New Year's Resolution

One of my New Year's Resolution's was to make things that intimidate me. I have always wanted to make homemade pizza dough so tonight I did. We had homemade BBQ Pizza with Boca Crumbles, Pineapple, Onion, Red Peppers, and Daiya Mozzarella Cheese. I was shocked at how easy it was, but I did use my food processor.

1 1/2 tsp active dry yeast
1 tsp sugar
3/4 c warm water
1 c cake flour
1 cup plus 3 TBSP all-purpose flour
1 1/4 tsp salt
2 TBSP EVOO

In a small bowl, whisk together the yeast, sugar, and warm water and let stand until foamy, about 5 mins.

In a food processor fitted with the dough blade, combine the cake flour, all-purpose flour, and salt and pulse 3 or 4 times.

Whisk 1 TBSP of the olive oil into yeast mixture. With the motor running, slowly add the yeast mixture, allowing each addition to be absorbed before adding more. Pulse the machine 10-15 times to knead the dough. The dough should clean the insides of the bowl but will be slightly sticky.

Coat the inside of a large bowl with 1 TBSP oil. Dust your hands with flour and remove the dough from the food processor. Form the dough into a ball and place in the bowl. Cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap and let the dough rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1-1 1/2 hours. Divide the dough in half and roll out.

Add sauce and toppings.

Cook at 450 degrees for 12-15 mins, or until edges are brown.