12 August 2009 - Pizza Day!
Today is pizza-lunch day. We’ve figured out how to make good pizza really quick - it just takes a little planning.....
The night before (or up to a couple nights before) make spaghetti for dinner and make a double batch of meat sauce. Make sure the extra doesn’t get eaten up!!! = )
Next day, make up the crust. Here’s my favorite. It doesn’t require a rise time but has a nice yeast-dough flavor and texture. This recipe makes a big cookie sheet sized pizza with a medium thickness. If you like thinner crust you could probably spread it thinner in two 9X13 pans. With some fruit or salad on the side this easily feeds my four kids and me.
Easy Pizza Crust
4 ½ cups flour (I like to use half white and half whole wheat, but you can do it any way you want)
2t. yeast
1 ½ t. salt
1 ½ T. sugar or honey (use a tad less if using honey)
2T. olive or canola oil
1 ½ c. warm water (barely warm to touch)
Combine dry ingredients then add oil and water. Stir until it starts to stick together and look slightly elastic. Spread on a large cookie sheet and poke a few times with a fork.
Take your leftover meat sauce from the spaghetti dinner and spread it on the crust as thick as you like, then top with some cheese and any other extra meat and/or veggies you happen to have in the fridge. Today I sliced up a few veggies from our garden - a tomato, a small bell pepper and a mild jalepeno. Some times we have some leftover bacon or sausage to crumble over the top..... your imagination is the only limit! Or you can just spread on the sauce, sprinkle with cheese and be done.
Bake at 375 for 20 - 30 minutes until the crust is done in the middle. I don’t know why, but it the baking time really varies.
I hope someone else can enjoy this too!
Jenn
Comments
17 September 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by cheezerX3
I will have to tell my mom about this! This really sounds good! I really like making Homemade pizza! It tastes so much better! Thanks for sharing this!
Anna
