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Kids love foods that are fun to eat. This recipe for sausage calzones certainly fits the bill. If you unfamiliar with calzones, they are a half moon shaped baked sandwich which has the filling or toppings on the inside. They can be picked up and eaten with your fingers and they are served with a fun dipping sauce. While you can certainly make your own dough, most people I know want something a little easier. I've experimented with using everything from frozen bread dough to pizza dough. The easiest solution, I found was to use refrigerated biscuit dough that comes in a tube. The dough is already formed in a circle and stays in that shape when it is rolled out, making the finished product attractive. Although this recipe calls for sausage, you can use any filling. Sausage Calzones2 cups cooked Italian Sausage, diced1 (16.3) ounce Pillsbury Buttermilk Grands Biscuit dough (8 biscuits in a tube) 1 to 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese 1 egg beaten 1 (14 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce 1. On a floured surface, roll out 1 biscuit until it is a circle, 5-6" in diameter. 2 Dip your fingers in a bowl of water a slightly wet the perimeter of the circle. 3. Place approximately 1/4 cup of diced and cooked sausage along with 1/8 cup of cheese on the bottom half of the circle (leave about 1/2" of the moistened perimeter free of filling) 4. Fold the top half of the circle over the sausage and cheese5. Use a fork to press the outside edges down, leaving fork tine marks around the edges. 6. Place the calzone on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet. Repeat steps 1-6 until 8 calzones are made. 7. Brush the beaten egg over the top of each calzone. 8. Bake at 350°F for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned. 9. Meanwhile, heat the spaghetti sauce. 10. Serve with heated sauce. Yield 8 calzone sandwiches
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