It is also a little more interesting, because I am a vegetarian (I do eat seafood), and have had the "man cannot live on bread alone" thing quoted at me more then once. The kids need meat and Kent craves it. So these calzones let me put meat in theirs and veggies in mine. Perfect!
I have had the opportunity to observe a couple of really amazing chef-extrodinaire's. You know, the ones who make green beans taste heavenly, or who know what to do with Halibut to make it melt in your mouth, or have two ingredients and make an amazing 5 course meal. So when I come across a recipe that turns out, I feel I should share it with the masses.
So here it is, from my heart to yours. This recipe is from a dear, amazing woman I grew up with who fits the above description. (Si, if you have a fan club, sign me up) The crust is amazing and the secret is the cracked wheat (who would of thought?). It makes 6 huge calzones. I only made three (it feed all of us for two meals) and refrigerated the rest of the dough, to roll out for pizza next week. So the crust requires more effort then buying one at the store...but it is sooooo worth it. And the sauce, go ahead and double it, you'll want to drink it.
6 cups flour (I use 3 whole wheat and 3 white, my feeble attempt at being healthy)
½ cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
½ cup butter or margarine, melted
½ cup cracked wheat (found in baking section)
1 tablespoon yeast
1 tablespoon sugar
water
Boil 2 cups water and ½ cup cracked wheat in saucepan until water is absorbed and wheat is soft. Takes about 5 minutes. Set aside to cool.Place yeast and 1 tablespoon sugar in ½ cup warm water. Let stand 5 minutes. Measure flour, ½ cup butter and ½ cup sugar into food processor with blade and process about ½ minute. Add yeast mixture, and cooled cracked wheat mixture. Add 1 to 1 ½ cups warm water. Mix well. Shape dough into a ball and place into large bowl. Cover with cloth and let rise for about 1 hour until doubled in size.
Sauce:
1 can tomato sauce
1 large clove garlic
2 teaspoons oregano
1 teaspoon thyme
½ teaspoon basil
½ teaspoon rosemary
pinch of sage
1 tablespoon sugar
2ish tomatoes (more if you want), chunked
Put all ingredients into saucepan, cook over low heat until sugar is dissolved.
Filling:Grated mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, ricotta cheese (cottage cheese) Chopped olives, onion, fresh spinach, sauteed mushrooms, pepperoni etc.Roll out dough into 6-8” circles. Put desired fillings into each circle, just covering one half of the circle. Fold the other side of the dough over, crimp edges, and seal. Bake on a pizza stone or a cookie sheet at 425-450 degrees for15-20 minutes. Serve with sauce.
Harry and Bella in the backyard. Throwing rocks is their favorite passtime here. 
