I have been reading many blogs about having a "cooking day" set aside to put many meals or at least parts of meals up in the freezer. I am very interested in trying this. I think I will start this week on Thursday. This is the first thing I will try. I looks awesome and I know my kids would LOVE it. I think I could do it with pepperoni for hot pockets, too. Let me know if you have any more ideas for freezer meals. Anything you have tried that I should try, too. I have been thinking of muffins, but we eat them so quickly when they are fresh from the oven!
These Homemade Breakfast Hot Pockets are a great "Baking Day" project. Take the time to make these on an afternoon or morning while you will be home. These take a couple of hours from start to finish to make, but they can be frozen and will provide a hearty breakfast for your family for a while.
If you do not have time to make your own dough you can use refrigerated bread dough, but your hot pockets will not be quite as large. Or, you could also substitute crescent rolls and make them in to "breakfast in a blanket".
Dough Ingredients:
9 cups flour
4 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
4 1/2 tsp. yeast
1 1/2 cup milk
1 1/2 cup water
1 tsp. salt
2 sticks melted butter
Put 9 cups flour in a large bowl, make a well in the center.
In a separate bowl beat 4 eggs, than add 1/2 cup sugar and 4 1/2 tsp. yeast.
In another bowl, scald 1 1/2 cups milk in microwave for 3 minutes. Then add 1 1/2 cups water. Add this mixture to the egg mixture. Stir in 1 tsp. salt. Mix all ingredients well.
Pour this mixture into the well of flour in the large bowl. Do not stir. Put lid on and let sit for 45 minutes.
After 45 minutes, add 2 sticks of melted butter and mix well.
Cover and let sit for 1 hour. Now that your dough is made you are ready to make hot pockets.
Egg Mixture:
12 eggs
2 Tbs. butter
1 roll of breakfast sausage
2 cups cheddar cheese
1 half onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper chopped
While you are waiting on the dough you can be making the breakfast mixture. Using butter or margarine, scramble 12 eggs over a skillet. In another skillet, cook and crumble 1 roll of breakfast sausage.
In another bowl combine scrambled eggs, sausage, onion, bell pepper, and cheddar cheese.
To Make the Hot Pockets:
Pull off a round of dough about the size of a baseball and flatten on counter. Place about 1/2 cup of mixture in the middle of the hot pocket (or about 1/4 cup if you are using crescent rolls). Bring opposite sides together and pinch together. Then do the same with the other two sides.
Place onto a greased cookie sheet, or baking stone. Let rise for 30-40 minutes and then bake at 350 degrees for about 20-30 minutes.
Now, all your prep work and cooking are done! Once these are baked and cooled, you can freeze your hot pockets. When you are ready to eat them, just pop them in the microwave until warm.
This recipe yields 30-36 hot pockets, depending upon how large you make them.
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I used to do this when we were eating super healthy and I was actually cooking. I would buy bulk ground beef or turkey and brown it all with onions and separate it into freezer bags for soups, spaghetti or whatever. It was a great thing to do. We'd cook for a day and have a ton of stuff frozen for quite a while. It saved us a lot of money too! I love this idea. Let me know if they're good. My boys LOVE hot pockets and I'd rather give them a healthier version of them if I could!
Sounds yummy! I love to power cook! I do it all the time! I have all sorts of recipes for freezer meals, so if you want them, let me know & I can email them to you.
I have thought about doing that, too Valissa. It makes so much sense and then you are ready for whatever kind of meal you want. I think I will do that on Thursday, too, plus cook up lots of grilled chicken breasts. And Lindsay, I would love to have some of your recipes. My email is zack6mom@aol.com. Thanks.
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