Pizza pizza

My friend, Jen, has the best ideas and she told me recently that she makes home made pizzas for her family using her bread machine to make the pizza dough. I told her that I would love to try that if I could ever find a bread machine. Not long after that, she sent me an email and said that she had located a FREE bread machine on Freecycle. I was amazed that she had located one so quickly and that it was FREE on top of that. The lady that gave it to me said that it had only been used twice (I thought you only said that when you were selling something).

So, Friday the bread machine made dough while I was at work. I had B. take the dough out to rest when it was done mixing, and I made two large pizzas when I got home. Our favorite was the four cheese.

Crusty Pizza Dough

• 1 1/3 C water
• 2 T olive oil
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 2 C all purpose flour
• 2 C whole wheat flour
• 2 tsp yeast

Place water, oil, salt, flours and yeast in the bread machine pan in the order listed. Make dough on the dough cycle. Remove dough from the machine and roll into a  rectangle or circle. Place on a baking sheet and turn excess under, forming a crust on the edges. Brush very lightly with olive oil. Top with pizza sauce, cheese and other desired toppings. Bake in a preheated 500 degree oven for 5 to 10 minutes, or until crust is brown and cheese is melted.