| Stuffed crust pizza seems to be all the rage these | | | | restaurants only offer two or three types of crust, but |
| days. With that gooey mass of warm flavor oozing | | | | there really are scores of them if you're willing to |
| out of every bite of chewy crust, it's hard to resist. It | | | | make the effort at home. |
| seems like it would be much more difficult to make at | | | | Usually the dough will be a yeast-type that needs to |
| home than even regular pizza, but I'm going to let you | | | | be mixed, allowed to rise for a time, then punched |
| in on a secret; it's not! | | | | down and rolled out. Or sometimes they're allowed to |
| Everyone seems to have their favorite type of pizza. | | | | rise again, then rolled. Either way it's really a snap to do. |
| From a simple thin-crust, no-topping cheese pizza to | | | | Even an amateur cook will have no problem making |
| one of those whopping Chicago-style deep dish ones | | | | their very first stuffed pizza crust. |
| that weigh in at several pounds, most people have a | | | | The secret to making a stuffed pizza crust is so |
| definite preference when it comes to choosing their | | | | simple it's like one of those "Aha!" moments we all |
| favorite pie. Now we have added stuffed crust pizza | | | | have now and then. You simply roll the dough larger |
| to the mix. I don't think anyone really knows where | | | | than the pan you're going to use to cook the pizza by |
| they originated. They just appeared in TV commercials | | | | about four inches total in each direction. Place the |
| one day and became an overnight sensation. I believe | | | | dough over the pan, letting about two inches drape |
| all the large franchise chains have a version of a | | | | over each side. Now take either cheese sticks like you |
| stuffed crust pizza now. Of course anything really | | | | can buy in the dairy section of the grocery store or |
| popular usually comes at a higher cost. Stuffed crust | | | | grate up some of your favorite cheese. Place it in a |
| pizzas are no exception. | | | | narrow row all the way around the pan staying about |
| But there is an alternative in these tight budget times. | | | | one to one and one-half inches from the outside of the |
| Why not make your own? I'm talking crust and all from | | | | dough. Lastly you just starting folding the outer dough |
| scratch. It's really not that difficult and the variety of | | | | flap over the cheese and pressing it down onto the |
| stuffed crust pizzas you can make is virtually endless, | | | | inside dough to lock it in place until you work all the |
| both in the toppings and cheese choices. | | | | way around the pizza. |
| You can get a good stuffed crust pizza dough recipe | | | | Once finished, add your toppings and bake as |
| right off the Internet. This will illustrate the first | | | | instructed in the recipe. Voila! You've just made your |
| advantage of making your own homemade stuffed | | | | first stuffed crust pizza. |
| crust pizza, the number of dough types. Usually | | | | |