There’s something wonderful about having a basic recipe memorized. It gives freedom in cooking and opens up creativity. It allows a woman to go into another home, discover a need, and whip up a delicious supper without running to the internet or a cook book.
My Basic pizza dough is a recipe like that. It makes fabulous pizza, but can also be loaf bread, bread sticks, cinnamon rolls, bagels, English muffins, Stromboli. Anything really.
And like I tell my daughters, Men like food. Want to find a good man? Learn to make good food.
I remember the first time Darren took me to visit his grandfather in the rest home. His grandma introduced me. She said, your grandson J.D. found him a Jewell (his wife’s name) and Darren found an Angel.
I was stunned. I’d been admiring Darren from afar for awhile, but he had never been very clear with me about his feelings. Was I claimed? Was he really serious about our future or was Grandma dreaming? I was thinking such deep thoughts and floating on her words, when Grandpa spoke up. “Can she cook?”
Um, what?
On the resume I was building to be a good wife….cooking wasn’t the top thing in my mind. I loved the Lord, could sing, play piano, clarinet and guitar. Teach children, sew, garden, and had the stamina of a workhorse. Surely those things are more important than cooking…but, NO. Grandpa only wanted to know if I could cook, lol.
If he were still with us, I’d bring him one of these yummy ham pockets. 🙂 He’d want gravy too.
Ingredients
- 1 2/3 cup warm water
- 1 Tbs yeast
- 2 Tbs honey
- 1 Tbs olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 4 cups fresh ground Hard White Wheat Flour
- 5 cups, diced ham (sliced ham works too)
- 10 slices of cheese (or shredded...whatever.)
Instructions
- In a stand mixer, combine the first 5 ingredients and mix up into a firm dough.
- Oil dough and cover with a cloth while you preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- After about 30 minutes, divide the dough into 10 balls.
- Roll each ball into a circle then top with ham and cheese.
- Wrap dough around the filling and place on a cookie sheet.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
- Brush with melted butter while they are still warm. (Sprinkle with garlic salt too if you want to.)
- They are delicious warm or cold and pack well for lunches.
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These were absolutely delicious!!!
These look good. I usually grind the wheat and then store it in the freezer. Have you done this and if so, do you think the addition of gluten would make it work? Of course, I always keep regular bread flour on hand in any case.
I literally just finished eating some of your ’emergency snack balls’. They work for 47-year old women as well as 4-year old little boys. 🙂 My whole family likes them.
For yourself or as a gift, this might be an idea you enjoy: http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2014/04/how-to-make-a-pastry-cloth-and-why-you-need-one.html. I think I just found my own next sewing project. 🙂
Sheila, I’m glad you like the emergency snack balls. They are one of our favorites!
Yes, storing the wheat in the freezer works too. You just need it to be room temperature before using it with the yeast. I don’t add gluten to this, but you can. It would only make the dough nicer to handle. I sometimes grind extra and store in the freezer, but then get frustrated when it is frozen and I want to use yeast. That’s why I recommend fresh ground (It’s also gets a bit warm from the grinder and the yeast loooooves that!)
Thanks! I’m still relatively new to grinding my own flour, and so am still working on the best ways to handle it.
And for everyone else’s benefit, if you don’t have a wheat grinder, you can still make these. Just use whatever flour you have. Even all purpose gluten free blend is fine.
Hi Angela! I found the pizza dough recipe I wanted just use bread flour instead of all-purpose flour, it really makes the difference and thanks for this creativity,you made it look so easy. I’ll be making this tomorrow for lunch.
Angela, I made these and blog about it crediting you! Thanks for this idea
Thanks! Pinay Mom. I’m glad you liked them.
Big hit, hubby ate one for breakfast so my second batch I added scrambled egg. Absolutely yummy
Yay, Nicole. Scrambled egg is a great idea!