Pizza Friday!

Happy Friday Guys!

One of my favorite things to do with the kids is make pizza, I make the dough and lay out the toppings and have Abby make little personal pizzas for her and Jax.  It really gets her involved and one day Jax too when he is old enough to help, plus it gives her some control over what she is eating which always helps to get the food into her :)  It's also a really good way to sneak some veggies into them, I usually put some green peppers and mushrooms on Abby's since she likes those the most.
I put the sauce on for her and then lay out the toppings, usually sausage, some veggies, and cheese, and she does the rest.

you can use store bought sauce or the recipe for the Margherita sauce I have on here works great as well, and can be used since you will probably have some leftover from the night that you made it (so one less step ;))

Here is the dough recipe I have found that works best for personal pizzas, I have tried a few and this one seems to work the best for us.

1 tsp active dry yeast

1 cup warm water

1/2 tsp sugar

1 tsp salt

2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil

2-1/2 cups flour

In medium bowl, stir in yeast, water, sugar, salt, and oil. Mix in enough flour to make a dough that can be kneaded. Turn dough out onto board and quickly knead for 3 minutes, adding more flour if dough is too sticky to knead. Place dough in greased bowl and flip dough over in bowl so that dough top is also lightly greased. Cover and let rise into warm, draft-free place until doubled into size, or about 30 minutes.

Divide dough into 4 equal parts. To make a personal pizza, grease pizza pan or baking sheet. Press one dough part into a 6 to 7-inch circle on greased pan. Put on sauce and desired toppings. Bake pizza at 400 degrees F for about 20 minutes, or until pizza edges are lightly golden. You can bake all 4 personal pizzas or place the other dough parts in a plastic food storage bag and refrigerate or freeze for later use.