What's Cooking Wednesday - Turkey Cheese Pockets

I am the very proud owner of a grogeous brand new gas stove. I am so excited I can't even tell you. In celebration of our new appliance today I baked. I've been trying to find some interesting things to make Miss Abby to take for lunch when she starts school. See she's not much of a sandwich girl really. Well she loves peanut butter sandwiches but they're a no go at school. So I happened to stumble across this recipe the other day and thought I'd give it a shot.



Turkey Cheese Pockets

1/4 cup Philadelphia herb and garlic cream cheese
1 tbsp Miracle Whip
1 tsp Dijon mustard
4 slices deli shaved smoked turkey, finely chopped
1/4 cup Mozzarella cheese, shredded
1 can refrigerated country biscuits (10 biscuits)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix cream cheese spread, miracle whip and mustard in a small bowl until well blended. Add turkey and cheese; mix well.

Press or roll out each biscuit to 3.5 inch circle. Place 1 heaping tsp cream cheese mixture onto each biscuit circle.

Fold dough over filling to make small pockets. Firmly press edges of dough together to seal. Place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until ightly browned. Serve hot.

My Recipe Notes: Well this recipe was a hit. Abby had three for lunch and 1.5 more before swimming lessons. I didn't use refrigerated biscuits, but rather I made my own. The recipe for them can be found here. This is another customizable recipe. You could change the lunch meat or the cream cheese if you'd like. I used cheddar instead of the mozzarella this time around. I also used regular mustard instead to the dijon because Abby loves her yellow mustard. So much she's actually eaten peanut butter and mustard sandwiches. I just used about 1/2 tsp instead of a full tsp. Great for the lunch box. You could even make multiple batches on the weekend (I made 12) pop them in ziploc bags, 2 per bag, and freeze them. Then they're ready whenever you want to grab some for lunches.

Five stars!