15 Easy Recipes With Pizza Dough That’s Not Pizza

Making your own Pizza is a fantastic way to cut back on your grocery bill. It’s cheap and oh so delish, but do ever have leftover pizza dough or are you just plain tired of making the same old pizza recipes? Well, I’ve got 15 Easy Recipes With Pizza Dough That’s Not Pizza! And the crowd roars!

These easy recipes can be made with Homemade Pizza Dough or Store-bought Pizza Dough…either one will make MOST of these yummy recipes. I prefer my homemade dough though because it’s so cheap to make! 

Pizza Dough – What Else Can I Make With It?

It’s Pizza night and your family thinks its a great idea to have pizza but you are kind of tired of the usual pizza nights! Sooo if you are wondering if there are more things to do with pizza dough than just make pizza, the answer is YES!! Here’s 15 Easy Recipes That Use Pizza Dough That’s Not Pizza

I’ve been making this original Italian Pizza Dough Recipe for years. It’s a super versatile recipe and that’s why I love it so much! It’s worth trying it out at least once…it makes the perfect pizza crust!

1. Calzone and Hot Pockets

One of the things to make with dough that my family loves is Homemade Calzones or Hot Pockets. These are a big hit at my house!  Make dough,  roll out as you would a smaller pizza,  place desired filling in center (Do not fill clear to edge,  leave about an inch at the edge for folding and pressing edges together),  fold over and crimp or fold edges up!  That’s it!

Calzone and Hot Pocket Fillings:

There is SO much you can fill your Calzones and Hot Pockets with! These are some of the fillings we’ve used and love. I don’t have actual posts for these … yet, but here are some other basic fillings we use. 

All of these Calzones can be cooked at 375 degrees for about 20 minutes or until golden brown!  These can also be frozen too! I like to bring my Calzones and Hot Pockets to room temperature before baking or heating in the microwave, but you don’t have to!

1. BBQ’d Chicken or Pork Filling – shred Chicken or Pork and add Mozzarella cheese
2. Spinach-Ricotta Filling – Sauté onion, and garlic then add spinach, mozzarella, ricotta, and pizza sauce. You can add meat too if you want. 
3. Easy Dessert Calzone – Brie, Thinly sliced and Peeled Apple wedges, and crumbled bacon.  Sprinkle just a little cinnamon sugar over the apples,  Sprinkle the outside of Calzone with some cinnamon sugar and bake. You can use granulated sugar or brown sugar. 
4. Broccoli and Chicken – Mix 1 can Cream of Chicken soup, 1 T mayo, 1/4 –1/2 tsp. curry powder, 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, chopped chicken, and chopped broccoli and mix. 
5. Breakfast Calzone – fill with Scrambled eggs,  sausage or bacon,  red or green peppers, onion, cheese of your choice…you can even add hash browns

7. Little Calzones, usually called Empanada’s Fillings:

We make little mini Calzones aka Empanadas all the time too! Especially if we have leftover dough after making pizza’s. 

Some of the fillings we use inside these little guys are:

This is one of the ways that I use up leftover Taco Meat. Even if I freeze for later, if I have a little taco meat in the freezer and also have left over dough…these are a perfect match! Since it’s already a pre-made pizza dough, I can whip these up in no time…and yes freeze again for later!

• Taco Meat…Ground Beef or Chicken
• Beans – Black Beans or Re-fried Beans – any beans (already cooked)
• Cheeses
• Chicken that’s been cooking in Enchilada Sauce all day  and shredded..Mmmm
• peppers..mm..mm

8. Garlic Chicken Hot Pockets

Garlic Chicken Hot Pockets was one of the first Hot Pocket recipes that I ever made with about a pound of pizza dough that I had. It was such a hit that I started making them ALL THE TIME! For all of my kids and all of their friends! These are deelish!

9. Pepperoni Hot Pockets

We went through quite a period of being broke while needing to feed hungry teens who were doing sports! So while I was experimenting with more uses for pizza dough I decided to make these Pepperoni Hot Pockets! Oooh they turned out so wonderful and what I liked best was that I could freeze them for later too! So instead of buying store bought hot pockets, we made our own! Super money saver!

10. Mini Bacon Cheeseburger Calzones

These Mini Bacon Cheeseburger Calzones are so delicious for all you Cheeseburger lovers out there! They are a little bit more work but totally worth it! A big hit with our family, you’ll definitely want to try these!

11. Grilled Hawaiian Hot Dog Hot Pockets

Another fun and unique Hot Pocket recipe that is super yummy! It’s a fun one to make in the Summer time because we LOVE to grill. Although you can make them anytime of year. I also have a super yummy Hawaiian Dipping Sauce you will LOVE!

12. Homemade Cheesy Filled Breadsticks

I can tell that these are an often requested recipe in our house! I’ve been making these Homemade Cheesy Filled Breadsticks for years! They are perfect for school lunches! Kids LOVE THESE!

13. Pizza Swirl Bread

This Pizza Swirl Bread is super fun and delicious for making with your yummy ball of pizza dough! It’s a winner to serve sliced for a hearty sandwich bread or toasted and dipped into marinara sauce! It’s so yum!

14. French Bread Spaghetti 

I’ve made this French Bread Spaghetti with store-bought dough, my classic pizza dough, my French bread dough recipe AND of course with just store-bought French Bread! It’s a fun and yummy twist for serving your Spaghetti! Everyone loves French Bread and Spaghetti…right!?

15. Have a Pizza Party!  

This was the big hit at our house year after year! Ok, this isn’t a recipe, but it’s the absolute BEST thing to do with your pizza dough! KIDS LOVE THIS!

• Make Dough
• Let the KIDS roll out their own dough
• Let the KIDS put sauce,  cheese, and any other toppings they want on the pizza

Trust me…you and your child’s party will be a hit!  It also takes up a good amount of time,  so that’s great too!  Who cares if they make a little mess…remember we are making memories here.

If you are interested in Bread Baking you might enjoy these 20 Easy Homemade Bread Recipes Anyone Can Make!