YUM!

Tonight we tried a pizza crust recipe that I saw on "Ciao Italia" on PBS, and it was REALLY good!!!  I actually had to order Pizza Crust Yeast on e-bay (since the Twin Cities, seemingly, doesn't even KNOW WHAT IT IS), but it was worth the wait...no rising time needed at all...just add and bake...!!!!

Here's the recipe.  SOOOOOOO good...

1 1/4 cups white whole wheat flour
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 tsp. salt
1 pkg. Fleischmann's Pizza Crust Yeast
1 1/2 cups warm water (115 to 120 degrees)
1 T. honey
1 T. olive oil

Place pizza stone on the bottom rack of oven.  Preheat oven to 500 degrees.

Combine the 1 1/4 cups whole wheat flour, salt and yeast in a bowl.  Add the water, honey and olive oil.  Combine to make a smooth ball of dough. 

Place the 2 cups unbleached flour in a large bowl.  Add the dough mixture to the flour.  Mix well.

Transfer the dough to a lightly floured work surface and knead it with your hands for a couple of minutes.  Use a knife to divide the dough in half.  Use ONE HALF of the dough recipe for each pizza (you can refrigerate or freeze the other half of the dough for later use).

Press one half of the dough to desired thickness with your hands.

Top pizza with your favorite toppings (we used tomato sauce, Roma tomatoes, fresh basil, green olives, and mozzarella cheese).

Just before putting the pizza into the oven to bake, reduce the oven temperature to 375 degrees.

Bake pizza for 12 to 15 minutes.

For more fabulous recipes from "Ciao Italia", visit their site at:  http://www.ciaoitalia.com/.

Here's hoping YOU were able to create something amazing for dinner recently too!!!!