Homemade Pizza Dough (BBQ chicken pizza)

This week I made my first ever pizza dough from scratch. I don't know what I was afraid of all this time! I can't believe I used to drive all the way to Trader Joe's or Fresh n Easy to get their $1.25 pre-mixed dough instead of just making it myself. Duh. Honestly you can't mess this up!

Combine and let sit for 5 minutes:

3/4 cup warm water

1 1/2 t yeast

1 T sugar

Add:

1 t salt

1 1/2-2 cups flour

Let rise for 30 minutes. Roll out with a little extra flour out, if necessary. Let sit 5 minutes. Roll out again. Top with whatever you like! This makes one 15 inch pizza. For thicker crust, double the recipe. Bake at 425 for 20 minutes.

***I used both cups of flour because my dough still seemed really sticky.

***I did double it, thinking we'd have a nice thick crust, but it ended up being way too much for one pizza. I ended up pulling off about a quarter of the dough and making it into breadsticks.

***When our pizza came out after 20 minutes it was a little overcooked. I would suggest a shorter amount of time... maybe 15 minutes? Just make sure your toppings and cheese are hot and melty.

BBQ PIZZA RECIPE (pictured above):

1) Simply cook a chicken breast and shred/chop it up, or use leftover rotisserie chicken. Toss it with your favorite BBQ sauce. I actually cooked a couple of breasts in the crockpot with some BBQ sauce, shredded them and used that. (I had leftover shredded chicken for dinner the next night too)

2) Chop up some red onion and saute it with a little oil until they are cooked and golden.

3) Spread BBQ sauce on the pizza dough, put the red onion all over, then the chicken, then lots of cheese. We like the Italian blend pre-shredded kind, for ease, and some parmesan on top.

Who wants Easy Pizza!

PIZZA!!!


So this is a great mini pizza that you can throw together really easy.


Corn Tortillas you can also use flour tortillas
Ricotta Cheese
Mozzerella Cheese
(any pizza condements you would like pepperoni, sausage, olives, and pineapples)
ragu sauce


heat the oven to 375 degrees

put about 6 corn tortillas on a cookie sheet
spread ricotta cheese on each shell
then spoon sauce over the cheese
you then add any of the condiments you want
make sure you add the shredded cheese at the end cover it really well!

put it in the oven for about 20-30 minutes, you want it to be incredibly done to over done.

then eat and enjoy!!! There also great as leftovers.

Chicken Alfredo Pizza

I found a recipe and it turned out YUMMY!

Crust:
1 C Warm Water
1 1/2 tsp active dry yeast
2 tsp sugar
3 C Flour
1/2 tsp salt
3 Tbsp Vegetable oil

Dissolve yeast water. Using a mixer, blend in 2 cups of flour and remaining ingredients. Mix until well-blended. Stir in remaining flour. Knead on a floured surface 3-4 min. Cover and let rest for 30 min. Punch dough down and shape into a ball. Roll out ball or stretch by hand to fit a 12" greased pizza pan. ( for crisp crust, sprinkle a little cornmeal on pan.)

Alfredo sauce

1/2 cube butter
4 oz cream cheese
1/2 Tbsp. minced garlic
1 cup of milk
1 hand full of shredded parmesan
1/8 to 1/4 garlic salt ( to taste)
(Let butter and cream cheese melt first stir constantly using a whisk, then add the remaining ingredients string constantly with whisk until sauce is thickened)

Toppings ( you can be creative and do whatever)

2/3 cup cubed chicken
2-3 roma tomatoes ( thinly sliced)
2-3 crumbled strips of bacon
mozzarella cheese
sprinkle garlic salt and pepper over toppings

Bake @ 450 for 15-20 min. Let cool and enjoy!

Next time I make it I am going to mix the chicken in with the Alfredo sauce when I put in on the crust. The chicken was a little too dry for our liking. Other than that, we loved it. I even took pictures but too lazy to download them. =)

Calzones

I know it's not my regular day to post but this is kind of a fun and easy recipe that my sister-in-law made last night...

Use frozen Rhodes Loaves. Set them out and let them thaw and rise. Roll them out with a rolling pin as flat as they will go. Along each side lengthwise, cut about 1 inch slits. Spread marinara sauce and add cheese, pepperoni, (or whatever pizza toppings you like! I was also thinking this might be good as a Chicken Alfredo or BBQ Chicken Calzone...I'll have to try it.). Then tuck in the top and bottom and pull and cross each slit over one by one until it is all enclosed. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

I wish I would have taken a picture of it because the first time she explained it to me I didn't quite get how to cross over the slits and I wasn't sure what it was supposed to look like. If anyone is interested in this let me know and the next time I make them I will make sure to take a picture.