If your kids (and husband) are like mine then there is very little they like more in this world than a hot slice of pizza. And lucky for them my purpose in life is to make them the happiest humans on the planet (you can't see it but I have a sarcastic, delirious and exhausted glazed over smile). I decided to have a Family Make Your Own Pizza Night. And the reaction was something like... 'This is delicious. You are the best mom ever!'. That's right the BEST. Now I know that title will quickly lose it's gusto as soon as I mention bath time, but for one moment in time I was the BEST!
Now I prepared some homemade pizza sauce earlier, so as soon as my dough was ready to roll all we had to do was 'decorate' our pizza's, bake and enjoy!
Ingredients:
(says it makes enough for 3 12inch - but I felt it was only enough for 2)
1 tbsp active dry yeast
1 1/2 cups of warm water
3 1/2 cups of flour
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
a pinch of salt
(www.annamariavolpi.com)
Directions:
Step 1: Pour yeast and warm water into mixer and let dissolve for about 5 minutes
Step 2: Add flour, oil and salt using bread attachment set on level 2 for 3 minutes (or until all ingredients are well mixed)
Step 3: Sprinkle flour on counter work space and knead dough briefly covering ball in flour
Step 4: Use some oil to coat a large bowl and place balled dough in there, make 2 incisions with knife in 'x' shape, and cover with kitchen towel for 1 1/2 - 2 hours
Step 5: When dough has doubled it's size punch hole in center to relieve air bubbles
Step 6: On a lightly floured work space cut dough into 3 equal pieces ( I cut into 2)
Step 7: Back on work space use roller and hands to shape pizza into shape (about 12inches in diameter)
Step 8: Sprinkle cornmeal on pizza pans and place shaped dough on them
Step 9: Add sauce, cheese and toppings
Step 10: Bake at 500 for about 20 - 25 minutes (you will know it's done by looking under one side of dough and it is light brown)
Tips:
* I used Bread flour rather than all purpose. I has recently used it for another recipe and had it in the pantry. I figure either is fine. But since it was bread that I was making...
* As with making most breads it takes a while for the dough to rise. Be sure to plan your meal ahead of time. Nothing is worse than a overly hungry belly and the smell of pizza cooking!
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