Pizza Pockets

Dough

2 cups flour

1 tlbs. baking soda

2 tsp. sugar

1/2 tsp. cream of tartar

1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 cup shortening or butter

2/3 cup milk

Mix flour, soda, sugar, cream of tartar and salt.  Cut in the shortening and stir until you have big chunks.  Mix with your hands until dough resembles coarse crumbs.

Make a well or hole as big as your fist with a little room at the bottom and pour in the milk.  Mix with spoon.  Don't handle too much.

The Pockets

Pizza Sauce

Cheese

Other pizza toppings

Cut the dough into circles using a bisquit cutter or a cup.  Make stacks of even numbers, and put into the fridge for 5 min.  While the dough is in the fridge, pull out ingredients.

Take two to three of the circles and roll together till they make a ball.  Then roll flat 1/4 in. thick.  Put sauce cheese and toppings on half of the dough.  Fold empty half and fold over.  Seal with fingers or a fork.

cook at 350 degrees for 12-15 min.  Let cool a little before eating.

*Recipe from Lisa Knudsen