This cheeseburger calzone has all the cheeseburger flavors you love stuffed inside a tender pizza crust. I love serving this for an easy weeknight dinner or slicing it up to serve as a snack for guests. It’s so flavorful and is a great way to sneak in some veggies for your kiddos!

Assembling it take about 20 minutes between cooking the beef and chopping up your veggies. Then after that it’s just time to roll it up and pop it in the oven—it couldn’t be simpler! Plus, there are so many variations you can try.

Bake this up tonight and start planning your next calzone adventure!

 

Ingredients:

3/4 pound ground beef

1 ball pizza dough

12 oz shredded cheddar melting blend

1 large tomato, chopped

2 cups spinach, chopped

3 tbs ketchup

1 tbs mayo

1 tbs relish

1/2 tsp garlic salt

1 tsp sesame seeds

 

Directions:

Preheat oven and pizza stone (if using one) to 400 degrees.
In a skillet, over medium heat, brown ground beef until cooked through.
Mix in 1/4 cup of cheese. Stir.

Whisk together ketchup, mayo, relish, and garlic salt, or shake in a glass jar.

Spread pizza dough out into a large circle. Lay it onto the pan/stone off center (off center so it is loaded up and not moved, only closed)
Layer cheese, ground beef, spinach, tomatoes. Dab with special ketchup sauce.

Repeat for 2 layers (or until layer ingredients run out).

Stretch pizza dough “overhang” across to meet the other side and close up.
Pinch edges together.
Slice a few vent slits into the top of the calzone.
Bake 10 minutes.

Remove, brush with olive oil and shake sesame seeds onto the top.
Return to the oven, baking for another 15 minutes, or until golden brown.

 

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Quick tip: You can sub lettuce in for the spinach for a more traditional burger topping taste.

Photo and recipe courtesy of The Three Bite Rule.