Making Pizza With Kids

Kids love to cook. And now that we’re doing more inside-cooking these chilly days, I find myself with a lot of little helpers in the kitchen. One of their favorite meals to make is pizza. There are so many kid-friendly jobs to do — rolling the dough. Grating cheese. Cutting olives (with a butter knife!). “Painting” the sauce onto the dough. And sprinkling the ingredients over the top. It’s all fun and safe and a great way to get them helping out at mealtime. And it helps that everyone loves to eat it! We make our pizza dough in a breadmaker — here’s our recipe:

Pizza Dough:

1/2 tsp salt

3 c all-purpose flour

1 1/2 tsp active dry yeast

1 c water

2 Tb olive or vegetable oil

Measure all ingredients into bread pan. Turn on “dough” setting. Check dough after 10 min and add water if it’s too dry, flour if it’s too moist. Allow cycle to run — about 90 min.

We roll the dough out as thin as we can get it, spread the tomato sauce, sprinkle on our toppings (LOTS of mozzarella cheese, usually salami, olives and whatever other veggies we have on-hand) and bake at 375 for 20 min or until crust is brown and crispy.

Enjoy!

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I originally published this as a contributor post on My Favorite Finds.

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