Pizza Dough and Calzone

So I will start off talking about the Pizza Dough recipe in The Pioneer Woman Cooks.  This was an easy peasy recipe to follow and only took about small amount of time to create a wonderful crust.  I did it while my baby boy slept!  It consists of the basics, flour, yeast, oil, salt, and some other ingredients.  I made it a day before and kept it in the fridge until I was ready to use it.  I am pretty sure my daughter can make this recipe, so I am going to let her give it a shot tonight! She said she wanted a recipe that wasn't simple, but also wasn't really hard.  I think for a 9 year old, this will be perfect! 

So I made the Pizza Dough to go with the Calzone recipe in the book.  My father in law has been staying with us and helping move cows that are out on range.  So I have been trying to be sure him and my husband have something to eat throughout the day.  I think after a week, peanut butter sandwiches were getting old! So I thought these Calzones would be perfect for a switcharoo!  I made a double batch so that there were plenty of leftovers after we had a chance to test them at dinner.  Final consensus: WINNER!!! DING DING!! 

My brother in law stopped by, he is a wheat farmer up the hill from our ranch, and I told him to grab one to go.  He was kind enough to give me an actual review, "the crust is nice like a pastry and the filling isn't too messy."  Love his details! So he grabbed himself another and headed home. 

Inside the "not too messy pastry" calzone is sausage and hamburger, three cheeses and onion and a can of tomato and peppers. 

This cookbook is just too awesome!! Easy to follow and I love to read it even when I am not cooking!  HA!

Another winner!!