Homemade Pizza Dough

Last weekend I made my own pizza dough for the first time ever.  It was fun cause you get to punch the dough a few times in the process of waiting for it to rise fully.  Since I spent so much time on the dough, all the other ingredients were store-bought. :)  I rolled it out really flat because I was going to grill the dough and just prefer a thinner crust. After grilling 2 crusts, and baking 2 crusts to do a side-by-side comparison, it turned out that all of the pizza crust wound up kind of looking like Indian naan bread.  It would puff up real big with those air bubbles but then after it settled, the crust was cracker-thin, just how I like it.  

I made 4 types.  We had friends over too!  We didn't eat all this ourselves.

 
*Oblong Margarita Pizza with sliced tomatoes (this one came out a little soggier than the next one without tomatoes)










*Traditional Margarita pizza (I love fresh mozzarella!)

 



*Grilled Shrimp and Pesto Pizza












*Pesto Pizza with Artichokes & Red Onions (Half Chicken/Half Shrimp)







This Sunday marks our 1-year anniversary!  I am happy to say that it's been a fun ride cooking my way through the year and trying out new things and just having the time to actually do it!  Edwin told me the other day that it doesn't make sense for him to cook anymore because #1: he gets home so late and #2: I've gotten so good at cooking.  Call me a sucker, but I'll take that compliment and continue with the cooking...at least for another year.  :)  Happy cooking to all of you.