homemade just tastes better

Well not only does homemade taste better, it's better for you and costs way less. I know cooking isn't for everyone and it always seems that we never have the time but homemade food can be made in minutes and takes few ingredients.

Take hot fresh pizza. You can make the dough up to 3 days in advance and takes basic ingredients, just flour, water, salt and a bit of yeast. Of course you can buy dough pre-made at the grocer for a few dollars but why when you can make it for pennies and the taste is by far better. so here's how you do it.

basic food processor pizza dough

makes enough for 3 - 10"pizzas

1 lb flour or 3.5 to 4 cups

2 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. yeast

1 cup + 3tbs. water

add dry ingredients to a food processor and and pulse a few times to just combine.

add all but 2 tbs water to running food processor until dough comes together, if dough looks dry add the rest of the water.

process for about 30-45 seconds total. dough should be somewhat smooth and form into a ball.

remove dough and place in a bowl and cover with plastic wrap.

let sit on counter in a warm dry place for 2-3 hours and then put in refrigerator for 4hrs or up to 36hrs.

the longer you leave the dough in the refrigerator the more flavor your dough will have.

and the nice thing about this dough is it's versatility. you can make focaccia or calzones with it too. I like to entertain with this and make several batches and throw a party letting everyone make their own pizza's with all sorts of great toppings.

to bake off the pizza's, place a baking stone (or terra cotta tiles from the hardware store) on the very bottom rack. Turn the oven up to 450° and allow it to heat up for minimum 30 min. slide your pizza's in the oven and bake for 10 minutes, until golden brown and bubbly.

try this once and i think you will see the reward of making pizza at home. fresh ingredients with fresh flavors and for just pennies.

enjoy!