Pizza Sticks

Last night Grammie Flava was in town visiting and we wanted to make something quick and fun for dinner. I looked in the fridge and we had some left over caramelized onions and zucchini, an assortment of cheeses, and (as always) some whole wheat pizza dough from Trader Joes. Pizza it was! While we were waiting for the dough to reach room temperature I had a thought that it would be nice to make BF some version of the pizza that she could feed herself. Some brief experimentation resulted in these adorable pizza sticks (think calzone) that she could pick up and take bites out of.

If you keep pizza dough in your fridge regularly this couldn't be simpler. Take the dough out of the fridge and let it sit for about half an hour. Slice the dough into pieces about the size of a lime and roll out each piece into a long rectangle. In the center of the rolled out dough place a small amount of your chosen filling (see below) leaving room on all ends. Pinch the dough closed on all slides and roll lightly to achieve the right shape; we were aiming for something like a thick pretzel rod.

We placed the sticks in our pre-heated over (425 degrees) on a pizza stone for about 10 minutes. Times will vary slightly so keep an eye on the sticks once they are in the oven. The key here is not to add too much filling otherwise the sticks will explode in the oven.

You can fill your pizza sticks with anything your baby or toddler likes but here are some suggestions:
1) Tomato sauce, spinach and parrano cheese
2) Tomato sauce, caramelized onion and zucchini, and mozzarella
3) Roasted red peppers and Cougar Gold cheese