I blogged a week ago sharing my favorite recipes for foods that we used to go out to eat. And in particular I shared a pizza dough recipe I had found online. Now I had only ever tried her slow rise pizza dough when I blogged the link to her recipe. This week was a bad one as far as anyone getting enough sleep in this house and Ellie cried for hours straight two of the afternoons. I had been putting off making dinner and decided I would try her quick and easy pizza dough since for a couple minutes I wasn't having to hold elise.
Oh my goodness! That pizza dough was fabulous! It came together in five minutes and took fifteenish to cook. That is less time than it takes to order out pizza and have it be ready! I will never again order pizza (unless it's BJ's). If I have the 20 - 30 minutes to wait for it, I can cook my own and save some money in the process. Oh and it makes a large pizza so I took a third of the dough and made papa john's style cheese sticks and I almost liked mine better! Not quite as greasy but still packed with flavor. So, here is the recipe. (from melskitchencafe)
Fast and Easy Pizza Dough and Cheesesticks
3 cups flour
1 heaping tablespoon of honey
1 heaping tablespoon of oil
1 cup warm water
1 tablespoon yeast (I just had those packets of yeast and it ended up being a package and a half)
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
Preheat oven to 475 degrees. Mix all dough ingredients together, except the flour. Add flour and knead a bit (I just through the ingredients in my kitchen stand mixer and then added the flour and mixed it again and let it run for a good five minutes). Then roll it into your pizza shape and place on pan. ( I like to use a little cornmeal on the bottom of the pan to make the pizza easier to get off. It also gives it that pizza texture that I really like). Cook it for 12 minutes or until crust is browned and cheese is bubbly.
For the cheesesticks I took a third of the dough and rolled it out like a mini pizza. I spread like a tablespoon of butter on and then sprinkled some garlic powder on top. Ten I topped generously with mozzarella cheese (freshly grated melts a lot better than the packages of grated cheese you buy at the store, but hey time is time in my book). Then I don't remember how long it cooked but I think it only took like 8-10 minutes.
PS cool discovery, I really like turkey pepperoni.
Try it out and let me know if you liked it as much as me or if I am simply crazy.
1 comment:
Cool! I have found that we can make our own pizza cheaper at home too. I have never tried to make the dough though. I always use the packets or fridge tubes. I am excited to try to make my own dough! Yummy!
PS sorry Elise was having a rough couple of days. I hope she is doing better!
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