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Pizza Dough the Minimalist’s Way

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 at 6:27 am  
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I never have success making homemade pizza.  It’s always doughy on the bottom despite any pan or cookie sheet I choose to use.  Is it because I’m making it with whole wheat pastry flour??  I have pretty much given up on attempting it, it’s just too frustrating.  The tops always look beautiful but then we’ve got the problem of  it being (say it with me) “doughy.” However, I was given a recipe by my niece for an easy pizza dough that they said worked with whole wheat flour, was easy to make and tasted good.  Sounds like a winner.  After having the recipe in my collection and avoiding it for several years I decided to make it.  Did it work?  Oh, yes!  I loved it. Here…

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Bread for our Middle Ages Market Stand

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 at 1:52 pm  
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I arrived home yesterday to the lovely smell of bread wafting through the house.  The kids had been busy making 40+ loaves of bread for our Middle Ages Market.  We are going to have a market place where our guests that come to hear the children give speeches (see this post if you are wondering what I’m talking about) can shop and bargain for any goods they would like to purchase.  We made coin bags (see this post) several weeks ago and each family will be given one with “money” (flat marbles) inside to buy anything that pleases them in the marketplace. One of the items we’re offering is bread. Just look at these beauties. It would have been nice to have the dark rye bread but…

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