Since discovering this receipe, we have been making a lot of pizza at home! Its quick, easy, and much cheaper than buying crust or ready-made pizza.
2 1/2 cups flour
2 3/4 tsp baking powder (or 1 1/4 tsp baking soda but eliminate salt)
1 tsp salt
1 tblspn oil (I use olive oil)
1 cup water
Mix dry ingrediants; add water and oil; stir into a ball. Once is mixed and sticky, start kneading with your hands until it forms a good ball to roll into crust. I use a pizza stone and spread a little oil so that it doesn't stick to the stone. It also helps to flour the dough, rolling pin, and stone before rolling.
To make the crust edges, roll the dough out just pass the edges and roll the ends in. It takes some manipulating and practice to make a nice round crust; sometimes you have to make another ball and start over!
Bake the crust at 400 degrees for about 5 minutes before adding your toppings; bake again for about 10 minutes.
Some of our favorite fun additions:
* add italian seasoning and garlic salt (use less salt) to dry ingrediants (or any of your favorite seasonsings)
* for a BBQ chicken pizza, use your favorite BBQ sauce instead of pizza sauce and cooked chicken cut into small pieces
* slice string cheese length-wise and roll into crust edges
