Cookin School: Pizza Night

Cookin School is almost done, and judging by the looks on these faces, not a moment too soon! Pizza night was actually a hit, but our culinary zeal is definitely waning.

Unbridled enthusiasm.

That's better. Nearly.

Rolling out the dough. Everybody is making their own pizza. That way, no complaints.

Tommy is really into making dough worms. When everyone else was "on break"--or as Jon put it "If this really were REAL cooking school, we would be at recess right now"--Tommy was still into the dough.

We used pie tins for each of the pizzas. Look! That is a rare Sid sighting! He is in the brown shirt all the way to the right. I had to promise I wouldn't take his picture. But it looks like someone got played for the fool!

Tommy is sad because of something. What is it? Who knows.

Finally, all the kid pizzas are done!

Hurray! Cookin School is over! It was fun while it lasted, but boy are we ready to head outdoors next week. Hopefully the weather will be ready for us.

***I am so excited! I finally have a recipe to share. It is my no-fail Martha Stewart pizza crust. The crust is pretty basic, but I have yet to ruin it, so I can confidently say this pizza crust is fool proof! I tripled the recipe and made 5 minis and two regular sized pizzas. Doubling the recipe will give you two cookie pan-sized pizzas. A single batch yields two 12 inch rounds.

1 cup warm water

1 packet yeast (2 1/4 teaspoons)

1 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 TBSP. oil

2 3/4 cups flour

Put yeast together with water in a bowl. I add 1/4 teaspoon sugar to this. Once yeast bubbles, add the other ingredients and knead for a bit. Let dough rise in the bowl or don't. Either way works. THIS IS IMPORTANT: Preheat oven to 500. Make up your pizzas and cook them for approximately 10 minutes total. I like to use the lower racks, so that the crust gets nicely browned. Yup. 10 minutes and your pizza is done!