Italian Spinach Pies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 recipe italian bread dough, 2 lbs. (or pizza dough but bread works better in this recipe)
2 lbs frozen spinach, chopped, defrosted and squeezed dry
1 tablespoon garlic, chopped
2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes (or more) (optional)
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons butter, unsalted

Preparation

Heat oil and butter up in a 12 inch skillet and add the garlic. Saute for a minute and then add pepper flakes and saute for another minute.Add the spinach and heat it through and taste and season with salt and black pepper.
Separate dough into 8 portions and let rise until doubled, punch down and rest for 10 minutes. Roll each portion into a circle - not too thin that it tears. Fill one side with cooled spinach mixture, fold dough over and crimp the edge. Let rest while you pre-heat the oven to 375.
Bake for 20 minutes or until crust looks done.
Before baking you can mark the pies with letter H using a fork to distinguish the pies with hot pepper flakes from the plain.
It's really simple. I think the more simple the better although I have added dried tomatoes and other things. Hope you try this.