HAWAIIAN PIZZA EMPANADAS
All your favorite Hawaiian pizza ingredients tucked into a portable hand pie!
Ingredients
- 1 refrigerated pie crust dough round unbaked
- 12-18 pepperoni slices chopped, or 2-4 oz. chopped ham or Canadian bacon
- 2 green onions chopped
- 1/4 of a colored pepper chopped
- 6-8 pineapple chunks. chopped
- 1/4-1/2 cup prepared pizza sauce
- 4 oz. shredded Parmesan cheese or Italian blend divided
Instructions
- Roll out dough until it is about 1″ bigger in diameter. Cut 3″ dough circles with a glass or biscuit cutter.
- Spread 1 T of pizza sauce on the dough rounds with the back of a spoon, leaving a 1/4″ border.
- Place filling ingredients, reserving some cheese, on dough rounds, mounding it slightly on one side. Fold dough edges together like a taco, gently enclosing the filling and pinching edges together.
- Lay pies down on a cutting board and crimp edges with a fork. Transfer pies to a baking sheet.
- Bake at 425 for 6 minutes. Remove from oven and top each with a pile of reserved shredded cheese. Return to oven and bake for another 6 minutes or until golden.
Notes
If you use a silicone mat clean up will be a breeze but they won’t get as crisp on the bottom.
You can make these ahead of time and reheat when needed