Friday, January 01, 2010

Ham-n-Cheese Roll Ups

I've been trying a few new recipes lately. Been getting them mostly from "OurBestBites.com." They called this one "hot pockets," but to me it was more like "roll ups," so for my purposes I renamed the recipe. Heh heh. You can find the original recipe HERE. I have to say the only reason I thought I'd try this was because I had a bunch of leftover ham I wanted to use up, and a good friend (Sarah!) told me she liked them, too. I was expecting them to be just "okay," so I was blown away when I tried them. I thought they were AWESOME! I can't wait to make them again! It was truly a nice surprise. Hope you like them, too! (I'm still wondering if it was just the honeybaked ham that made them killer good, or just the combo of ingredients I used...)

1 recipe breadstick & pizza dough (click HERE to see their recipe. i tried this, too, and it was REALLY good)
Ham (i used leftover Honeybaked ham and chopped it into bite-sized pieces)
Cheese (i used a combo of medium cheddar, some american, and monterrey jack)
Green onion, diced (i added this bc i thought it would be good. it was.)

Prepare dough through the first rise. After dough has risen the first time, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and roll into a rectangle, probably about 16x 8 inches. Using a pizza cutter, cut dough into 8 equal "rectangular" portions. Leaving a little bit of a "margin" on the right and left sides, add toppings with the cheese going on last. (add green onions if ya want). Stretch the dough out a little to give yourself a bit more dough to work with.
Fold the left side over the middle and then the right side over that. Starting at the bottom of the "mummy," tightly roll the filled dough, stretching it very gently as you go to make sure you're getting a tight seal. Place on a greased cookie sheet and repeat with remaining dough. When finished, cover the pan with a clean cloth and preheat your oven to 425 degrees F.

When oven has heated, bake pockets for about 15 minutes or until golden brown on top. For shine, you could brush the tops with a bit of egg white mixed with water during the last 5 minutes of baking, or you could rub a little butter on top of the rolls while they're still hot. (I just used a bit of butter). We dipped ours in ranch, but I bet honey mustard would be yummy, too.

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