Name: Homemade Pizza Pockets
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 2 8 oz cans crescent dough sheets or crescent roll dough; 1 pound ground beef or turkey; 1/2 green bell pepper (chopped); 1/2 red bell pepper (chopped); 1/2 onion (chopped); 1 clove garlic (chopped); 1 ½ cups pizza sauce (about ½ jar); 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

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Homemade Pizza Pockets are buttery, cheesy, melty, flaky goodness on a plate! And the best part is you can change the filling to suit your family’s taste.

hand holding a pizza pocket dipping into marinara sauce; text label reads: Homemade Pizza Pockets

If my husband had to pick a favorite recipe of mine, this would be it. I made it for the first time in ages the other night, and was instantly transported to our early years of marriage when it was a regular on the menu.

It’s a great way to sneak veggies into the kids! Our favorites are included in the recipe below, but it’s very easy to substitute your own.

Ingredients needed for Homemade Pizza Pockets

crescent roll dough-I prefer to use the crescent dough sheets because it’s easier to cut to size and there are no seams to pinch closed
ground beef or ground turkey-using ground turkey is a great way to keep the fat and calories down without sacrificing flavor
green and red bell peppers-the peppers are mild and cook down well into the mixture, so it’s a great way to get extra veggies into your diet
onion-I prefer yellow onion, but purple or white will work just as well
garlic-I love using the jarred minced garlic from the grocery store produce section
pizza sauce-buy your favorite brand or make your own quick and easy homemade pizza sauce
mozzarella cheese
other filling ideas: Italian sausage, mushrooms, olives, ham, pineapple, jalapenos…use whatever pizza toppings you love

Instructions

Begin by browning the meat together with the vegetables in a large skillet. Cook until the veggies are soft and the meat is completely browned. Drain any excess grease.

ground beef, red and green peppers, onion and garlic in a skillet — Step 1

cooked vegetables and meat mixture — Step 1

Add the sauce and cheese to the meat mixture and stir to combine. Heat through.

meat mixture with sauce and cheese — Step 3

cooked filling ready to make pizza pockets — Step 3

Cut the crescent dough sheet into 8 equal squares (or use the triangles of dough if using perforated dough sheets.) Add a couple spoonsful of filling to the middle of a dough square and fold the edges over to create a pocket. (See below.)

Place stuffed pockets on a parchment lined baking sheet and bake 12-15 minutes until golden brown.

crescent dough with filling being folded to make pockets — Step 5

8 stuffed and folded pizza pockets — Step 5

baked golden brown pizza pockets on a baking sheet

Serve with extra pizza sauce for dipping!

several plates of homemade pizza pockets and salad with extra dipping sauce on a table

plate of 3 cooked pizza pockets with several others plated in the background

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