Saturday, September 6, 2008

Stuffed Crust Pizza


Crust Ingredients:
1 TBSP yeast
1 ¼ Cup warm water
1 Tbsp sugar
2 Tbsp oil
1 tsp salt
2 ¾ to 3 ¼ C. Flour

Directions:
In mixing bowl combine yeast, warm water and sugar. Let sit five minutes then add oil, salt and flour. Knead dough for five minutes until smooth. Prepare pizza stone, spray with cooking spray and sprinkle some corn meal. Break off ¾ of dough and roll or press out to a circle that fits your pizza stone. Place on pizza stone. Cut ¼ in cubed strips of mozzarella cheese and place about ½ in from border the whole way around pizza. Then fold the flap over into the inside to cover the cheese. With remaining 1/4 of dough, roll out to 1/2 inch thickness. Then with a pizza cutter cut into 1 inch wide strips. These will be your breadsticks. Place them on a sprayed cookie sheet or you can even put them in a round cake pan and let rise 20 minutes, along with your pizza.

Sauce Ingredients:
1/3 bottle of favorite pasta sauce (I just use traditional)
½ Teaspoon of Italian seasoning
¼ teaspoon of onion powder
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
sprinkle of red pepper flakes (this is all dependant on how hot you want your sauce)

Combine. After crust has risen then spread pizza sauce on pizza, except not on the part that has been stuffed with cheese. Top with Mozzerella cheese and your favorite toppings. I also sprinkle the whole thing with parmesan cheese. Bake in over at 375 for 20 minutes or until crust is golden and cheese is melted. The breadsticks will not cook as long they usuall only cook around 10 minutes or until golden on top. Brush them with butter and sprinkle with garlic salt.

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