Mini Sausage Calzones (Oamc)

Sam #3's Note:

These are great for a quick lunch. You could even send them to school for something other than a sandwich. From Easy Everyday Cooking. Freeze these wrapped individually in foil for upto a month - thaw and reheat for 10 minutes or until heated through.

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 16

• 2 lbs frozen bread dough , thawed
• 8 ounces sweet Italian sausage
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 4 garlic cloves , minced
• ½ teaspoon dried basil
• ½ teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 cup pizza sauce
• 1 cup grated lowfat mozzarella cheese
• 4 teaspoons parmesan cheese
• 2 eggs
• 4 tablespoons milk

Directions:

1. Divide dough into 16 portions.
2. Preheat oven to 425°F.
3. Grease a baking sheet.
4. Heat a large skillet over medium heat, add sausage.
5. Cook until brown and crumbly, drain fat.
6. Stir onion, garlic, basil, oregano, and pizza sauce into skillet, simmer for 10 minutes.
7. Roll each dough piece into a 5in circle.
8. Spoon sausage mixture onto each circle, sprinkle with cheeses.
9. Moisten edges of dough with water.
10. Fold dough over to enclose filling, press to seal.
11. Place on prepared baking sheet.
12. Beat eggs with milk.
13. Brush over calzones.
14. Bake for about 15 minutes or until golden brown.

Reviews

[AZPARZYCH]

These are really good and not hard to make. Made as written and got 16 calzones using two 1lb loaves of bread dough, though some were a little smaller than others (I didn't cut the dough very evenly) which worked out well so my little boys can eat a whole one. Made for PRMR April 2010.

[Ceezie]

So yummy, easy and not messy to make. I didn't have frozen bread dough but did have a package of crescent rolls. So I rolled out half of them to make a giant square on my pizza stone, filled with the filling, sealed and baked at 350 for 15 minutes. The filling tasted great with the crescent roll and I bet would taste equally great with bread dough. Tomorrow for breakfast same mix, another batch of crescent dough and some scrambled egg - sounds divine. Thanks for a great recipe we will use again and again.

[Kitzy]

I must've done something wrong because when I folded the dough over, it split open. I'm guessing I made the dough too thin. So in the end I served the sauce with pasta and used the dough to make some bread rolls! The sauce was delicious though. I'll have to try making these again with thicker dough.