Mini Heart-Shaped Calzones
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Valentine’s Day cards are at the end of the grocery aisle, candle and treats line the shelves and loving energy is in the air. It’s that time of year again — Valentine’s Day. There’s just something about this holiday that instantly makes us feel childlike again. We love being creative, hosting our friends and showing how much we love the people in our lives.
One of the easiest ways we show love this time of year is by hosting our friends and cooking them a festive, Valentine’s Day meal. That means making all the heart-shaped meals and desserts of our hearts desire.
That being said, today we’re showing you how to make something we’re positive everyone will love — Mini Heart-Shaped Calzones. Whether you’re cooking for a date night at home on Valentine’s Day, hosting a Galentine’s Day party with your closest friends, or wanting to indulge in a festive snacks while you watch your favorite rom-com, these heart-shaped calzones will be a hit.
Want more heart-shaped Valentine’s treats? Check out these adorable desserts:
Mini Heart-Shaped Calzones
Ingredient Snapshot:
Calzone Dough:
The “Insides”:
How do you shape the calzones?
Wondering how to get the adorable heart shape in your calzones?
It’s super simple! All you need is a rolling pin and a heart-shaped cookie cutter.
Simply roll out your dough a quart inch thin and then use the heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut out the dough into the shapes.
If you find the dough shrinking after your cut it, simply use your fingers to pull it out, while still keeping the shape of the heart as you do.
Directions Snapshot:
First things first, you’ll need to prep your dough. You can either make the dough homemade (see our recipe below for out dough recipe) or purchase your favorite premade dough or pizza dough mix from your local grocery store.
Once the dough is ready, preheat your oven to 425°F.
Roll out your dough 1/4 inch thick. Use your heart-shape cookie cutter to cut the dough into multiple heart shapes. Make as many hearts with the dough as you can. **Our dough recipe made 12 mini calzones.
How to Assemble the Calzones:
On one heart, add some pizza sauce in the middle, leaving an edge around the dough that doesn’t have sauce.
Add cheese, pepperoni and any other “toppings” you want inside your calzone. Brush the edge of the dough with a bit of water.
Place another heart-shape dough piece over the top and seal with a fork — going around the edge until the dough is pressed and sealed all the way around.
Bake in the over for 14-17 minutes.
Variations of This Recipe:
How Long Do Heart-Shaped Calzone’s Last?
Store the calzones in your fridge in an air-tight storage container or in a gallon ziplock bag. The calzones should be good to store and eat 3-5 days after making them.
Equipment You'll Need for This Recipe:
Heart-Shaped Cookie Cutter
Stand Mixer
Mini Heart-Shaped Calzones
Heart-shaped calzone dough stuffed with pizza sauce, cheese, pepperoni and Italian seasonings.
Ingredients
Homemade Calzone Dough:
1 packet active dry yeast
1 cup lukewarm water
2 Tbsp butter, melted
2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp Italian seasoning
2 tsp sugar
3 tbsp olive oil
Insides + Toppings:
Pizza Sauce
Mozzarella Cheese
Cheddar Cheese
Pepperoni
Egg wash, one beaten egg
Instructions
Homemade Calzone Dough
- Add warm water and yeast to a bowl with dough hook attachment to an electric mixer. Mix just to stir the yeast around and let it sit to activate for 10 minutes.
- While your yeast is setting, combine your flour, salt, sugar, and Italian seasoning to a medium bowl. Whisk together and set aside.
- In a small microwave safe bowl, melt your butter until just melted. You don’t want your butter to be boiling because if too hot, it could kill the yeast.
- After your yeast has set for 10 minutes, turn mixer on to low speed and the olive oil. Once combined, add your flour mixture and increase speed to medium.
- Mix dough on medium speed for about 10 minutes until it starts pull from the sides. Your dough will be a wet, sticky dough.
- Lightly grease a bowl with olive oil, remove the dough from the mixing bowl place dough in the greased bowl. Cover with towel and place in a warm surface. We put ours in a microwave. Let the dough rise for 1 hour until doubled in size.
Heart-Shaped Calzones
- When the dough is ready, start by preheating your oven to 425°F and prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Punch down your pizza dough and roll it out onto a floured surface. Using a rolling pin, roll the dough out until it’s a 1/4 inch thick. Using your heart-shaped cookie cutter, cut the dough into heart shaped pieces. Cut as many heart-shaped dough pieces as you can until you’ve used up all the dough.
- On one heart, add some pizza sauce in the middle, leaving an edge around the dough that doesn’t have sauce. Add cheese, pepperoni and any other “toppings” you want inside your calzone. Brush the edge of the dough with a bit of water.
- Place another heart-shape dough piece over the top and seal with a fork — going around the edge until the dough is pressed and sealed all the way around.Transfer the calzone to the prepared baking sheet. Repeat until you have made all the calzones.
- Brush the top of each calzone with egg wash (the beaten egg). Bake the calzones in the oven for 14-17 minutes, until the tops are just golden brown.
- Serve and enjoy at your next Valentine’s Day or Galentine’s Day party!
