Easy Calzone Recipe

5 from 3 votes

Make this easy calzone recipe in minutes with a little pizza dough, pizza toppings, and an oven. Whether you're making a pepperoni calzone pizza or a buffalo chicken calzone, these will be a winner!

Prep Time5

Cook Time12

Total Time17

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Servings: calzones

Calories: 149kcal

Author: Britni Vigil

Ingredients

Pizza Dough Ingredients

1 ½ cup warm water
1 tsbp sugar
2 ¼ tsp yeast
1 tsbp honey
2 tsp salt
3 ½ - 4 cups flour

Calzone Ingredients

toppings of your choice
1 jar pizza sauce
olive oil or avocado oil spray

Instructions

Pizza Dough

Combine warm water, sugar, yeast, and honey in the base of a stand mixer and allow to sit for 5 – 10 minutes or until foamy.
2 1/4 tsp yeast, 1 tsbp honey, 1 tsbp sugar, 1 1/2 cup warm water
Once foamy, add in salt and mix lightly with the dough hook.
2 tsp salt
With mixer on low speed gradually add flour until a soft dough forms. This may require a little more or less flour depending. You have enough flour once you can press your finger lightly into the dough without any sticking to your finger.
3 1/2 - 4 cups flour
Allow the dough to knead in the mixer for three minutes on medium-low speed.
Transfer the dough to a floured surface and shape into a ball. If you find it to be too sticky, flour your hands and work a little extra flour into the dough while you shape it.
Transfer shaped dough into a lightly greased bowl and allow to rise in a warm space for one hour or until doubled in size.

Calzones

Preheat oven to 450 and spray muffin tin with olive oil or avocado oil spray.
olive oil or avocado oil spray
Once dough has doubled, roll out your pizza dough to 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick.
Use a circle biscuit cutter to cut out 12 circles of dough.
Place one circle of dough into each of the muffin tins and press down and into the sides.
Add toppings to each of the dough circles.
toppings of your choice
Fold the dough together over the toppings and pinch to seal.
Bake at 450 degrees for 12-13 minutes or until golden brown and the dough is cooked. Serve with your favorite pizza sauce for dipping.
1 jar pizza sauce

Notes

If your oven bakes hot on the bottom add a baking sheet under your muffin tin to keep the bottoms from getting too dark.

Get the most out of your toppings by cutting them into small pieces. This will allow you to fill it with a larger variety of toppings without over flowing your cups.

These puff up bigger than you expect, so get as much filling in there and sealed as you can!

If you need help with the dough, this same day pizza dough recipe has all the answers for you.

Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week.

Place in the freezer after cooking for up to three months.

Nutrition facts are calculated for the dough only. All toppings will be additional and nutrition will be determined based on what toppings you choose.

Nutrition