PIZZA

So I've been working on this recipe for a while, it's pretty simple and delicious. I made it for lunch today and we ate it all and I didn't have time to take a picture... So next time I make it, I'll have to make sure to take a picture! You'll need:

• 4 cups flour
• 1 Tbsp salt
• 1 Tbsp sugar
• 2 1/2 tsp instant yeast
• 1 1/4 cups warm water

In you kitchen mixer mix about 1 cup of flour with the salt and instant yeast.

In a little bowl mix the warm water and the sugar.

Add the water mixture to the flour mixture. Let mix for about 4-5 minutes on medium speed.

About 1/2 cup at a time add the remaining flour. Once it's mixed let stand in the mixer for about 15 minutes. Then take it out and knead it by hand for about 2-3 minutes. Put the dough in a greased bowl and cover it for 1 hour or until the dough is doubled.

Then take the dough and shape it into a disk and put it back in the bowl covered in plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator over night (about 12 hours).

Then put the dough on your kitchen counter, cut it into two pieces and cover with a clean dish towel and let stand (proof) for about and hour. Then shape them.. Here's a video i found to be useful...

Then preheat your oven to 500 degrees.

Put the desired toppings on your pizzas and then bake them for about 4-6 minutes (until cheese is golden)

ENJOY!

ps: you can also use this recipe to make bread sticks. You just shape into sticks instead of pizza... They are so good!

Aunt Reta's Rolls

My Aunt Reta gave me this recipe and I tried it this morning and I just couldn't wait any longer to try it out. They are by far the best dinner rolls I have ever had in my entire life! Try them I promise you won't be disappointed! My Aunt said: "I can usually make these from start to finish in 3 hours. I have been making them for 25 years and have never found a better recipe for dinner rolls."

I added some pictures so you can see what they look like and see how the knot is made. Also when I made them this morning, as soon as I got them out of the oven I brushed some butter on them. So Good! 4 - 4 1/2 cups flour
1 pkg dry yeast (or 2 1/4 tsp of yeast from jar)
1 cup milk
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter
1 tsp salt
2 eggs

Combine 2 cups of flour and dry yeast in mixer bowl.

Combine milk, sugar, butter, and salt until just warm (115 - 120 degrees) and butter is almost melted.

Add milk mixture to flour mixture in mixing bowl. Add eggs. With mixing paddle, beat at low speed for 1/2 minute until combined. Beat on medium speed for 3 minutes.

Change to kneading paddle on mixer (or knead by hand). Stir in 2 more cups of flour and knead for 6 - 8 minutes, or until smooth and elastic. Add remaining 1/2 cup of flour if needed to prevent sticking.

Place in a greased bowl, turn once, cover and let rise in a warm place til double (about an hour).

Punch down and divide dough in half (you now have 2 balls). Cover and let rest for 10 minutes.

Shape into rolls - you can use any shape, but I use the Rosette - Knot shape.

Rosette - Knot shape - take one of the balls of dough, slightly roll into a rectangle loaf, then cut into 12 pieces. Take one piece, roll into a 10 - 12 inch snake, and tie into a knot in the middle and tuck one end under the roll and the other into the top center of the knot. Continue for each of the remaining 23 pieces (12 pieces per ball of dough).





I can usually put 12 rolls per cookie sheet. Let rise again until nearly double (about 30 minutes), then bake at 375 for 12 - 15 minutes.

Enjoy!

Easy White Bread

This recipe is the easiest white bread recipe you'll find that's still delicious! You will need:

• 5 1/2 - 6 cups of white flour
• 1 Tbsp active dry yeast
• 2 1/4 cups of milk (you can use buttermilk, half and half, water, pretty much anything)
• 2 Tbsp butter
• 2 Tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt

First in a saucepan over medium heat: melt the butter, then add the milk, sugar and salt. Let warm until "baby bath warm" (when you stick your finger in it it's luke warm.
Then in a kitchen stand mixer, put 2 1/2 cups of flour in and the 1 Tbsp yeast. Mix.
Then add the wet mixture
Mix on medium low speed for about a minute and constantly scrape the sides of the bowl with a spatula. Then mix on medium high for 3 minutes.

Then add 1 cup of flour and let it mix on medium high for about 2-3 minutes. Add another cup of flour and mix on medium high for about 2-3 minutes. (so far we have used 4 1/2 cups of flour).

Now you'll want to add 1/2 cup of flour and let it mix till blended, and then one more time a 1/2 cup of flour and let it mix till blended. You'll want to use one of those covers for your mixer if you have one.

Now take your dough out of the mixer and put some flour on your counter and knead the dough until it's smooth and still a little sticky. (not so sticky to still leave chunks on your counter when kneading)

Now form it into a ball (my husband says it looks more like a smooth brain).

Get a plastic bowl, spray it with oil, place the dough in it and spray the dough as well. Cover with plastic wrap and let stand until double (about an hour) in a warm place.
After an hour you'll punch down the dough.
Let it sit for 10 Minutes.
Separate the dough into two equally big balls.
Flatten them into big flat rectangles (you can use your hands, or a rolling pin)
Put the rolled up loaves in bread pans and spray them with oil. cover them with plastic wrap.

Let them rise for 35 minutes.

Bake them at 375 for 45 minutes.

Let them cool! Enjoy!