Homemade Calzones with Pizza Sauce

I absolutely LOVE pizza!  I was going to make a pan pizza for dinner but at last minute I decided to make calzones instead.  These were a huge hit with my family and I'm thinking I need to start adding them into a monthly dinner menu.

The nice thing about making calzones you can personalize each one.  Which is perfect for those

 picky eaters. 

Homemade Calzones with Pizza Sauce

Dough:
1 cup 2 Tbsp hot tap water
1 Tbsp Olive Oil
3 cups flour
1 tsp sugar
3 tsp salt
2 1/2 tsp yeast

In a medium sized bowl add the hot water, yeast and sugar and lightly stir and let sit for 5-10 minutes until foamy.  Slowly add flour 1 cup at a time. Add salt after first cup of flour and continue with the rest.  Knead by hand until well combined and dough is soft and bouncy to touch.  Form dough into a ball and place in bowl.  Spread oil on top.  Cover and let rise for 2 hours or until doubles in size.
Makes about 4-8" calzones.  Dough freezes well.

Here is my recipe for Pizza Sauce

Toppings:
Meat: Pepperoni, ham, chicken, bacon, sausage
Veggies: Peppers, onions, mushrooms, olives, tomatoes
Mozzarella Cheese
Spices. red peppers or italian seasoning

Split dough into 4 equal balls and roll dough out to about 8" circle.  On half of the dough lay out your meat, top with cheese and then your veggies.  Fold the top over and pinch the sides together. Cut 3 small slits on the top.  Bake on the bottom shelf at 425 degrees for about 10-12 minutes.  Serve with warm pizza sauce and enjoy. If you have a pizza stone use it!  If don't have one a baking sheet will be fine.