In an effort to pick something quick and easy, Ana chose this very yummy pizza dough recipe that definitely made us think twice about our theories of how to make bread. The recipe was from a very well knows little website called Tasty and the recipe was their 2-Ingredient Pizza Dough.
Ana
Andrea
Bere
Cori
Juli
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Original recipe:
Have you done this before? No
Tools for the recipe: Regular mixing whisk, silicone baking mats
Ingredient substitute: None
Experience doing the recipe: It has been really difficult to find dry active yeast lately so I was thrilled to have a recipe so simple. The 2 cups of yogurt are about 2 containers. Mixing the dough was interesting. As a ball formed really quickly and you could see bits of the yogurt not fully mixed. Another important thing to notice is that the dough was not sticky to my hands and it all came up as a round ball without any scraping efforts. I kneaded it for a while on the mat. This dough was elastic and it took no time to make. I used some homemade tomato sauce and mozzarella for toppings. Flavor wise this tasted like sourdough. I could not smell the yogurt after the pizza was baked. Also, the little clumps of unmixed yogurt were also gone. The pizza was delicious. The dough itself had a lot of air bubbles and looked like the real deal. I think I could have rolled it out thinner since I had more dough than sauce but that is just me
Would you try doing the recipe again? Yes, my family demanded a seconds as there was not enough pizza for how good this was
Have you done this before? I haven’t
Tools for the recipe: measuring cup, wooden roller, baking sheet and pan
Ingredient substitute: I didn’t have self rising flour so I used the recipe that was below in the comments of the flour which was 1tsp of salt, and 3 tsps of baking powder and 2 cups all purpose flour
Experience doing the recipe: Time was ticking and my back was hurting so I was very happy this was a 3 ingredient pizza. I made my own self rising flour like I described above and started to make the pizza dough. I came across an issue really quick that the yogurt wasn’t enough to blend in all the dough so I had to use some water (maybe that’s why the dough came out somewhat soft on the inside). So I added 2 tablespoons of water and mixed the dough and let sit for about 10 min before rolling it out. I rolled it into a square and added toppings broccoli, onions, olives, mushrooms and cheddar cheese. My second challenge was when baking the instructions said 20 minutes at 350 but the dough was soft inside so I ended up adding time and it cooked for 45 minutes.
My tune for this was Bob Marley
Would you try doing the recipe again? It was ok, I certainly ate it but I wouldn’t specifically make it again. It is a quick alternative to pizza dough if you are in a hurry
Have you done this before? No
Tools for the recipe: mixing bowl, measuring cup, roller and silicone mat
Ingredient substitute: I used all purpose flour instead of self rising since I did not have any and to make sure it did rise I added 3 tsp of baking powder to the 2 cups of salt and 1 tsp of salt
Experience doing the recipe: This recipe was a simple recipe and for my kitchen it uses staple pantry ingredients for sure! The dough as easy to make, once it formed a ball I did cover it and let it rest for 20 minutes. Afterwards I rolled it out and added the pizza sauce and in this case make it simple since I had not gone to the grocery store, so cheese pizza it was! This is a great recipe to involve your kids and even make extra and free for another day for a quick lunch pizza. For oven times I did leave it about 30-40 minutes since we like our pizza crispy
Would you try doing the recipe again? The dough takes a bit like sourdough bread, I definitely will make this recipe when we crave pizza but don’t have any yeast
Have you done this before? Nope
Tools for the recipe: Bowl and hands
Ingredient substitute: I had all purpose flour and not self rising
Experience doing the recipe: I thought this was a very easy recipe to make and so yummy. I actually didn’t have self rising flour like the recipe called for and I did not read the full recipe like Andrea did, so I i mixed my yogurt and my all purpose flour and hoped for the best.
It came out a lot more flat than I expected but lets face it, Pizza is all about the toppings. I used a white Alfredo sauce for the pizza with mozzarella, shrimp, Manchego cheese and lemon grass. Backed it in the oven for 45 min instead of 30. It was very very very yummy, again a little flat but I know exactly where I did my mistake (not so much mistake as just different outcome)
Would you try doing the recipe again? I would love to try it again with the right flower or mixing the backing soda like Andrea did. Either way I would try it again for sure because it was soooooo easy to make.
Have you done this before? No
Tools for the recipe: bowl, big spoon and MY HANDS!
Ingredient substitute: Because I didn’t have self rising flour, so I added baking powder and a little bit of salt
Experience doing the recipe: I have to write that I did doubt myself while making the dough. I had to add a little more flour to the mix because it was hard to handle.
Once it was spread in a rectangular shape, for me was the best part, toppings!: one was made as a margarita style (basil, mozzarella & tomatoes) the other was a three-cheese (parmigiano-reggiano, provolone and aged cheddar)
The result was so good, however, I believe the crust would have been better if I hadn’t added so much flour, however it still tasted so good.
Would you try doing the recipe again? 100% yes!
