Gluten free calzones stuffed with pizza sauce, cheese, and your favorite pizza toppings are a great snack, dinner, or game day treat! Take one bite of a gluten free calzone and the melted cheese will just ooze out all over.
This gluten free calzone recipe reminds me a lot of homemade gluten free Hot Pockets.
Calzones are easy to hold, and fun to eat. I have finally created a gluten-free calzone recipe that tastes just like the good old days.
This gluten-free calzone recipe takes a little bit of time to make, but if you are patient, you will be rewarded with a delicious crust. (And don't forget the gooey melted mozzarella cheese!)
After the gluten free calzone dough has risen, I take a baseball-sized clump of dough and put it between two pieces of wax paper. This makes it easier to roll out.
And now the fun part. You can add sauce and cheese, salsa and other Mexican toppings, or anything else you can dream up to the inside of your gluten free calzone.
My son wanted salami in his gluten free Hot Pockets.
Fold the dough over and press the edges of your gluten free calzone closed.
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Things You Need to Make This Recipe:
- My favorite gluten free flour blend.
- A cookie sheet to bake these calzones on.
Gluten Free Calzones
Ingredients
- 3 cups gluten free flour blend (*Note, my flour blend has xanthan gum included. If yours doesn't, add 1 teaspoon.)
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 package dry yeast
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 large eggs
- pizza sauce salsa, or other sauce for inside calzone
- cheese Mexican, mozzarella, etc
- veggies or meats
Instructions
- In a small dish, add yeast, honey, and 1/2 cup warm water.
- Allow yeast to bubble.
- Add 2 eggs, olive oil, and 1 additional cup water.
- In a large bowl, add all dry ingredients.
- Whisk to blend.
- Pour in liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix well.
- Cover and allow to rise for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Take a tennis ball sized (or a little smaller) ball of dough and place between two sheets of wax paper. You may need to dust the dough with extra flour. This is normal.
- Use a rolling pin to roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thickness.
- Put in 1-2 tablespoons of sauce and other fillings on one side of the circle.
- Fold the dough over the toppings and pinch the dough edges closed.
- Repeat until you run out of dough.
- Bake for 20 minutes until cooked.
- Serve warm.
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Patricia
The only gluten-free dough I've ever fried with the pillsbury one. I hate to be a bother but I do have another quick question. Do you happen to have a picture of the dough before you actually use it? Like after you incorporate all the ingredients do you have a picture of how it looks? Thanks In advance
Sandi Gaertner
Hi Patricia, I emailed you a few photos. I hope that helps 🙂
Patricia
How is the consistency of the dough? Is it easy to work with? Does it fall apart? I was using the best gluten free dough from Pillsbury but they stopped selling it where I live.
Sandi Gaertner
Hi Patricia, thank you for writing. I found the consistency for this dough to be pretty good. I did have to lightly dust flour over the top (just a tiny bit) so the wax paper wouldn't stick, but overall it was easy to work with. You can also add a tiny bit more flour to make the dough stiffer if you need.
Patricia
Thanks so much for responding. Have to try this recipe this week. One more question. Would this dough stand up to frying?
Sandi Gaertner
You are very welcome. I have never tried to fry gluten free dough so I am not sure how it would stand up. Have you tried it with other gluten free doughs?
Raia
Oh my family is going to LOVE these. 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing with us at Savoring Saturdays, Sandi! Hope you'll come back this weekend! 🙂
Leah @ Grain Changer
I've missed calzones so much, and actually had the most intense craving for one the other day. How serendipitous! Can't wait to make these -- YUM!
Sandi Gaertner
I hope you enjoy them Leah 🙂 I really appreciate your taking the time to stop by.