| ou intimidated by making homemade pizza? If so, you | | | | time for the dough to rise. This usually takes 45 |
| are not alone. Many people think that pizza is a dish | | | | minutes to an hour. |
| that must be bought from a restaurant to be really | | | | When your crust is done rising, roll it out and shape it. If |
| good. Fortunately, they are mistaken. Pizza is not only | | | | you want to fancy it up, you can add herbs or even a |
| easy to make, but you can make it the way you want | | | | rim of cheese rolled inside the dough around the edge |
| it. You are not restricted to what is on the menu. | | | | to make your own stuffed crust pizza. Slather your |
| The crust of the pizza is usually the part that makes | | | | pizza with a delicious sauce, and add whatever |
| most people hesitate. Instead of trying to make their | | | | toppings you wish. |
| own, they will spend their lives eating frozen pizza or | | | | You can bake your pizza in the oven or on your grill. |
| takeout. If they would just take an afternoon and give | | | | Use a pizza pan or a pizza stone. The stone will give |
| crust-making a try, they would find it is a fairly simple | | | | you a nice, crisp crust. If you're serious about making |
| process. No one is asking them to spin the dough in | | | | pizza, you may want to invest in a pizza peel... this is |
| the air. Bread machines really make it easy to mix the | | | | one of those flat wooden paddles you see the chefs |
| dough. | | | | use at the pizzeria to remove the pie from the oven. |
| A quick search online will show you recipes for any | | | | Nothing works as well to remove a pizza from a |
| type of pizza crust you may desire. If you have wheat | | | | baking stone. Some people even have a special oven |
| issues, try a gluten free crust. If you are on a diet, | | | | built just for making pizzas. |
| there are low fat pizza crusts. If you prefer whole | | | | Even if you have never made pizza before, you will be |
| grain, try a whole wheat pizza crust. | | | | amazed at how tasty your first pizza can be. Follow |
| If you are new to pizza crust, just choose one of the | | | | the crust recipe, and then roll out the dough as flat as |
| many pizza crust recipes that you will find. Did you | | | | possible. Shape is not important. Have fun with it! |
| know you could even make one without yeast? What | | | | Spread the sauce and sprinkle your favorite toppings |
| is important is to realize it is not as hard as you think. | | | | on. If you add more than one kind of cheese, you will |
| A basic pizza crust is pretty easy. You need flour, oil, a | | | | be amazed at the complex flavors you can get. |
| little sugar, a little salt and some yeast. You can mix | | | | Sprinkle some herbs and garlic on before baking. Cook |
| and knead the dough yourself or plop it in your bread | | | | your pizza for approximately 20 minutes, and you are |
| machine and kick back while the machine does the | | | | ready to sit down to eat. You will wonder what you |
| work. If you are doing it yourself, you will need to allow | | | | ever saw in frozen pizza. |