Bread Machine Calzone

This is a recipe we tried out recently from Allrecipes. It was really easy to make since it uses the bread machine and we thought it tasted really good. Of course, we used our favorite homemade pizza sauce and according to Steve, that makes a big difference. I'm finding that dinners that can be made in short stages and which allow me to set parts of it aside for a little while if I need to are really appealing right now. And this fits into that category! We'll definitely be making this one again. Enjoy!

BREAD MACHINE CALZONE
from Allrecipes.com

Ingredients:
1-1/4 cups water (I think I only used 1 c. because it's so humid here!)
2 t. active dry yeast
1-1/2 T. white sugar
3 cups bread flour
1 t. salt
1 t. powdered milk
3/4 cup sliced italian sausage
a few mushrooms, chopped (this ingredient was added by me and we loved it)
3/4 cup pizza sauce
1-1/4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
2 T. butter, melted

Directions:
1. To Make Dough: Place water, yeast, sugar, flour, salt and powdered milk in the pan of the bread machine, in the order suggested by the manufacturer. Select Dough cycle. After cycle is completed, roll out dough on a lightly floured surface.

2. Meanwhile, brown sausage for about 8-10 min. in a large skilled over medium heat. Add mushrooms and cook down. Drain excess fat and reserve.

3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

4. Shape dough into a 16 inch by 10 inch rectangle. Transfer to a lightly greased cookie sheet and spoon pizza sauce lengthwise down the center of the dough, followed by the browned sausage and mushrooms and the cheese. Make diagonal cuts 1-1/2 inches apart down each long side of the dough rectangle, cutting to within 1/2 inch of the filling. Criss-cross cut strips of dough over the filling and seal edges with water. Brush top of calzone with melted butter.

5. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 min., or until golden brown. Remove from oven and cool for 5 min., then slice and serve.

p.s. This dish is really pretty and impressive-looking. Next time I make it I'll try to remember to take a picture and add it to this post so you can see what it looks like. Oh, and the person who submitted this recipe seemed to intend it as a side dish because he said to serve it with pasta, but we just used it as a main dish. So it could go either way!