Saturday, February 7, 2009

Homemade Pizza

We stole this recipe from Sarah- the first pizza (pepperoni) we baked for 15 minutes and the edges were a little crispy and the second we (BBQ chicken) we baked for 10 minutes and it was a little on the soft side.... have fun!!! Oh and feel free to top it with whatever this is just what we did- I think Sarah has better toppings she can add.... :-)

Pizza Dough (amount for 1 pizza crust)
2 1/2 cup flour
1 Tbs sugar
1 Tbs yeast
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup hot* water
2 Tbs oil

1. Heat oven to 450
2. Mix 2 cups flour, sugar, yeast, and salt
3. Add very warm (*yeast temperature) water and oil
4. Cover and let rise 10 minutes
5. Knead in 1/2 cup flour five minutes
6. Rise 5 minutes
7. Roll out 1/4 in. thick pizza crust
8. Add toppings**
9. Bake at 450 for 10-15

**Toppings:
Pepperoni Pizza

Pizza Sauce:
6 oz can of tomato paste
8 oz can of tomato sauce
to taste: oregano, cilantro, basil, parsley

Pepperoni
Cheese

BBQ Chicken

Mix:
2 shredded chicken breast (we boiled ours and then shredded)
1 cup (or more) BBQ sauce
Half of bell pepper chopped
Cheese

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