Friday Pizza Night

I had the opportunity to hear/meet Liz Edmunds, the Food Nanny. Friday nights are pizza night at her house, so my neighbor and I decided to try it too. We use her great pizza dough recipe and go from there. It's been a lot of fun. She says she can have homemade pizza on the table for her family in 20 minutes!

Pizza Dough

Ingredients:
1 cup warm water
1 1/2 tablespoons yeast
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon honey
1/4 teaspoon salt
up to 3 1/4 cups flour

Whisk the yeast in the warm water and set aside.
Add oil, honey, and salt to a large bowl.
Add water/yeast and mix.
Add flour a cup or so at a time--you never know how much you'll need.
Mix until a ball forms.
Knead until elastic.
Let dough rest a few minutes before rolling out.

Whole Wheat Pizza Dough

Ingredients:
1 cup warm milk
1 tablespoon yeast
3 tablespoons olive oil
3 tablespoons honey
3/4 teaspoons salt
2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour

Whisk the yeast in the warm milk and set aside.
Add oil, honey, and salt to a large bowl.
Add milk/yeast and mix.
Add flour slowly--you never know how much you'll need.
Mix until a ball forms.
Knead until elastic.
Let dough rest a few minutes before rolling out.


BBQ Chicken Pizza

Ingredients:
pizza dough
2 chicken breasts
BBQ sauce
2 cups mozzarella cheese
3 tablespoons onion, finely chopped
1/4 cup romano cheese
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano

Bake the chicken covered in your favorite BBQ sauce in an oven safe dish at 375 for about 25 minutes or cook in a crockpot for several hours.
Shred the chicken and add more BBQ sauce.
Coat a large pizza pan with a little olive oil.
Roll out the pizza dough and stretch on to the pan.
Add the mozzarella cheese.
Add the chicken.
Add the diced onion.
Sprinkle on the romano cheese.
Sprinkle on some dried oregano.
Bake at 425 for 10-12 minutes.