Slow-Rise Pizza Dough- BBQ chicken pizza

Lately I have had all sorts of fun making homemade pizza for dinner on Sarurday nights. I have been especially grateful that Laura over at http://realmomkitchen.blogspot.com/ has also been on a pizza kick lately because she has been posting some great pizza crust recipes and I trust her recipes 100%. This is another one from Laura's blog that she found on Melanie from My Kitchen Cafe's blog.

Slow-Rise Pizza Dough


2 1/4 teaspoons yeast
1 1/3 cup cold water
3 1/2 to 4 cups flour
2 teaspoons salt

These directions come straight from My Kitchen Cafe. The beauty about making this recipe the night before is you can just throw all the ingredients together cold (no warming the water) and stick it covered in the refrigerator. That is all I do - mix the dough to the desired consistency (I like my dough pretty soft) and really try not to over flour it and then place it in a greased bowl covered with saran wrap in the refrigerator. Be sure to take it out of the refrigerator a few hours before you make the pizza so the dough has time to warm and relax. This recipe makes 2 medium-sized pizzas. Directions for baking pizza:Preheat oven to 475 degrees. (If using a pizza stone, let stone heat for at least 30 minutes in the oven before baking pizza.) If baking in a sheet pan, press dough onto sheet pan and top with sauce and toppings. Bake for about 12 minutes (checking often) until crust is browned and cheese is golden and bubbly. If baking on the preheated pizza stone, slide pizza onto stone and bake for about 8 minutes

Another Fast and Easy Pizza Dough Recipe

The past two weekends I have thoroughly enjoyed making our own pizza for dinner on Saturday. Not only have I been proud of myself for actually being able to make it (and it working out so great) but I love that it is better for us to eat and easier on the wallet. One of the best things about homemade pizza has to be that it is not at all greasy like regular pizza tends to be. I don't feel the least bit guilty eating my homemade pizza. My hubby liked both recipes but after eating this pizza last weekend he actually said "You couldn't get pizza this good at any pizza place" I almost cried. Brad is a man of few words sometimes and he isn't the most complementary when it comes to what I make. That is just him, he is hungry, he eats and he is satisfied. It isn't that he doesn't enjoy it, for him food is just food. Needless to say I was pleased that he liked it so much and so did I.

Fast and Easy Pizza Dough Recipe
http://realmomkitchen.blogspot.com


3 cups flour, more or less
1 tablespoon honey, heaping
1 tablespoon oil, heaping
1 cup warm water
1 tablespoon yeast
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt

Preheat oven to 475 degrees. (If using a pizza stone, let stone heat for at least 30 minutes in the oven before baking pizza.)

Mix all pizza dough ingredients together, except the flour (I dissolved my yeast in the water and let it sit for 5 minutes before adding the rest of the ingredients). Add flour and knead for a couple of minutes. I use my Bosch mixer.

After you have kneaded the dough for a couple of minutes roll out on a lightly floured surface. Put the pizza into pan or on a pizza stone (I don't have a pizza stone so I just use a cookie sheet). Top dough with sauce and toppings.

If baking in a sheet pan, bake for about 12 minutes (checking often) until crust is browned and cheese is golden and bubbly. If baking on the preheated pizza stone, slide pizza onto stone and bake for about 8 minutes. Makes 1 large pizza, plenty for two hungry adults.

Saturday night homemade pizza

I had wanted to make homemade pizza for a few weeks. I had been scouting out recipes on various food blogs and finally decided upon this one from http://realmomkitchen.blogspot.com. I liked the fact that I didn't have to let the dough rise etc. This was fast and easy to make and really yummy. Surprisingly enough it was even good the next day heated up in the microwave for lunch.

My hubby and I have completely different taste when it comes to what we like on our pizza. So I made one for Brad and one for me (way too much pizza). For Brad I made good old Hawaiian and on mine I had white pizza sauce (recipe follows), red pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese, Canadian bacon and ricotta cheese. I would have been more creative but after a busy Saturday, I just opted for what was easiest.

The best part about this pizza was that my 18 month old liked it too. He won't eat pizza when we buy it from any pizzeria but he liked mine. I was quite tickled! Thanks baby Gabe!

Quick Pizza Crust

1 package of yeast
1 C warm water
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
2 T oil
2 1/2 C flour
2 T cornmeal (optional for sprinkling on cookie sheet)

Dissolve yeast in warm water and add sugar. Let yeast sit about 10 minutes (you want it good and foamy). Stir in remaining ingredients until blended. Beat vigorously 20 strokes. (I did this all in my kitchen aid) Allow dough to rest 5 minutes in a bowl with saran wrap or a towel over it. Preheat oven to 425, spread dough onto a lightly greased baking sheet sprinkled with corn meal (optional). Top with desired toppings and bake for 20 minutes.



White Pizza Sauce
http://realmomkitchen.blogspot.com
1/2 cup ranch dressing
1 tsp. minced garlic
1 tsp. dried basil
1/4 cup shredded Parmesan

Mix all ingredients together and place on your pizza crust. This is enough sauce for 1 (14 inch) pizza