Sunday Pizza

Found this recipe for pizza and thought I'd try it. I'm very reluctant to try anything that requires rising...but this only required 15 minutes and I could do 15. Once I started to roll out the dough Jeff inspected my pathetic attempt at rolling out the dough and decided to take over. I'm glad he did or else our pizza would have been a big piece of dense bread with toppings. He started tossing the dough in the air and that thrilled the kids and so everyone was going crazy. Jeff was totally in a pizza-zone and David was sneaking pieces of dough into his mouth and Veronica was flattening a piece of dough that landed on the floor. It was crazy. But, the pizza turned out really good and it might just become a part of our Sunday meals.


I made the BBQ chicken with pineapple pizza and so I had to be in the picture.
Here's the recipe for the dough...
2 1/4 c. water
2 1/4 Tbsp. yeast
2 1/4 tsp. salt
2 1/4 tsp. sugar
2 1/4 Tbsp. oil
6 c. flour
I didn't have much instruction, just mix and let rise 15 minutes, roll into desired crust size and then cook 6 minutes on 425 then add toppings finish cooking 6 minutes.
I combined the yeast and water (sounds obvious but I remember trying to make rolls once and it listed the ingredients and no specific instructions and let's just say those were the weirdest rolls on the planet) and make sure the water is warm. Then I added the sugar and salt and the rest of the stuff. The dough is pretty sticky until about the 5th cup of flour then it starts to settle down and form. Covered it and let it rise for 15 minutes. Then I cut it into 4 pieces and started rolling them out. Jeff rolled them and tossed them...whatever I guess. We also didn't precook the crust, we just did it raw and cooked it until it looked done. Also, if you have one of those cool cookie sheets with the holes that would probably cook the crust a lot better.
BBQ sauce, grilled chicken, mozzarella cheese, and pineapple. After it was done I added fresh tomatoes and green onions on top.