The lighter side of me

I decided to blog about my homemaking life. It's called Buckets and Bows for two reasons.
Reason #1: I make gift baskets and that's what I call them Buckets with Bows.

Reason #2: I am not afraid to carry a bucket and I've been known to get dressed up a time or two, but without the bow, I'm not a bow kind of girl.
So this blog will be about baking, homeschooling, creating, laughing, and just plain having fun!

So with that out of the way. Tonight I am making a deep dish pizza.

Pizza Dough:
7 cups flour
1 packet active dry yeast
1Tb. sugar
2 tsp. salt
1/4 c. oil
2 cups warm water

In a large bowl add 2 cups of the flour, yeast, sugar, salt, oil, and water mix well. Then add the rest of the flour to the mixture. Stir until it forms into a ball. Then knead, not very much though you don't want to over work your dough. Let it rise for an hour in a bowl.

Then you take your dough and spread it out. Load up your toppings starting with sauce. Then do it all over again ending with the cheese. Fold your dough into the center, just like your making a bowl. Bake in the oven @ 425 for about 25 min.

I added a bowl of chopped fresh garden veggies tossed with Italian dressing. ooooo LaLa. We usaully have pizza on a Saturday night because my hubby grew up having it on that day. And it really upsets his apple cart when we have it on another night. Ha! I felt like disturbing his apple cart tonight, just for fun.