Pizza!

Monday nights at our house are Homemade pizza night.  FHE wouldn't be the same without little personal pizzas decorated by each kiddo.  Our toppings include:

pepperoni

sausage

olives

peppers

cheese, many varieties

onions

mushrooms

chicken

tomatoes

each crust is brushed with olive oil, then sprinkled with garlic salt before being slathered with pizza sauce.  Then topped with goodness, and sprinkled again with Parmesan cheese.  Baked at 425 until bubbly and golden brown....mmmmm...I'm drooling, are you?

Pizza Dough, not GF

3 cups flour

1 TBS yeast

1 cup warm water

1/4 cup olive oil , vegetable oil is okay too

1 TBS sugar

Mix the sugar and water and yeast and let sit until the yeast softens.  Add the flour and olive oil, using the dough hook on your mixer let it knead for a few minutes until elastic.  Then let rest for 15 min.  oil your hands and your rolling pin and roll out.  Good for bread sticks too!

The way you assemble a pizza can make a HUGE difference in the taste.  If you preheat your stone you get a crispier bottom. Just make sure you roll out your dough on a parchment before hand so you can transfer it to the hot stone without needing to place the dough on the stone. (this way you don't burn your hands making a sloppy mess of the dough).
This is what I do:
Roll out dough,
Sprinkle with garlic salt
Top with pizza sauce
Top with half the cheese
place toppings I want on...mmmmm...mushrooms....
Sprinkle with the rest of the cheese
Sprinkle with Parmesan Cheese....
Bake at 425 for 18 minutes or until bubbly and crusty....