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| by zoe, December 15, 2009
Here is a fun video Jeff and I made with Jennifer Samuel from Unplanned Cooking about the ever popular pizza-on-a-stick. This version was made with the whole grain master recipe from HBin5 with classic pizza toppings rolled inside. It is an easy, quick and healthy snack for kids after school or a great idea for your New Year’s Eve Party.
Thank you Jennifer for the use of your wonderful video!
Today is the first day of school for my two boys. It is always bittersweet. They are excited to see their friends, but the prospect of all that structure and homework has them just a touch apprehensive. I’ll miss them running around the house and yet I look forward to the quiet. I also have another year of coming up with lunches that they will be excited about. The first day of school deserves something particularly special, like something on a stick. This week is also the MN State Fair, where all things edible are on a stick. For some reason everything tastes better balanced on the end of a pointy skewer?
Last year Jeff and I did a baking demo at the FAIR and put cinnamon buns on a stick. One might think pizza is the perfect food as it is, but I think I may have found an improvement, at least for those under the age of 20. Pizza on a stick! Continue reading
(photo by Mark Luinenburg)
Some of our blog readers have noticed that we have lots of summertime posts and discussions on outdoor-grilled pizza and even desserts, and pastries, but we’ve never posted on baking pizza the old-fashioned way. As summer comes upon us, believe me, there’ll be more and more that we do outside on the gas grill (I like the Weber grills for that, available at Amazon).
One thing I have to share: Amazon has dropped the price on the Old Stone Oven pizza stone: Click here to order.
So before it gets hot, let’s talk about indoor-baked pizza. Our lean doughs make great pizza bases, and nicely tolerate a pre-heated stone up to 550 degrees F. Use lots of flour and roll it out to 1/8-inch thick and you cannot miss (be patient). What kinds of pizzas are people making?
