Today I had no intention of baking, we were going to have sausages for dinner. Until about 2 o clock this afternoon that is. I couldn't stay out of the kitchen! I have found my new love - Bread making. I love the yeasty bready smell, cutting into the cooked loaf and seeing how it has turned out on the inside and most of all the excitement of checking on the dough and seeing how much it has risen.
So this evening we had pizza, I love homemade pizza and this is even quicker than normal dough as there isn't really a second rising time. Its left to rise for 10 minutes or so while the oven pre heats and gives you time to prepare the toppings. This is another great recipe to get kids involved making patterns or faces with the toppings.
This came out, as would seem usual for the recipes in this book so far, lovely! There are however 2 alterations I would make in the future, firstly increase the cooking time although this could vary between ovens and how thick you like the base but my pizzas took around 16 - 18 minutes. Secondly I would use 2 tins of tomatoes to make the sauce as i found that I didn't quite have enough for all 4 pizzas and had to - god forbid - use some out of a jar!
Made a nice change from the takeaway pizzas laden with so much cheese and grease. Yum :) x
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