Homemade Pizza Dough

Pizza Dough

2 teaspoons yeast

3/4 cup warm water (105 to 110 degrees)

2 cups flour

1 Tbs extra-virgin olive oil

1 tsp salt

Stir the yeast in the warm water to blend. Set aside for about 15 minutes.

Mound the flour on a work surface. I would use a big bowl. Form a well in the center of the flour and add the oil and salt to the well. Add the yeast mixture to the well. Working from the center outward stir the sides of the well into the yeast mixture until all of the flour is incorporated. Continue to mix the dough until a dough forms.

Knead the dough until it is smoooooooth and elaaasssstic and no longer sticky adding small pinches of flour if the dough is too sticky--about 8 minutes. (I guarantee you can't go 8 minutes). Divide the dough in two and shape each into a ball.

Lightly oil 2 large bowls and place the dough in the bowls. Cover the bowls with towels and let rise at room temperature until doubled--about 1 1/2 hours.

Lightly flour your work surface and work your balls!!!!

Just use your hands. A pin just makes it messy and as long as you lightly flour the dough you can make it really thin. OR thick if you like. Although tonight I used a pin and it worked just fine.

by Kollen Rae

Make ahead Frenchtoast

1 loaf of bread. (use can use any bread but I like french bread)
2 cups of Milk
6 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg

Coat 13x9 with cooking spray. Cut bread into cubes place in dish. Mix rest of ingredients and pour over . Put in the refrigerator over night for 2 to 3 hours. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes (sometimes longer depending on your oven, none of the bread should be soggy). Pour topping over before you bake.

Topping:
1 cup brown sugar
2 T corn syrup
1/2 C butter
1 C chopped walnuts or I prefer pecans

Combine all ingredients.
Bring to boil. Simmer until it thickens

Side note: I tried this with the yummy syrup as the topping instead of the topping it called for and it didn't work at all. So don't try that.

Submitted by: Kollen Marchant

Quick Amish Friendship Bread

1 cup veg oil
1 1/2 cups sugar

1 tsp vanilla

3 large eggs

1/2 tsp salt

2 tsp cinnamon

2 1/2 cups flour

1 1/4 cup milk

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 sm. box vanilla instant pudding

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

*Preheat oven to 325.

*Combine oil, sugar, vanilla, eggs, salt and cinnamon in large bowl. Add flour, milk, baking soda, pudding and baking powder.....mix well.

*Grease 2 large loaf pans and sprinkle with a cinnamon sugar mixture, covering sides and bottom. Pour in bread mixture and sprinkle remaining cinnamon sugar mixture on top.

*Bake 55 minutes - 1 hour.

[Submitted by Dana]