Ham & Cheese Hot Pocket
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These homemade pockets start with a cold butter dough, then leave the filling choice up to you. The dough is chilled before rolling, sealed around the filling, brushed with egg, and baked at 400°F.
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After baking, the pockets cool completely before refrigeration. There is also an option to freeze them before baking, then bake the frozen pockets later.
Why You'll Love This Recipe
The recipe builds the dough from all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, cold unsalted butter, and cold whole milk. The filling is open-ended, so you can use your favorite filling inside each pocket.
The shaping steps are straightforward: roll out the chilled dough, add filling, and seal it. Cutting slits and brushing the tops with beaten egg comes just before baking.
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Ingredients You'll Need
For the dough, gather all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, cold unsalted butter cut into cubes, and cold whole milk. Keep an additional 1-2 tablespoons of milk available if needed while mixing the dough.
Choose your favorite filling for the pockets, then use one beaten egg to brush the dough before baking. The filling is added after the dough has chilled and been rolled out.
How To Make It
Whisk flour, baking powder & salt. Work in cold, cubed butter.
Mix in cold milk. Chill 20 mins.
Roll out, add filling & seal. Cut slits & brush with egg.
Bake at 400°F for 15-20 min. Cool completely, then refrigerate.
Or freeze unbaked pockets and bake from frozen. Serving & Variations
The filling remains your choice, so each pocket can be made with the filling you want to use. Keep the dough method the same: chill it before rolling, then add filling and seal the pockets before cutting slits and brushing with egg.
For a later bake, freeze the pockets before they go into the oven. Bake the pockets from frozen when you are ready to use that option.
The recipe has a 20-minute prep time and a 20-minute cook time, for a total of 40 minutes. This recipe makes 3 servings. Yes. Chill the dough for 20 minutes after mixing in the cold milk. Bake the hot pockets at 400F for 15-20 minutes. Yes. You can freeze the unbaked pockets and bake them from frozen.Frequently Asked Questions
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Wrapping Up
This recipe follows a cold butter dough method with a 20-minute chill, a filled and sealed shape, and a 400°F bake. Cool the baked pockets completely before refrigerating, or freeze them unbaked for baking from frozen. Recipe created by Xena’s Kitchen for Trust Me Try It.
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Ingredients
- 2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- cold unsalted butter, cubed
- cold whole milk plus 1-2 tbsp more if needed
- Your favorite filling
- 1 egg, beaten
Instructions
- Whisk flour, baking powder & salt.
- Work in cold, cubed butter.
- Mix in cold milk.
- Chill 20 mins.
- Roll out, add filling & seal.
- Cut slits & brush with egg.
- Bake at 400°F for 15-20 min.
- Cool completely, then refrigerate.
- Or freeze unbaked pockets and bake from frozen.
