repeat yourself, but when you freeze them how do you reheat them?

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    Laura Reply:

    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.

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  22. Kim says:

    I bake these off and THEN freeze them so I can give them to my husband for lunch. Works well for us!

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  23. Dawn says:

    These are a hit in our house! My dough also was crumbly and fell apart the first time I made these. I think it’s because my butter was not completely melted. However, I just kept kneading it and working it, and it softened right up after about 5 minutes.

    I now use this concept to make pasties. I can get 5-6 out of the dough recipe. Instead of pizza fillings, just fill with ground beef, carrots, onions, potatoes, spices and 1 T. of butter. Serve with gravy.

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  24. Erin says:

    I made these last night with pizza toppings. Was thinking to make some with breakfast items, eggs, cheese, sausage…for breakfast pockets. Also, apples with butter and cinnamon for a desert or breakfast pocket. Can’t wait to make batches of them for the freezer.

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  25. Megan says:

    I have a batch of the mini pizzas ready for the oven. A genius tip occurred to me late last night: roll the dough out as one piece and use a jar mouth to cut each piece. I’m sure someone else is smarter than I and already thought of that ;)

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