Football Pizza Pockets
Submitted by:
Andie A.
 
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I prefer the flakiness of pie crust rather than pizza dough for this recipe, but both styles come out great for halftime snacks!
 
Ingredients:
 
1 Pack Pie Crust or Pizza Crust
Pizza Sauce
Pepperoni
Mozzarella Cheese
1 egg (beaten with a tablespoon of cold water)

 
Directions:
 
Preheat your oven  to 425 degrees.
 
Roll out the crust and cut round circles out of the pastry using a round larger cookie cutter. Then cut the circles into football shapes. Once you have one it’s easy to use it as a template and cut the rest out.
 
Re-roll the scraps and cut out as many football shapes as you can, making sure you have an even number.
 
Place a couple pepperoni slices, a piece of mozzarella and a little pizza sauce
on a football cutout.
 
Brush a little of the egg wash around the edges using a cooking brush and place another football shaped cutout over the stuffing.
 
Seal the dough by pressing down on the edges with a fork and make slits in the top to resemble football laces.
 
Once all the footballs are made, brush the tops of each pizza pocket with the egg wash and place them on a baking sheet.
 
Bake for around 12 minutes, or until the pizza pockets turn a golden brown.
 
Serve with pizza sauce for dipping.

 
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