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It is too easy to get stuck in a rut of cooking the same meals over and over. I often get requests for my recipes and people ask where I get all my ideas. I thought it was time I compile my recipes, ideas, and suggestions into one place to share with others. In this blog, you will find tips I have for success in the kitchen, kitchen gadgets that I recommend, and recipes. Recipes are tagged with the main ingredients along with cooking style to make searching easier. Enjoy!

Monday, May 10, 2010

Homemade Pizza Dough

We love making homemade pizza at our house. In fact, it is rare that we buy any type of pre-made pizza. I will do another post sometime on the different pizzas we make (you won't find us making plain pepperoni or sausage). Recently I have had some requests for my dough so I thought I would share it with everyone. It is very simple and pretty quick. I usually use the time while the dough is rising to prep my toppings.


This is the recipe I use. However, there are a couple little changes I make: 1) I use 1 tsp Garlic Salt instead of regular salt, 2) I add a couple tsp. of dry Italian Seasoning as well.

1 pkg. reg. or quick-acting active dry yeast
1 c. warm water
1 tbsp. sugar
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 tsp. salt
2 3/4 to 3 1/4 c. all-purpose flour

Dissolve yeast in warm water in a bowl. Stir in sugar, oil, salt and 1 cup of flour. Beat until smooth. Mix in enough remaining flour to make dough easy to handle. Turn dough onto lightly floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes. Place in greased bowl; turn greased side up. Cover and let rise in warm place until almost double, about 30 minutes (see note below).

Note: I preheated my oven to 200 degrees. Then turned it off and set the covered bowl in the oven with the door closed while I prepped my pizza toppings

Roll out on a pizza pan or cookie sheet and add your favorite toppings. Bake at 425 for 20 minutes.

Enjoy!!

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