Italian Spinach Pies

Total Time: 1 hr 11 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 26 mins

Ingredients

• 1 recipe italian bread dough, 2 lbs. (or pizza dough but bread works better in this recipe)
• 2 lbs frozen spinach, chopped, defrosted and squeezed dry
• 1 tablespoon garlic, chopped
• 2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes (or more) (optional)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons butter, unsalted

Recipe

• 1 heat oil and butter up in a 12 inch skillet and add the garlic. saute for a minute and then add pepper flakes and saute for another minute.add the spinach and heat it through and taste and season with salt and black pepper.
• 2 separate dough into 8 portions and let rise until doubled, punch down and rest for 10 minutes. roll each portion into a circle - not too thin that it tears. fill one side with cooled spinach mixture, fold dough over and crimp the edge. let rest while you pre-heat the oven to 375.
• 3 bake for 20 minutes or until crust looks done.
• 4 before baking you can mark the pies with letter h using a fork to distinguish the pies with hot pepper flakes from the plain.
• 5 it's really simple. i think the more simple the better although i have added dried tomatoes and other things. hope you try this.