Pizza Stuffed Waffles

Every Friday at my house starts with a ball of dough. At the end of the day, that ball of dough has risen, been punched, stretched, baked, and consumed. I, too, often feel like I have been stretched and punched and baked and consumed by the end of Friday each week, but I continue to make dough. Every week. Because there’s nothing more therapeutic than kneading dough.

This month I joined the Waffle Club, and finally got myself a quality waffle maker. Just like any new appliance in my kitchen, I’m thrilled to play around with the options available with a waffle maker. Thus far I’ve waffled rice, hashbrowns, waffles, and tofu. However, I feel like these pizza stuffed waffles have been my greatest creation. Perfect handheld size for dipping or even packing on the go, and even good cold (just like regular pizza!) The new Moocho cheese is absolutely perfect for this, because it melts perfectly and oozes out the edges to crisp up nicely.

You can enter to win all of the ingredients to make your own pizza stuffed waffle (including this Presto Stuffler!) by entering my giveaway on Instagram.

Even if you don’t win this giveaway, you can still make your own delicious pizza waffles with the recipe below. You can store these in the fridge for up to one week, or in the freezer in an air tight container for up to one month for easy on the go lunches.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup warm water
• 1 tablespoon sugar/maple syrup
• 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 3/4 cup all purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, or other neutral oil
• 1 jar of marinara (homemade or storebought)
• 1 package Tofurky Italian Sausage
• 1 package Moocho Mozzarella
• 1 pacakge Tofurky Smoked Ham
• 1 package Follow Your Heart finely shredded cheddar
• 1 bottle of Follow Your Heart Ranch

Directions:

1. Add water, sugar, and yeast into a food processor fitting with a dough hook. Let sit for 10 minutes for yeast to activate.
2. Add flour, salt, and oil. Knead in food processor for 3-5 minutes, or knead for about 5-8 minutes on a floured surface, adding more flour as you go. If you don’t know how to knead dough, look it up on youtube. It’s pretty simple. If your palms start to stick, flour them. Let dough rest for 30 minutes, then punch down and rest again. After second rest, punch down and diviide dough into 8 pieces.
3. Preheat waffle maker. Spray each side with coconut oil, then layer in pizza dough, 2 tablespoons of sauce, cheeses, and toppings. Top with one more piece of dough, then close, and flip waffle maker.
4. Repeat with remaining pieces of dough for a total of four stuffed waffles. Serve with ranch for the best experience.

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