Bread Machine Pizza Dough

Who doesn't love pizza? And if you make it yourself you can save a bundle as well as use up all the leftovers in your fridge.
This is the best bread machine pizza dough I have found, I can't remember exactly where this one came from but I love it. I have made this lots of times and it's always good. The best thing about it is that it makes enough for my big family, I don't have to double it or make 2 batches. I can get 2 or 3 pizzas from this recipe depending on how thin I make the crust.

2 c. water
5 c. flour, part whole wheat
1/4 c. oil
1-1/2 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. sugar
3 tsp. rapid rise yeast

Put the ingredients in and set the machine for quick dough. Roll dough out, top with your choice of toppings, you should have enough to make something for everyone, bake @ 425.

We have pizza once a week, this week we had...
peperoni, basil, green peppers, black olives & mushrooms

cheese & peperoni

basil, spinach & mushrooms.

Sometimes I give the kids their own glob of dough and let them make their own mini-pizzas. This recipe makes great calzones too!

Bread Machine Cinnamon Rolls

My mom loves homemade cinnamon rolls so I always try to make some when she's here to visit. I made these for her yesterday. They look yummy don't they!!??

I use my bread machine (of course) but I'm sure you can make this by hand or with your stand mixer. This recipe is for a 2 lb. capacity machine.

Dough:
1 c. milk
1 large egg
3-1/4 c. flour
4 Tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1/4 c. butter
2 tsp. rapid rise yeast

Filling:
3 Tbsp. melted butter
sugar
cinnamon

Set the machine for the quick dough setting and allow it to do it's job. When it's done roll the dough out to a rectangle about 1/4 inch thickness. Pour melted butter over dough and sprinkle sugar and cinnamon, be generous, it's okay!!! Cover and let rise until doubled. Bake @ 375 until golden-brown, I never set the timer, maybe 15-20 mins.?

I always make a maple glaze with confections sugar, maple syrup & milk to pour over the top.

Enjoy!!

Bread Machine Pita Bread

As most of you know I LOVE LOVE LOVE my bread machine, not for baking (I always bake my bread in the oven) but to take the work out of bread making. If you have one in a cupboard or closet somewhere for heaven's sake TAKE IT OUT and USE it!!! If you don't have one that's okay just dig that dough hook for your stand mixer out of the drawer and let it do the work for you.
I have been looking for and trying some new recipes for my machine and found this one for pita bread. So yummy so easy and a nice change for Hubby's lunch, nothing like the cardboard pitas from the grocery store!! I (of course) changed it a bit by using whole wheat flour.

1 and 1/8 cups water
2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 teaspoons sugar
3 teaspoons instant yeast

Put everything into the bread pan of your bread machine, select dough setting and start. Let dough going through first rise. (If you're using a stand mixer use warm water and mix with the dough hook until dough is formed, you may need to add a little extra flour. Once dough is formed let the hook knead the dough for about 10 minutes. Let rise for about 20 minutes.)



Turn dough out onto a floured counter. Knead dough a few times then divide into 8 equal pieces with a sharp knife. With a floured rolling pin, roll each piece out into a 6" circle (dough will be very thin). Lay circles on lightly floured surface and cover with a dry light-weight dish towel. Let it rest for 30 minutes or until slightly puffy.



In the meantime, heat your oven to 500 (yep! 500) and place a wire cooling rack into your oven (set it right on the oven rack...no pan please). Place a circle of dough gently on the hot cake rack (bake 2 at a time). Bake for five minutes until they are puffed and lightly brown. Remove gently with tongs and place in a brown paper bag, (don't know why, just do it) make sure you seal up the bag well and let the pita's cool in there.



They will look like this: Mmmmmmmmmmmm!



Now if it were only summer so I could stuff these full of fresh cucumbers, tomatoes, & spinach... well a girl can dream!! Instead I will have a little tuna salad. I found this recipe and lots of other bread machine recipes on TipNut.com check it out.