March 31, 2017

Quick & Delicious Homemade Pizza

It's no lie that pizza is one of my toddler's favorite foods. In the past, we have made individual pizzas using tortillas, but tonight when the pizza request was made we didn't have any! To avoid an epic melt down, I thought it would be fun to MAKE some pizza dough and go from there. Brilliant! I was excited, the kid was excited...and then I realized that we don't ever have yeast on hand. Does anyone?

Thank goodness for the internet because I found this quick recipe from Recipes.com that uses 5 simple ingredients, none of which are yeast. Pizza date back on!

After reluctantly helping me to mix all of the ingredients, his enthusiasm picked up when I told him he got to knead the dough. He may have heard that we were going to EAT the dough, which could be the reason why he came running back into the kitchen so fast. This step was perfect for even the littlest of hands, and Cade totally thought it was the coolest thing ever.



I also caught him eating the sauce off of the spatula, and spilling it on the counter, and dropping it on the floor. No clothes were harmed in the making of this pizza.

Sauce on, cheese on, time to bake!




I was pleasantly surprised with how well this pizza turned out, and it tasted pretty yummy! Baby and toddler approved--that's the biggest thing right? Not only was the taste on point, but it was ready to eat in under 45 minutes.



Ingredients and Directions:

Ingredients for dough:
1 1/3 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup milk
2 tbsp olive oil


Mix together the dry ingredients.

Add in milk and olive oil.

Mix thoroughly to create dough..IT WILL BE STICKY!

Lightly flour a hard surface and your fingers---knead the dough 10 times.

Roll dough into a ball and let rest under a bowl for 10 minutes.

Bake at 400 degrees for 6-8 minutes.


Ingredients for sauce:
2/3 cups tomato sauce
Italian seasoning to taste (we used garlic power, basil, and oregano)


After dough bakes for 6-8 minutes, spread on sauce and top with cheese--add other toppings at this point.

Bake for another 10-20 minutes, or until pizza is golden brown

Cut and serve! Delicious!

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