Thursday, November 22, 2012

Good Ol' Homemade Pizza

Growing up, we had pizza pretty well once a week. It was most definitely a crowd pleaser at out home and my Mom was a master at making it. I wanted to share with you the most delicious pizza crust recipe, that is so incredibly easy you will be amazed.

Pizza Crust

1Tbsp. yeast (I use quick rise yeast)
1 cup warm water
1 tsp. sugar
1tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. Vegetable oil
2 1/2 cup flour

1. Mix together the yeast, water, sugar, salt and vegetable oil in a large bowl.
2. Slowly add the flour to the mixture.
3. Combine it all into a large doughy ball (don't be afraid to use your hands!) and let sit for a minimum of 5 minutes, covered with a clean dish towel.
4. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F.

Toppings:

Once the dough has sat for 5 minutes you can now remove it from the bowl and stretch it to the appropriate size for your pan. This recipe makes a 9"x13" rectangle sized pizza (I use a cookie sheet as the pan).
Grease your pan, and place the stretched dough on it and continue to pull the dough to all the outside edges and fold over the edges like you would a pie crust. You can also cut long, slender pieces of your favourite cheese and place that in the folds as you go around the outside for a stuffed crust.
Now you are ready to add sauce! I usually just use pasta sauce as opposed to pizza sauce because I find it adds more flavour, but you can use whatever you like. Make sure to get the sauce to the very edges of the crust.
You are now ready to get creative and you can add whatever toppings you like to your pizza.

Pop your creation into the oven and let it bake for appropriately 15 minutes, or until the edges and bottom are golden brown.

Enjoy this quick and easy pizza and let me know what you think.

Prayers,

Emily x

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