Piece of Pizza Pie

As promised, here's the first up from my brand new Pampered Chef haul (hooray!).  That very day we grabbed that baking stone and made us some pizza!

And when I say we, I mean mostly Little Miss K--her adoring mom mostly sat around taking photos and being my usual adoring self.

What to know something great?  I was thinking about the cost savings of this pizza--and I'm going to skip ahead just enough to let you know it was delicious and every bit as good as pizzeria pizza--all together it cost us $4-$5--and no gas, plus Little Miss K gets to eat so she doesn't need tipping.

So anyway, here's the process:

We made dough from the Betty Crocker cookbook recipe, which is a double portion of the dough recipe here:

1 Package (appx. 2 teaspoons) active dry yeast
1 cup warm water (105-115 degrees)
2 1/2 cups flour
2 Tablespoons olive or vegetable oil
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt

Dissolve the yeast in the water, add everything else until well mixed.  Kneed until smooth. Let rest 5 minutes.

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Press pizza dough into a 15" diameter circle on your baking stone (or cookie sheet).

Toss gratuitously to impress others, if desired.

Spread pizza sauce or spaghetti sauce over crust.

Sprinkle shredded mozzarella, or Italian blend, or mozzarella and cheddar to form a thin layer over sauce (I keep a few kinds of shredded cheese in the freezer--it doesn't mold there and you can just sprinkle the frozen cheese--it works just fine).  Bake for 20-25 minutes, till crust is golden brown and cheese is melted.

Enjoy (and pat yourself on the back while thinking of what you'd rather do with the saved cash)!

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