So, Allison and I made homemade pizza
last night. I know it was Saturday but here’s the thing: on week-ends I cook
breakfast and dinner. Period. There are enough left-over’s or deli meat and
cheese and fruit for everyone to forage for one meal a day themselves. Preseason
Football apparently starts in the afternoon on Sunday, so it would NOT be okay
to have to wait for the evening meal for the requisite pizza! It’s amazing
reheated anyway…
I love this recipe for a few reasons.
First, it’s the easiest and best pizza dough I’ve ever made, just stir the ingredients
together, let the dough raise for 30 minutes and spread it out in the pans.
Second, the recipe is from my Aunt Lori and was emailed to me by my Mom titled “Lori’s
Pizza Crust Recipe” and it includes my Cousin Shawn’s address from a couple of
moves ago. I get to think of all of them and smile every time I make pizza!
The first picture below is how we make
our stuffed crust. After you’ve sprayed your fingers with cooking spray, spread
the dough out in the pan – leaving more dough along the edge than you normally
would. Then line the edge with string cheese and push them back into the dough
and fold the extra dough over the top, sealing the dough that comes over the
cheese to the dough on the bottom of the pan. It works out great – 10 string
cheeses per pan.
I haven’t done the calorie count for
this as I can’t eat it anyway. It’s one of the things I miss most about not
being able to eat gluten. I have not missed it enough to try it with gluten-free
flour, though.
Aunt Lori’s Pizza Crust Recipe
2 pkg of yeast dissolved in 1 cup hot
water
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp oil
1 tbsp sugar
2 cups flour
Mix and cover with a cloth & let
rise for 30 minutes
Grease pan (and fingers). Press dough
into large cookie sheet (or smaller if you want thicker crust).
Add sauce and favorite toppings.
Bake at 375 degrees for 20
minutes. If you like your cheese crispy,
finish with 1 minute under the broiler.
The second picture is of the actual
pizzas (one pizza crust recipe per pizza). The left one is Rich and Allison’s
favorite: pepperoni and ham. The one on the right is the boys’ favorite: meat
lovers with Italian sausage, hamburger, pepperoni and ham. I’ve also made
veggie and supreme.
Your family and friends will be excited about this
pizza! And if you want to learn more about what you don't know, just ask a kid in your life...
