Ham Pockets
Ingredients
- PASTRY
- 1 cup Crisco® Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
- OR 1 stick Crisco® Baking Sticks Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
- 1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- FILLING
- 1 1/2 cups finely chopped cooked ham
- 1 to 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
- 6 tbsps. finely chopped dill pickles
- 2 tsps. prepared mustard
Directions
- Step 1
BEAT shortening and cream cheese in bowl of electric mixer until creamy. Add flour and salt. Beat at medium speed until a soft dough forms. Divide dough into 4 pieces. Wrap each separately and chill 1 hour.
- Step 2
HEAT oven to 400ºF. Combine ham, cheese, pickles and mustard.
- Step 3
ROLL one piece of dough at a time to 1/8-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Keep remaining dough chilled until needed. Cut with a floured 3-inch round cutter. Place on ungreased baking sheet.
- Step 4
SPOON 1 teaspoon filling onto each round. Fold pastry in half. Press edges together with fork to seal. Prick top of each pastry with fork. Repeat with remaining dough and filling.
- Step 5
BAKE 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Serve warm.
Serving size
(1 of 32 pockets)
- Calories 140
- Calories from Fat100g
- Total Fat 11g
- Saturated Fat 4g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0g
- Cholesterol 15mg
- Sodium 105mg
- Potassium 0mg
- Total Carbohydrates 6g
- Dietary Fiber 0g
- Sugars 0g
- Protein 4g
- Vitamin A 0%
- Vitamin C 0%
- Vitamin D 0%
- Calcium 0%
- Thiamin 0%
- Niacin 0%
- Zinc 0%
- Riboflavin 0%
- Iron 0%
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet