Pizza

The other night we decided to make pizza.  We made our own dough which was pretty easy as seen below.  And then we topped it with some tomato puree, cream cheese, red peppers and roasted garlic.  It was delicious!  But you could top it with whatever you want. 

Basic Pizza Dough ( taken from How to Cook Everything)

1 tsp instant or rapid-rise yeast

3 cups all-purpose or bread flour, plus more as needed ( we used a mixture of white, whole white wheat, and whole wheat)

2 tsp sea salt

1-1 1/4 cup water

2 Tbsl plus 1 tsp olive oil

1. Combine yeast, flour and 2 tsp salt in medium sized bowl and use a mixer with dough hooks to mix together.  Slowly add 1 cup water and 2 Tbsl olive oil. 

2. Once fully combined if it is dry, add another tablespoon or two of water.  If too wet, do the same with flour.  

3. Turn the dough onto a floured work surface and knead by hand a few seconds to form a smooth, round dough ball.  Grease a bowl with the remaining olive oil, and place the dough in it.  Cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm, area until dough doubles in size, 1-2 hours.  

Then roll it out onto your choice of pan, add some toppings, and bake at 450 degrees for about 15 minutes.

Enjoy.