Hot Pockets

These aren't like the frozen hot pockets you get in the store, but it's what the website I used to make them calls them (ourbestbites.com). I've adapted the recipe a bit so it's totally GameOn friendly. You will not regret making these. They are fabulous, I eat one a day and it's one of my favorite meals of the day. They travel well, freeze well, make great lunches for husbands and kids. They make look like they take awhile to make but I can crank them out pretty quick. I've been making them on Sundays and I have a bag of them ready to go for the week! That's one meal down/day.

Here you go....

1 1/2 c. warm (105-115 degrees) water
1 Tbsp. honey
1 Tbsp. yeast
1/2 tsp. salt
4 1/2 tsp of vital wheat gluten
3+ c. whole wheat flour (I grind my own flour and have been using the hard white wheat and it's fabulous)

Each Hot Pocket has
two slices of ham,
ff cheese

In my kitchen aid mixer I mix the water and honey (with a spoon) then sprinkle the yeast on that. Set the timer for 10min and let it proof (just let it sit there dont' turn on the mixer). Once it's all foamy (if it's not foamy throw it out and start over again), then turn on the mixer (use your dough hook) and add the salt and start adding the flour and the vital wheat gluten. The vital wheat gluten helps the wheat dough become a softer dough when baked. I usually only add 3 cups of flour and then it starts balling up,  you may need to add 1/2c more but not much more then that, you don't want the dough super stiff. Once it's there, I remove the ball, spray the mixer with cooking spray and put that ball of dough right back in the mixer and cover with a towel and let it rise for about 45-50min.
After that I turn the dough onto a VERY VERY floured workspace shape into a rectangle and cut into 8 equal rectangular pieces. This is where you add what you want, my personal favorite is ham and cheese. But I've also done roast beef and swiss, chicken broccoli and cheese. The key here is to not overstuff just a small slice of cheese and a few pieces of meat. You wrap up the dough into a little mummy or a hot pocket once they are all made start preheating the oven, this gives them a few minutes to rise, once it's preheated pop them in the oven and bake at 425 for 15minutes.

*****This recipe is fat free so in order to get my fat I dip the hot pocket in some evoo. I suppose you could add a TBSP of evoo to the dough if you want and get your fat that way. I just really like the taste of evoo so I choose to use it as a "sauce" for my hot pocket. Also if you go to the ourbestbites.com website and search under archives, sandwiches, you can find their hot pocket recipe and see pictures of how they rolled up each hot pocket. It took me a couple of tries but mine now look like theirs.