Easy Pizza Pockets (Air Fryer + Oven Instructions)

Get ready for the best easy pizza pockets ever. You’d never even guess they’ve got double the protein of regular hot pockets.

These might just be my newest obsession… not only do they taste amazing, but they have more than double the protein of a regular hot pocket. I’ll need to start making double batches because they never last even a full day here!

But seriously, you could easily eat 2 of these for how good the macros are. Or if you’re Ty, 4 of them.

And they’re so easy to make! Here’s everything you’ll need.

What You’ll Need

Equipment

• Air fryer or
• Sheet pan for oven

Ingredients

• Self-rising flour: Can sub regular all purpose flour + baking powder.
• Non-fat plain greek yogurt: Fage yogurt is thicker/less creamy, and much easier to work with than other yogurts.
• Turkey pepperoni
• Ham: I use Hormel smoked deli ham, but any deli ham you prefer will work.
• 2% low fat cottage cheese: Don’t leave! You won’t tell it’s there, promise.
• Pizza sauce
• Shredded mozzarella
• Dried oregano, dried basil, garlic powder

How To Make Them

1. Make the filling: To make the filling, start by roughly chopping up the ham and turkey pepperoni. Add to a small mixing bowl. Add cottage cheese, pizza sauce, mozzarella, oregano, basil, and garlic powder. Stir everything together until fully combined and set aside.
2. Make the dough: M
3. ix flour and greek yogurt in a bowl until it forms a dough. Dust a counter surface with flour and knead the dough a few times so everything is mixed well. If you’re using regular flour, add 1 1/2 tsp baking powder to the flour before combining with yogurt.
4. Form the dough: This recipe makes 4 pizza pockets, so separate the dough into 4 equal pieces. Dust the counter with some more flour, if needed, and roll out the first piece of dough with a rolling pin. Try to make it into a circle shape (doesn’t have to be perfect). Roll it out until it’s a thin circle about the size of your hand (but I have really big hands so maybe a little bigger than your hand). Repeat with the other 3 pieces.
5. Make the pizza pockets: Add 1/4 of the pizza filling to the middle of each piece of dough. Fold in the outer edges of the dough (into the center) and gently press or pinch together to seal the pockets. The pinched dough part will be the bottom of the pizza pocket, so you’ll flip each one over after sealing.
6. Bake or air fry: See below for whichever way you’d like to cook them!

Air Fry

• Spray the bottom of the air fryer with cooking spray and add pizza pockets. Air fry at 400 F for about 7 minutes. I have a smaller 4 quart Ninja air fryer, so I do 2 at a time. Cook time can vary depending on the make and model of your air fryer. I would check them after 6 minutes, and keep cooking if needed, until tops are golden brown.

Bake

• Grease a baking sheet (or line with parchment). Nothing is worse than the pizza pockets sticking to the pan! Bake at 400 F for 17-20 minutes, until tops are golden brown. Start with 17 minutes, then bake longer if needed.

Let them cool off for a few minutes before eating! They will be super hot.

Dip in more pizza sauce and enjoy. ❤️

Pro Tip

• Fage greek yogurt: As mentioned before, the yogurt you use for the dough can make a big difference. Any non-fat plain greek yogurt will work, but the best I’ve tried is Fage. This brand of yogurt is thicker and not as creamy as other brands, making the dough less sticky and easier to work with.

To Store

Store leftover pizza pockets in a gallon ziplock bag (or other airtight container) in the fridge for up to 3 days. Reheat in the oven at 400 F for 5-10 minutes, until warmed through, or in the air fryer at 400 F for a couple minutes at a time, until warmed through. You could also microwave for 30-60 seconds.

Similar Recipes

• Protein pepperoni pizza
• BBQ chicken protein pizza

Lastly, be sure to leave a rating and review down below if you try these easy pizza pockets! Enjoy. ♡

Easy Pizza Pockets

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Prep Time:15 minutes mins

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Servings: 4

Calories: 254kcal

Equipment

• Air fryer or
• Sheet pan for oven

Ingredients

• 1 cup self-rising flour (120 g) can sub all-purpose flour + 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 cup non-fat plain greek yogurt (227 g)
• 3 oz turkey pepperoni (84 g) chopped
• 3 oz smoked deli ham (84 g) chopped
• 1/4 cup 2% low fat cottage cheese (57 g)
• 1/4 cup pizza sauce (63 g)
• 1/4 cup shredded mozzarella (28 g)
• 1/4 tsp each: dried oregano, dried basil, garlic powder

Instructions

• If baking, preheat the oven to 400 F, line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spray with cooking spray. If air frying, skip this step.
• To make the pizza filling, combine pepperoni, ham, cottage cheese, pizza sauce, mozzarella, oregano, basil, and garlic powder in a small mixing bowl. Set aside.
• To make the dough, add flour and greek yogurt to a mixing bowl and stir together until a dough forms. Dust a counter surface with flour and knead the dough a few more times so everything is mixed well. Separate the dough into 4 equal pieces.
• Add more flour to the counter if needed and use a rolling pin to roll out each piece of dough into a thin circle, about the size of your hand. Add 1/4 filling to the middle of each dough circle, then fold the edges into the center and gently pinch to seal (the pinched side will be the bottom, so flip each one over after sealing).

Bake

• Add pizza pockets to the lined/sprayed baking sheet and bake at 400 F for 17-20 minutes, until tops are golden brown.

Air Fry

• Spray the bottom of the air fryer with cooking spray and add pizza pockets (my air fryer is smaller so I do 2 at a time). Air fry at 400 F for 7 minutes, or until golden brown.

Notes

These will be HOT so let them cool off for a few minutes. Enjoy with more pizza sauce!

Nutrition

Serving: 1pocket | Calories: 254kcal | Carbohydrates: 27.3g | Protein: 23g | Fat: 5.7g | Fiber: 1.3g

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