Perfect Pizza Tips 101
For some of us, there’s nothing like a homemade pizza. For others, nothing comes close to the real thing from the true professionals. Well, now you can make real homemade pizza, with an authentic professional look and taste. Here’s how:
For the best result, use high-quality white flour. If you are looking to make it healthier yet still delicious, use half white flour and half whole wheat flour and combine it with an additional ¼ cup water.- In order to prevent the dough from sticking to the surface, sprinkle some cornmeal onto your baking surface prior to baking. You are better off with cornmeal than with flour, since corn granules are larger than flour, and therefore prevents the dough from sticking. It also adds a bit of a crunch to the crust.
- Never stick pizza into an oven that has not been fully preheated. You want to make sure the oven has reached the desired temperature and is very hot.
- Ever wondered why professionals use pizza stones? A pizza stone attracts heat and in return, it increases the temperature of the oven. In addition, the heat from the pizza stone makes the dough all that more crispy. Like the oven, always make sure your stone is preheated before sliding the pizza over the stone to achieve maximum results. ...continue reading
Chocolate Chip Cheese Squares
For all you chocolate chip lovers out there, Sunday is your lucky day! No need to try and come up with any excuse for cheating on your diet because after all, May 15th is National Chocolate Chip Day!
These chocolate chip cheese squares are (sigh!) just so easy to eat!
Ingredients:
Layer #1:
2 ½ cups flour
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 cup brown sugar
½ cup sugar
2 sticks butter
2 eggs
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Cheesy Spinach 'N Phyllo Twists
These cheese-filled spinach phyllo twists make a great appetizer, not to mention that they look so scrumptious that all spinach lovers will not be able to exercise self control for too long before digging in and wolfing it down.
Spinach-Cheese Filling
- 1 medium onion, diced and sautéed
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- 12oz. frozen spinach, thawed
- 3/4 cup sour cream
- 3/4 cup cottage cheese
- 3/4 cup shredded cheese
- 1/2 lb. cold cuts diced, optional
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Black pepper, to taste
Place all filling ingredients into a mixing bowl and mix well until uniformly blended.
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Cheese Crab Broccoli Quiche
This delicious quiche makes an excellent dish, be it brunch, dinner, or anything in between. Filled with delicious ingredients, including four variations of cheeses, and shredded crab, this cheese crab broccoli quiche is sure to be a hit.
Lactose intolerant? Egg allergy? No problem! Scroll down for variation.
Crust
- 2 cups flour (whole wheat works great)
- ½ cup ground filberts
- 3 tablespoons oil or 2 oz. butter
- 1 egg yolk
- Approximately ½ cup water
Mix the flour, filberts, oil and yolk in a bowl. Add water slowly since the amount of water that the flour absorbs depends on the freshness of the flour. Place the dough in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour but not more than 1 day. Once you’re ready to go further, remove the dough from the fridge and press into the bottom and sides of a 9” round pan. Left over dough can be bagged and frozen for later use. ...continue reading
Cheese Cannoli
When it comes to cheese, I’m obsessed! Cheese filled cannoli- now we’re talking. The smooth, light filling in a shell with a perfect crunch... My mouth is already watering!
20 store bought cannoli shells
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3 cups flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
3 tablespoon shortening
2 eggs
4 tablespoons Marsala Wine
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