I started making the pizza dough today , and it came out pretty good and fluffy :) i just used an basic pizza dough recipe for it , which is below

• 1 cup warm water, about 110 degrees F
• 1 packet dry yeast
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 1/4 cups flour (may use a little more or less)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

I used the recipe from food network , what you start with is the warm water and the yeast , you add the yeast and mix in sugar , olive oil , and heres the fun part , after you sift your flour [ sifting is a way to make your flour softer and a way to get rid of the bumbs ] you make a hole inside the flour and you pour the warm mixture into the flour. Then you just mix it with your hands until its not so sticky anymore , and remember to try to use all the flour even the ones thats in the bottom of the bowl :)

Now you have to play the waiting game , you have to wait now for at least an hour but make sure you rub the dough with a hint of oil , then after an hour you punch an hole in and wait for it raise up.

Finally after an hour , you can bake it! the 1st step to baking is to bake the dough first , so it can become nice and crunchy :) , with any regular pizza you can just add the sauce then the toppings afterwards and bake it in the oven for about 425.

The way i made my pizza , I made an deep dish pizza , which is from chicago and its sooo good , because the bread is nice and thick , and what makes this different from the regular pizza's , is that the cheese is placed first , then you pour the nice red sauce on top :)

it's really good , and with the leftover of the pizza dough you can make calzones , breadsticks , or regular pizza :) tomorrow i'll be making calzones and ill upgrade tomorrow with new photos of the calzones :D

the bread when it was being raised

i shredded my own cheese because i felt like it was much fresher that way :)

deep dish pizza :)

My goals for the next month or so , is to cutting back on dining out all the time. I live in big city so there's always food outside to have rather then cooking at home , but i really need to work on that because dining out is always costing me money.

So my goals is to start cooking at home more and i have this thing that i want to make almost everything homemade , because i think you'll save a lot of money that way.

One of the ideas that I'm going to do this week is make homemade pizza dough and throughout the week , I'll make an calzone , deep dish pizza , and an personal pizza or maybe breadsticks. I'll post photos of my progress :)

Hello , Welcome to my blog :). My name is stephanie and I was born and raised in south florida , and I'm interested in DIY , recipes , and photography. I'm currently going to the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale right now for photography , once I'm done with photography I plan on going to school for baking :).