Stromboli is quickly becoming my number one go to meal! Let me be more specific, this ham and cheese stromboli recipe has my heart, along with Mariah Carey and my Swiffer Wet Jet. It is quick, simple and I usually have most ingredients laying around to throw together for a last minute meal.
Ham and Cheese Stromboli Recipe
You know how store bought dough is about 27 ingredients in it?Well, this dough only has six, and that is why I love it. Plus, it tastes soooo much better! And did I mention how easy it is?? You just combine the ingredients in the kitchen aid, knead it while you jam to a few of your favorite 80’s hits, and let it rise for 15 minutes. Thats it!
Roll into a rectangle. This dough rolls out like a dream! Make sure you knead it the full five minutes, that will help it keep its form and not shrink back after you roll it. Brush on some melted butter and sprinkle with garlic bread seasoning.
Sprinkle the cheese in an even layer, and then add more. You can never have enough cheese!
Layer your meats. My kids love Salami, ham and pepperoni.
Roll it up and pinch the ends together, laying it on its seam.
Brush with more butter and sprinkle with parmesan cheese and dried parsley. Make small slices through the top layer to let steam escape, and to make for easier cutting when it’s ready to be served. At this point you can wrap in parchment paper or saran wrap and then double wrap in foil to freeze it.
Place on parchment paper and bake at 375 degrees for about 25 minutes, or until you see the cheese start to bubble out. Oh yeah baby.
I love serving this with my homemade pizza sauce!
I don’t think these slices even made it to my kids plate…they inhaled them so fast!
We had the leftovers for lunch the next day, and they tasted even better! I love when I can make dinner stretch into the next day, it’s definitely the Happy Money Saver way!
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Print out this easy to follow ham and cheese stromboli recipe, and show your family some love tonight! And let me know your favorite ingredients to stuff in your stromboli!
Easy Stromboli Recipe
Ingredients
Dough
- 2 1/2 cups All purpose flour
- 1/2 cups Whole wheat flour
- 1 tsp White Sugar
- 2 1/4 tsp Yeast
- 1 tsp Iodized salt
- 2 tbsp Olive oil
- 1 cup Warm water 120-130 degrees
Stuffings
- 3 cup Mozzarella
- 1 cup Cheddar
- 1/2 lb Thinly sliced ham or your favorite deli style meat. (my kids love pepperoni and salami)
- 4-8 tbsp Pizza sauce or 4 Tbsp. Butter melted and blended with 1 tblsp. garlic bread seasoning
- 4 tbsp Parmesan Grated
- 1 tbsp Parsely Flakes
Instructions
Dough
- In your standing mixer, blend 1 ½ C. All Purpose Flour, ½ C. Whole Wheat Flour, Sugar, Yeast, and Salt.
- In a seperate bowl, or Pyrex measuring cup, mix Olive oil and Water.
- With mixer on low slowly add oil and water mixture. turn mixer up to medium speed and mix until dough is well combined.
- Begin adding remaining flour, ½ C. at a time. Once combined, change to the dough hook.
- Knead with dough hook for 3-6 minutes, or until dough is elastic and smooth.
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and continue to knead for 5 more minutes by hand.
- Spray a large glass bowl with non stick spray, add dough to bowl, flipping over once in bowl. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let rest 15 minutes.
Stuffings
- Punch down your dough and divide it into two equal pieces. Roll Each Piece out to a 13”x10” rectangle.
- Spread Pizza Sauce or Butter Garlic Sauce evenly over both rectangles of dough, leaving a ½” of dough un-sauced length wise at one end. Sprinkle the Cheese evenly, and then layer the meat evenly.
- Begin Rolling each rectangle, rolling length wise toward the un- sauced edge. Once rolled. Pinch the edge into the dough to seal. Stretch, fold, and pinch the ends to seal also.
- Place on parchment covered cookie sheet. Spray the tops of your stromboli with oil and then sprinkle the tops with Parmesan and parsley.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 25-30 Minutes, or until golden brown on top.
- Let rest 10 minutes before slicing and serving. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Not sure what I did wrong, but the inner dough did not cook, the bottom was very over cooked, hard to cut . I made the recipe according to your instructions, then froze the Stromboli. I thawed it then cooked it at 375 for 30 mins. I cut into the end to see if it was cooked, it wasn’t so baked it another 15 mins. Still raw dough, so I covered it with foil and lowered the temp to 350 and baked another 15 minutes. Still not perfectly done. But we ate it! 😊 I would appreciate any suggestions or advice to cooking this better, as I still have another Stromboli in the freezer. Thank you!
My girls gobbled this up happy of this stromboli after school and hubby took the left overs to work with him this morning. Definently saving this recipe for future use. I used roasted turkey instead of ham, but those hungry kiddies did not seem to mind one bit. Thank you for this recipe
We love this Stromboli recipe. It is the only one I have made for quite a while. The dough is very easy to work with and it turns out great every time. So yummy!!
Does anyone know the weight of the dough is right before rolling it out? Does it weigh a lb or 2 lbs or what? Thanks, Ginger
My family loved it as well! It is a really easy recipe and looks as good as the pictures!
This Stromboli is not only delicious, it’s easy to make too! My family LOVED it!!
Hello! I recently made this and froze it, wrapping in parchment and then foil. The crust was so easy to work with! I just used the frozen meal yesterday and wanted to let everyone know how I baked it. I thawed in the freezer over night. Two hours before meal time, I took it out, unwrapped it, and let it come to room temperature for about an hour. I brushed the crust with a bit of olive oil (it was looking a little dried out) and lightly covered with foil. I put it in a 400 degree oven for about 30 minutes. I removed the foil and baked for 15-20 minutes longer. It was great! My family devoured it! Great recipe.
Oops! I thawed it in the refrigerator, not the freezer!
Thanks. I’m here for the freezer meal option
Did you bake it before you froze it?
It’s a little confusing because the printed recipe doesn’t tell you if you should bake it first or not. But in the top part where she is explaing the steps with the picture she says there. After it’s rolled and you brush the top with the butter and put the cheese and parsley and make the slices on the top you can wrap it in wax or parchment paper thendouble wrap in tinfoil.
I made this for the grandkids for lunch today and they loved it. I made the mistake of using pre-packaged salami and it was too thick to roll easily. Next time I would use deli meet sliced thinly. I also didn’t seal the seam completely and some cheese and one pepperoni snuck out the back door. I would definitely make this again and thanks for the link to the garlic spread seasoning. It’s delicious!
Made this for the first time today but with a couple substitutions.
First attempt was a failure because I substituted white flour for whole wheat without changing the amount called for and the dough was too thick. Second attempt, I added 1/2 cup less flour and viola…dough was perfect! So if you don’t have whole wheat flour, you can use white but use less. Also, didn’t have olive oil, so substituted for canola.
I would love to know the answers to those 2 questions. I’d like to make the stromboli this week.
Hmm, I’m not sure I can trust someone who jams to 80s music :). Kidding aside, this looks delicious, and I’ll try it as soon as I can, while jammin’ to some 70s tunes.
Hi, I was wondering if it needs to be defrosted prior to cooking or if it can go directly from freezer to oven? If so, would I use the same temp? Thanks!
Is your recipe for Easy Ham and Cheese Stromboli freezable? If so, do I freeze it before or after I bake it?