Calzones

For my birthday I wanted something new, but something I knew I'd love. So my wonderful Mommy made me calzones. Her first time cooking gluten free and she did marvelous!

We used the same dough that we made the doughnuts with but just so you don't have to go searching all over (I hate that!) I'll give it to you again.

Note: This recipe is halved from the original
Yields: About 2 lbs of dough

Ingredients:
3 cups Gluten Free Flour mix
¼ cup Sorghum flour
8 Tbs oil (we used olive, recipe calls for anything from coconut to a neutral flavored one)
1 1/3 cups lukewarm water
1 Tbs Yeast
½ Tbs Kosher Salt
1 Tbs Xanthan Gum
2 large eggs, whisked together
1 Tbs Honey

Directions:

There are more detailed directions on the website but here is the easy version.
1. Mix all the dry ingredients
2. Mix all the wet ingredients BUT the eggs

3. Mix the whisked eggs into the dry ingredients

4. In Thirds start to slowly mix in the wet ingredients stirring constantly while pouring it in. (We ended up mixing with our hands after the spoon was no longer working)

5. Stir until smooth

6. Cover the bowl loosely with a lid or aluminum foil

7. Let rise for about two hours. At this point you can put the dough in the refrigerator for up to seven days and either make bread or doughnuts.

8. We let our dough chill in the refrigerator for about 30 mins

The nice thing about this dough is that you can just put it in the freeze and use it whenever! There isn't the hassle of "only having a first rise! No second!"

Cheese filling:
2 pounds Mozzarella cheese or cheddar cheese, shredded
3 eggs
1/2 teaspoon Italian seasonings
1 Tablespoon parsley flakes
1/4 teaspoon garlic powdered
1/2 tablespoon onion flakes
Beat eggs, then add spices and beat well. Combine with cheese

Directions:
Preheat your oven to 450 with pizza stone and pan. Take your dough out of the frigde. With floured hands and a pre-floured surface (gluten free flour, cake it on!) take a golf ball sized ball size of dough and roll it out into a circle*. Once the circle is rolled out place a scoop of cheese filling (or whatever you want, my parents added swisschard) just off the center. Fold over to make a half circle. Take a fork and slightly push the edges together. Place on pizza stone** in oven. Pour 1 cup hot water in pan*** and bake for 20-25 minutes. You will need to add a little water each time. Serve with gluten free spaghetti sauce**** for dipping.
*We did our's this size and wished we had done a little less dough so that we could taste the filling more
** A pan works just fine ha ha
*** Any pan works, we used a cake pan for half of the time and then a bread pan. We just filled in up half way and called it good. My mom said you do this so that they cook evenly.
****You can find this at any grocery store. I get Classico.
Side Note: We made regular calzones and Gluten Free ones. The family said you could tell the difference but both were very good. I personally LOVED mine :)