Homemade Hot Pockets

Ingredients:

3 cups flour
1/4 cup dry milk
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 tablespoons yeast
1 cup warm water (not hot)
Diced meat (your choice)
Cheese (shredded)
Parmesan Cheese
Garlic Powder

Directions:

1. Combine the flour, dry milk, sugar, salt, yeast, and water in a stand mixer and knead well.
2. Divide dough into 10 equal portions.
3. Take each portion, roll it into a rectangle and top with cheese and meat.
4. Fold sides and ends up to create a pocket.
5. Place seam side down on a sprayed cookie sheet. Top liberally with parmesan cheese and garlic powder.
6. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 20 minutes or until lightly brown.
7. Serve while warm, or cook completely, wrap individually in saran wrap and store in a freezer bag in freezer.

** You can use your choice of meats, cheese, or ingredients **

** Common Ingredients For Variety of Hot Pockets **

Ham & Cheese
Chicken & Cheese (we added onions & bell peppers)
Pepperoni & Cheese
Sausage & Cheese
Egg & Cheese
Turkey & Pepper Jack
Baked Chicken, Broccoli, & a small amount of alfredo sauce

Breakfast Ham Cups

**Based on a 12 cup cupcake pan**

Ingredients:

6 eggs
1/4 cup milk
Shredded cheese
1/4 of a bell pepper, chopped
1/4 of a small onion, chopped
1 tbsp butter
1 green onion, chopped
Ham slices
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Saute the onion and bell peppers in the butter. Beat the eggs together and add in the milk, mix. Spray the muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray. Line each with a slice of ham. Add the cooked onions and bell peppers (divide evenly) into the ham. Sprinkle in some shredded cheese and then pour in the egg mixture (basically allowing a 1/2 egg per cup). Sprinkle the green onion on top and salt and pepper to taste.

Bake at 350 for 25 minutes. The eggs get fluffy and the ham gets crunchy on the edges.

Pizza Sandwich (Quick Fix)

Ingredients:

Bread
Sliced cheese
Pepperoni
Ham

Directions:

Basically you are making a grilled cheese just adding pepperoni and ham.

Butter one side of each bread. Place butter side down on pan. I added 3 rows of 3 pepperoni and a piece of sliced ham. Add a slice of cheese and top with other slice of buttered bread (butter side up). Lightly brown on one side and flip and do same thing until cheese is melted.

Baked Ham & Swiss Sandwiches

Ingredients:

1 (12 pack) of King's Hawaiian rolls
1lb deli ham, shaved
1lb swiss cheese, thinly sliced
1 1/2 sticks butter
3 tablespoons dijon mustard
1 1/2 teaspoons worchestershire sauce
3 teaspoons poppy seeds (optional)
1 onion, chopped

Directions:

Heat oven to 350. Melt butter and mix in mustard, worchestershire sauce, onion, and poppy seed.

Cut each roll in half.

In greased, lipped, pan place bottom half of rolls and spread 1/3 of the onion mixture over the bottom of the rolls followed by ham and cheese.

Place the top of the rolls and spread the remaining onion mixture over the top.

Cover and bake 15-20 minutes.

Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole

Ingredients:

2 cups cooked rice
3 cups cooked chicken,  chunks
6 slices swiss cheese
10 slices cut-up ham
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup sour cream
10 saltine crackers
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
1/2 teaspoon parsley

Directions:

Spray a 9x13 inch baking dish with cooking spray.

Spread 2 cups cooked rice in bottom of baking dish.

Arrange 3 cups cooked chicken pieces over top of rice.

Layer 6 slices swiss cheese on top of chicken.

Then layer 10 slices cut-up ham on top of swiss cheese.

In separate bowl mix together both cans of cream of chicken soup, milk, and sour cream and spread on top of ham.

In another bowl crush 10 saltine crackers and add paprika, garlic salt, and parsley and mix together and sprinkle on top of soup mixture.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.