Pizza!!!

I love pizza. I have been craving this for some time. I think I was watching Psych (I'm addicted) or something and they ate or talked about pizza and ever since then I have needed some. It was also Monday night so what a great Family Home Evening activity to make pizzas together! I must say that it turned out exceptionally well. It wasn't all greasy and didn't make me feel gross after eating it like not-homemade pizza does. I like to think that it was healthy...maybe it's really not but it IS healthier than any I could have bought. I found the recipe for the dough online and it was incredibly delicious and easy too. Here is the website (http://allrecipes.com/recipe/pizza-dough-iii/) and here is the recipe:

Ingredients:

1 (.25 oz.) package active dry yeast (or 2 1/4 tsp.)
1 c. warm water
2 1/4 c. bread flour (and some extra to roll the dough out on)
2 Tbsp. olive oil
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. white sugar

Directions:

1. In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
2. In a large bowl, combine flour, olive oil, salt, sugar, and yeast mixture; stir well to combine. Beat well until a stiff dough has formed (mine was sticky but that's okay because you add some flour when you roll it out). Cover in a greased bowl and let rise until doubled in size, about 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
3. Turn dough out onto a well floured surface. Form dough into a round and roll out into whatever shape you want. Cover with toppings and bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes. (Yields one pizza crust).

For ours we used a pizza stone. To use one, put it in the oven while it's preheating. This way it won't shatter when you put it in the hot oven. When you're ready to put the dough on it, sprinkle the stone with some cornmeal. This helps the pizza to not stick to it. Then you put the dough and everything else on it. To wash it, just use hot water and a dish rag, DO NOT use soap or oil.

(For our pizza we put on tomato sauce, seasoned it with garlic powder and basil, and put on the best toppings ever: pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, bell peppers, and olives. Yum!)

We had a blast doing this. I even tried tossing it in the air like you see in the movies (I ended up covered in flour) but it was a blast. Kids would love doing this and making their own little pizzas exactly how they want. I know I did growing up. Good luck and don't be afraid to give pizza tossing a try!