It’s the weekend!
Father’s Day is just around the corner and we are going to help you get some
crafty gift ideas and dinner ideas for dad in the next few weeks.
Today we are
going to share with you some pizza ideas. I love making homemade pizza and I
think that it would be a fun idea to make for your dad for Father’s Day. If you
have a bread maker it makes it easier, but if not, that’s ok too. Here is my
bread maker recipe for perfect pizza dough...
1 ½ cups
warm water (I warm mine in the microwave
for 1 minute)
1 ½ tsp.
salt
1 tbsp.
sugar
2 tbsp.
butter or margarine
4 ¼ cups of
flour
2tsp. yeast
Directions:
Measure the
first five ingredients into the baking pan in the order listed. Sprinkle the
yeast on top.
Close the
lid and select the dough setting. Mine takes about 1 ½ hours. When it is completed
remove and form the dough into pizza shapes or press into a pizza pan.
Brush a
little bit of olive oil on the dough and then put your toppings on and bake for
about 18 minutes at 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
Here is a
recipe I found, if you don’t have a bread maker, for pretty simple pizza dough...
1 package
active dry yeast
1 tsp. white
sugar
1 cup warm
water (110 degrees F)
2 1/2 cups
bread flour
2 tbsp.
olive oil
1 tsp. salt
Directions:
Preheat oven
to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). In a medium bowl, dissolve yeast and sugar in
warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
Stir in
flour, salt and oil. Beat until smooth. Let rest for 5 minutes.
Turn dough
out onto a lightly floured surface and pat or roll into a round. Transfer crust
to a lightly greased pizza pan or baker's peel dusted with cornmeal. Spread
with desired toppings and bake in preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until
golden brown. Let baked pizza cool for 5 minutes before serving.
So the fun
part is creating different pizzas. Come up with creative pizza toppings that
you think your dad would like. You can make a bunch of individual pizzas or you
can make big ones and divide them up into sections with different toppings or
you can just have one big pizza with all of the same toppings. It is up to you.
Here are some topping ideas that we came up with...
Cheese
(Cheddar, Mozzarella, Feta, Ricotta, Monterey Jack, Swiss, Havarti, etc.), Peppers
(red, green, yellow, orange), Chicken, Pepperoni, Ground Beef, Salami, Bacon, Shrimp, Ham, Crab, Pulled Pork, Potato, Spinach, Onions, Broccoli, Tomatoes, Mushrooms, Zucchini, Corn, Pineapple, Basil, Tomato Sauce, Cream Sauce
And here are
some “types” of pizzas that you can make if you want to follow a recipe. These
are just suggestions; you can look on pizza restaurant websites where they will
have a list of different types of pizzas
that they offer and you can pick one and try making one of those at home!
Hawaiian (Ham
and pineapple)
Breakfast
Pizzas (Features breakfast foods like fried eggs and bacon)
Meatlovers (All
types of meat like ground beef, salami, pepperoni, bacon)
Neapolitan
(Tomato, basil, and mozzarella)
Vegetarian
(Veggies like peppers, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, olives)
Deep Dish
Thin Crust
Greek (Feta,
artichokes, olives)
Gourmet (Could
include caviar, lobster, cray fish, dandelion greens, artichokes, eggplant,
goat cheese, shrimp, oysters, scallops)
BBQ Chicken
Chicken
Bacon Ranch
Seafood
Here’s a
website that features some very unique and inventive “pizza flavors”
Another cool
thing if you want to keep with the pizza theme is making a dessert pizza for
your dad. I found a few recipes for these as I have never tried one before. I
have heard about them and my mom has a recipe, but I have never actually made
one before. Here is a link to a cool blog with some dessert pizza recipes. The cinnamon streusel one looks so yummy!
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