Pizza Night
ByLast night we all got to make our own personal pizzas, which is always a hit around here! I was smart enough (based on past bad experiences) to have all the toppings out and ready AND the crusts already rolled out in each pan. The time I didn’t have the crusts ready was a MESS! Little boys all over my kitchen had pizza crust rolled all around my rolling pins and crust with holes in it and crust in the bowl of pizza sauce, and raw pizza crust in their mouths, and if you’ve got a bunch of trainee chefs but no Britannia Hotels kitchen and clean-up staff, that can be something of a disaster.
SO, I learned to have a lovely rolled out crust in each pan with all the ingredients on the counter ready to go and THEN call the boys in to make a pizza.
I called them all in and, count them there’s five, not four, boys in the kitchen having a blast putting their pizzas together because we had a friend over for the night.
I forgot to take a picture of one of the boys’ pizzas, and do you think they really would have let me? They were TOO hungry! But, here’s a picture of mine. And just so ya know, it may look big in the picture, but it’s actually a tiny stone I got from Pampered Chef, not one of those you can bake a whole cake in.
Here’s the recipe if you want to give it a try. The crust is very easy and very yummy.
Homemade Personal Pizzas
Crust:
3 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 t. salt
1 cup plain yogurt
1 cup butter, melted
- Stir together flour and salt in mixing bowl.
- Add yogurt and melted butter. Stir well until ball of dough is formed.
Pizza toppings:
1 jar pizza sauce (I actually made my own sauce last night)
8 oz. mozzarella cheese, or white cheddar
any favorite toppings such as pepperoni, cooked hamburger or sausage, green peppers, mushrooms or olives.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Shred cheese with grater. Set all other pizza toppings out for everyone to work with.
- Sprinkle flour on baking pans to cover surface.
- Pat dough on pan as thick as you prefer.
- Spoon on sauce and spread around dough.
- Top with cheese and favorite toppings.
Bake for 20-25 minutes until cheese is melted and turning golden brown.
This recipe is one featured in my “What to Do With the Kids in your Kitchen” ebook and book.
Looks yummy! I haven’t had a lot of success with homemade pizza, but that doesn’t stop me from trying! lol.
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Yummy! This was delicious and very filling.
Thank you for sharing.
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This recipe is so easy to make and really tastes good. One question would be how one would go about soaking the grains? Have you tried that?
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Does anyone have an idea of how to make this pizza dough recipe without dairy? I love that it doesn’t call for yeast but I have a dairy allergy. Help, please!
As for soaking the grains: I soak my wheat berries, then slow dry them in my warming drawer and then grind it in my grain mill. It is about a 2 day process but once you incorporate this all into your daily routine it becomes quite simple.
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That looks yummy. I’ve never heard of putting yogurt in the crust.
How many individual pizzas will the crust recipe make?
Thanks!
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Cherry Wilson–
You might be a single size serving of plain soy yogurt, if you can use soy.
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um, you might “use” :) not be.
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How many servings/pizzas do you get from the recipe above?
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I love homemade crust and will defintely try this recipe. I will never buy it if I can help it…homemade is so much yummier!
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I have a pizza recipe that does have yeast in it and I use a blend of white/wheat/wheat germ that I got from Sneaky Chef. My kids love it and it is super easy to make. How do you get a soft crust without yeast? It looks a little crispy? Is that an illusion? I’d like to try it, but I have to know if I can get it by my very particular eaters (I have four, also). They’ve been known to skip rather than eat what’s in front of them if it isn’t just right.
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Laura Reply:
March 7th, 2010 at 3:07 pm
While it’s not super thick and bready, neither is it crispy. It’s just thin, but buttery and YUM!
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