Pizza Dough

This recipe can be done by hand but it turns out even better using a bread maker. 

Use this Pizza Dough to make Pizza, Stromboli, or Calzones.

Pairs great with Brenda’s Fresh Tomato Pizza Sauce or Red Pizza Sauce.

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Pizza Dough

To the bowl of a bread maker, add (in order):

1 1/2 cup (12 oz) warm water

1/8 cup dry milk powder

3 tsp sugar

2 tsp yeast

3 3/4 cup (19 oz) flour

1 tsp salt 

2 Tbsp oil

Set bread maker to “dough” setting and select start. The machine will complete mixing, kneading and rising cycles. Remove dough from machine and divide dough to make pizza, Stromboli, or calzones.

Alternate directions if no bread maker:

Add ingredients to the mixing bowl in the order listed above. Mix the ingredients with a sturdy spoon until a shaggy dough begins to form. Then use one hand to knead. Set aside to rest 45 min. Remove from bowl and divide dough to make pizza, Stromboli, or calzones.

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Brenda’s Tips:

• Serving size:

  • Pizza: makes two, 15” round OR two, 10” x 15” sheet pans

  • Stromboli: makes five, about 8” squares (before folding)

  • Calzones: makes four, about 9” circles (before folding)

  • Breadsticks: makes a lot (one or two sheet pans, depending how you roll it), or make less of any of the above and turn remainder into breadsticks.

Creamy Garlic Sauce

Brenda makes this creamy garlic sauce for pretty much any savory dish that needs a boost: pasta, gnocchi, veggies, chicken, pizza, beef, rice…the sky is the limit!

Scroll to the Brenda’s Tips section to learn how to turn this recipe into a soup.

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Creamy Garlic Sauce

Make a roux:

1 Tbsp butter

1 Tbsp flour

Cook for 2-4 minutes on medium heat.

Whisking continuously, add:

1 cup milk

Once smooth, also add:

1/4 tsp garlic powder

1/8 tsp pepper

1/4 tsp salt

1/8 tsp parsley

1 oz cream cheese

1 Tbsp parmesan cheese

Simmer.

Once thickened, cook an additional 1-2 minutes.

Serve hot.

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Brenda’s tips:

• Serving Size: makes about 1 cup.

• Roux? Sounds complex? Nope. Heat a skillet. Add butter and flour. Start whisking. The butter will melt and whisking will incorporate the flour. Once smooth let it bubble for at least a minute - to cook the flour - and longer will develop flavor. Eventually it can burn so keep stirring but don’t let it darken too much.

• And once you add milk you now have a béchamel. Brenda’s mom always called it a white sauce.

• Brenda makes this creamy garlic sauce for pretty much any savory dish that needs a boost: pasta, veggies, chicken, pizza, beef, rice .... thin it out with a little more milk, cook the roux longer for deeper flavor, or even make a small batch to thicken soup.