Homemade Pizza

I know, I know- 5 dollar pizza and a slew of other pizza joints are just a phone call away-but why buy it when you can make it?! My family loves making their own little personal pizzas. I like to gather a lot of toppings and watch them create their own masterpieces! We did this recently and had ourselves a carpet picnic while watching Elf and the kiddos can’t wait to do it again! I promise yeast isn’t as scary as it sounds;) I hope you enjoy!

This is all you need to make dough: 3/1/2-4 C of flour (bread flour will give you a crispier crust, all purpose will give you a chewier crust). 1 Pkg. dry yeast, 1 tsp of sugar, 1 1/2 tsp salt, 2 TBSP olive oil, 1 1/2 C really warm water 110 degrees (run water on wrist water should be just shy of hot feeling).

You gotta wake your yeast up! I used 1/2 of my warm water, the sugar, and the package of yeast. Give it a quick stir and let in proof for about 10 minutes. This is what it should look like. Bubbling over with happiness.

Add 3 1/2 C of your flour, salt, oil, remaining warm water, and yeast mixture to a large bowl or in my case my stand mixer. If you don’t have a stand mixer, mix all ingredients well in large bowl and then turn out dough on a well floured surface and knead until smooth like a baby’s tushie and elastic-when you stretch it long it shrinks back quickly to its previous size. Takes about 5-10 minutes. If you have a stand mixer-just throw all ingredients in bowl and using your dough hook mix about 5 minutes. The results should be the same as with the hand kneading technique. Oil a large bowl and place the dough in it and brush the top of the dough lightly with oil. Cover with a towel or plastic wrap and it will need to nap for about 1 hour or until doubled in size. *If dough is too sticky knead in the remaining 1/2 C flour.

                                          Punch down your dough, literally, and turn out on a flat surface.
                                                  Divide dough accordingly to your family. The kids’ pizza dough was
                                                  measured about baseball size (2 of those) and hubby and I split the
                                                  remaining dough in half. Work the dough into whatever shape and
                                                  thickness you want.
                                                  *Preheat oven to 500 and if you have one preheat your pizza
                                                    stone. Baking pan works fine too!

                                          Lay out your ingredients and let your family have fun creating thier
                                                   own pizza.

                                          Getting ready to bake!

                                          About 15-20 minutes later-it’s ready! See, happy faces and sweet memories!

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