Sunday, September 2, 2012

Homemade Pizza Night

Really homemade pizzas couldn't be easier.  One day I found Fleischmann's had a pizza crust yeast.  It does not require a time for rising the dough.  Yay!  And not too much kneading.  Yay again!    The recipe is on the back of the yeast packet.  Or go to http://www.pizzacrustyeast.com for the recipe and tips.

So my kids had friends over and I thought this would be easy.  From experience, I know to cut up all my toppings first and have them ready in bowls.  That really is the most time consuming part.  Then I mixed up a double batch of crust and then cut a 1/3 off of the dough (that was for me and hubby's pizza later.)  I then cut the remaining 2/3 into 4 pieces.   I rolled them out and put sauce on them and then let the kids top their own.


I made these rather big, we like thin crust.  However, I could have made the pizzas smaller with thicker crust.  The kids only ate about half of their pizzas.  They had a lot of fun picking their own toppings and I didn't have to worry that I had the right choice of pizza like when you order out (oh plus it's a lot cheaper!)



I could also mention here that my daughter has a milk allergy and this is a perfect way for me to make sure I know what is in her food.  I cook from scratch a lot because of this.  I have found it has been a huge blessing in our lives, because it makes me be so much more aware of what we are eating.  I try to make things that are affordable (think, from scratch), but healthy and tasty!


 The hubby even enjoyed picking the toppings for our pizza.   :)


About 12 minutes in the oven and they are done!

My tip:  Some times for the thin crust pizza, I like to bake the crust for about 3 to 4 minutes, let them cool a few minutes and then add my sauce and toppings.  They are crispier that way.

Enjoy!

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