In honor of the 24th year of my life, my parents lovingly bought me a KitchenAid Stand Mixer in apple green. This beauty automatically makes my kitchen look better and puts a smile on my face when I look it. After dreaming of it for so long, I just had to make something immediately. But what? Something that would be a pain in the butt to make without it, something that's delicious. Pizza? PIZZA!
Substituting a cookie sheet for a pizza pan, we (Doug helped) made a great Sicilian pizza. We kept it just sauce and cheese for our first run and it came out delicious. I'd like to experiment with different toppings in the future, but for now, original works. If you'd like to try it on your own, here's the recipe for the dough we used:
Ingredients
1 (1/4 ounce) package active dry yeast
1 cup warm water (we added a couple of drops as it mixed, as necessary)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 (1/4 ounce) package active dry yeast
1 cup warm water (we added a couple of drops as it mixed, as necessary)
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons olive oil
2 1/2-3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Some corn meal for sprinkling on the pan
Directions
1. Dissolve yeast in warm water in warmed bowl.
2. Add salt, olive oil, and 2 1/2 cup flour.
3. Attach bowl and dough hook, turn to speed 2 and mix 1 minute.
4. Continuing on speed 2, add remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until dough clings to dough hook and cleans sides of bowl. Knead on speed 2 for 2 minutes.
5. Place in greased bowl, grease the cover as well.
6. Cover, let rise in warm place until doubled in bulk (about 1 hour).
7. Punch dough down.
8. Brush 14 inch pizza pan with oil and sprinkle with corn meal.
9. Press dough across bottom of pan forming collar around edge to hold filling.
1. Dissolve yeast in warm water in warmed bowl.
2. Add salt, olive oil, and 2 1/2 cup flour.
3. Attach bowl and dough hook, turn to speed 2 and mix 1 minute.
4. Continuing on speed 2, add remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until dough clings to dough hook and cleans sides of bowl. Knead on speed 2 for 2 minutes.
5. Place in greased bowl, grease the cover as well.
6. Cover, let rise in warm place until doubled in bulk (about 1 hour).
7. Punch dough down.
8. Brush 14 inch pizza pan with oil and sprinkle with corn meal.
9. Press dough across bottom of pan forming collar around edge to hold filling.
10. Top with fillings and bake at 450°F for 15 to 20 minutes.
Makes 1 14 inch pizza
mmm I love making pizza, and making homemade dough makes it even better. this looks great for your first try! My brother makes a FANTASTIC buffalo chicken pizza. If I can ever get him to give up his secrets I'll be sure to post it.
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