One of my best friend’s growing up ALWAYS had homemade pizza at her birthday parties. 
And let me tell you nobody makes pizza like her mom. It was my favorite food!! Some years later - ok a lot of years later – I got married and moved to Oklahoma (which is actually fairly recent history). When we arrived back from our honeymoon there was a box on our doorstep. It was from my friend’s parents. Her mom had purchased us an awesome baking stone, a pizza peel, and a pizza cutter as our wedding gift. Inside was a note that said “So you can carry on the tradition”. Not only did I cry but I was super excited! Well yesterday, after 6 months of non-usage. I decided it was time. And much to my surprise it went off without a hitch! Successful pizza made from scratch and in practically no time at all! Not only was it easy it is SO much healthier to make it from scratch – this way YOU can control what is in YOUR dough and what toppings YOU put on. No mystery ingredients. And it was CHEAP – about $1.25 per serving – yet another perk. Try this one out (this recipe makes 2 pizzas and approx. 4 large servings):
1 1/4 cups unbleached all purpose Flour (you can always substitute wheat flour as well – this will be my next experiment!)
1 tbsp. olive oil
1 package active dry yeast
1 cup warm water (115 -120 degrees F)
Mix on low speed for 30 seconds
Scrape sides of Bowl and Mix on medium speed for 3 minutes
Place dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead in another 1 1/4 cups flour
Knead for approximately 8 mins or until you have a moderately stiff dough
Split it into 2 pieces and let it sit, covered, for 10 minutes
Roll each half into a 13 inch round and build up the edges to form a crust
Place onto a pizza peel that has been covered with corn meal
If you do not have a pizza peel and baking stone you can put them onto a baking sheet – you will still want to put corn meal down 1st
Bake at 400 Degrees F for 10 minutes
Remove from the oven and add your desired toppings, then return to the oven for another 10 minutes.
VOILA! Homemade pizza – so so so YUMMY
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