Tonight was pizza night at out house…

YUM!!

I’ve been making my own pizza for quite sometime… so much better than both frozen and delivery. So, I do look forward to every Friday night that is pizza night… which is almost EVERY Friday night. I have to admit that I was looking forward to this pizza night more so than other pizza nights. Why? Well, last week I had put the dough ingredients in the breadmaker just in a nick of time. The pizza might be a hair late, but it would be done in time for dinner. Just before Mr. Wonderful got home… the bread machine gave me the signal that the dough was ready and the pizza could now be assembled. I open up the breadmaker to grab the dough… AND it’s not done. It hadn’t even really started. The flour at the bottom was a gooey mess, but the stuff at top, including the yeast and spices, hadn’t even budged. WHAT?! I so was not in the mood for that type of disappointment… on a FRIDAY… during the witching hour. It turns out, I forgot to put the paddle in the machine. UGH! I’ve never done that before. This didn’t make me smile last week, but today… now that I’ve had the yummy pizza I was supposed to have last week… it seems hilarious! (Oh… it turned out alright last week… once Mr. Wonderful got home, I dragged everyone to a local pizza place… The Kids got their pizza, Mr. Wonderful got a hoagie that he LOVES, and I got my gyro that I’d been craving!)

Just in case… here’s the recipes for the pizzas I make…

Exquisite Pizza Sauce – I follow this recipe to a T. It is EXQUISITE and cheap!! I do omit the anchovy paste and double the recipe and divide it into four… seems to be the perfect amount for four pizzas. I use one and freeze the other three for the remainder of the month.

Amazing Whole Wheat Pizza Crust -For this recipe, I use 1 teaspoon of honey instead of 1 teaspoon of sugar, 1 1/4 cup water instead of 1 1/2 cup, 3 1/4 cup whole wheat flour instead of 2 cups whole wheat flour and 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, and I add about 1 tablespoon of basil and 1/2 tablespoon of oregano. I put all ingredients in the breadmaker, set the machine for dough, and 1 1/2 hours later I have enough dough for three pizzas (we like a thinner crust). I use one and freeze the other two for later.

Mmmm… GOOD!!!