Friday, July 3, 2020

Because Pizza is LIFE

My kids LOVE love love make your own pizzas. I buy these cardboard circle crusts for them to use. Ok they aren't cardboard, but they sure do taste like it. Being stuck in the house with cruddy weather and you know... being sheltered in place, pizzas seemed like a fun way to start a movie and popcorn afternoon. Andy, on the other hand, was less than pleased with that idea. Sure he loves a good pizza that he can customize the way he wants, but that crust? Hard NOPE.
I could have made regular pizza dough, but instead made skinny pizza dough because #lifegoals. Just because we are stuck in place for a while doesn't mean I have to gain the Quarantine 15... This pizza dough is similar to the 2 ingredient dough, but so much better. It's softer and actually rises because it has yeast in it. I made my pizza sauce (I posted that a while ago) and off to the races with pizza. This was well worth the effort and Andy agreed - it was really good. I even have extra dough in the fridge that might turn into some cinnamon rolls!! We'll see....

Skinny Pizza Dough
1/2 - 3/4 cup water
1 teaspoon yeast
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
2 cups self-rising flour

Instructions
Heat oven to 425.
In a bowl, mix the flour, salt and yeast together. Stir in the yogurt and mix until it starts to combine. Add up to 3/4 cup of water until combined. Start with 1/2 a cup and see how much of the flour is being incorporated. If there is still a bit of loose flour in the bowl, add a couple tablespoons of water at a time, until it forms a ball that you can roll out and knead on your counter.
It might be a bit sticky - but place just a couple tablespoons of flour on your counter, and work that into the dough - it won't be sticky anymore.
You can roll it out and bake it right then, but I think it tastes better after just a 30 minute rise. Leftover dough will last 7 days in the fridge.
Bake in oven until crust is crispy and cheese is melty.

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