Pizza Crust Recipe

I had a request for the pizza crust recipe I make so I wanted to get it on here.  I don't have pictures, but I will post them next time I make it.

1 cup warm water
1 Tablespoon yeast
1 Tablespoon sugar
Let these ingredients set for about 5 minutes until the yeast activates. Then add about 4 1/2 cups of flour.  I add a cup at a time until I get a smooth consistancy.  Let rise for about 10 minutes and flatten out onto a pizza pan or stone. Add your toppings and bake at 450 about 12 minutes or until brown.

M & M's

Just wanted so share a tip with you.  Do you have leftover christmas M & M's?  If you do divide the colors into red and green and use one for Valentines day and the other for St. Patricks day.  I bought this huge bag on clearance at Sam's Club for 4.50. Now I have plenty for decorating.

No Knead bread

This is such a wonderful recipe that works everytime. I got it from the blog honey & jam . She has such wonderful recipes on her site. Be sure and check it out.





No Knead French Bread


From Artisian Bread in 5 Minutes a Day via The Ivory Hut




3 cups of lukewarm water


1 1/2 tablespoons active dry yeast


1 1/2 tablespoons coarse salt


6 1/2 cups all-purpose flour




Grab a very large mixing bowl, or a large container that you can cover. In it, mix the water, yeast, and salt. You don’t have to heat up the water to a precise optimal temperature for the yeast. I’ve even used just regular tap water, and it’s worked well for me. Just let that sit together for a while (you don’t have to wait for the yeast to dissolve completely), then dump the flour all at once and stir with a wooden spoon. You don’t need to knead this, and you’re not looking to make it come together into a dough ball. You just want everything mixed well, with no streaks of flour left, and you’re done.

Leave it in your container, covered (but not airtight, or it’ll pop), for a few hours. When it has risen and then deflated a bit, your dough is done. It’s ready to be used or stored in the refrigerator.

To bake the bread, just grab a chunk of dough, about the size of a grapefruit. Dust your hands with flour to help prevent sticking, and gently pull the sides of the dough toward the bottom, rotating the dough, until you get a roundish shape with a smooth surface. It should only take you about a minute or less to do this. The dough won’t be entirely in the bottom, where it may look bunched up, but don’t worry about it.


Put it on a cutting board that’s been dusted with cornmeal to prevent sticking, and let it rest for at least 40 minutes. No need to cover it. If the dough has been refrigerated, it helps to let it rest a little more, until it’s no longer chilled.

Twenty minutes before you are ready to bake, put a cast iron skillet (or a pizza stone) in the middle rack of your oven, and put a broiler pan (I used a cookie sheet) in the bottom rack. Preheat your oven to 450 degrees. Dust some flour on the top of your loaf, and slash the top, about 1/4-inch deep.
After twenty minutes of preheating, it’s time to bake. (You can put the bread in after 20 minutes, even if your oven hasn’t reached 450 degrees yet.) Slide the loaf onto the baking stone, and then quickly pour 1 cup of hot tap water into the broiler pan. Then quickly shut the oven door to keep the steam inside.


Bake for 30 to 40 minutes, until you get a nice brown crust.

Apple Orchard

Today I visited and Apple orchard with my sweet Carson and the entire kindergarten.

We had such a beautiful day to go, the weather was perfect.

All of the kiddos left with a pumpkin and a bag of apples. So now I get to make all kind of apple creations.  There are apples cooking on my stove right now. YUM!

Pumpkin Board

This was a very easy project All I did was pick paper that I liked and used modge podge to glue it on and then put a coat over the top.  It is the same process I used here. http://footballsanddaisies.blogspot.com/2010/05/patriotic-board.html
To help with storage I put it on the back of the Patriotic board.

I feel like I still need something, but it is a work in progress.

Pumpkins

I am not the best seamstress at all, but these pumpkins were so easy to make. Here are the directions.
1. Cut your fabric in whatever shape you want your pumpkin. Place right sides together.

2. Sew all the way around the outside, but leave an opening at the top to put your stem in.

3. Now feed the bottom through your opening at the top to get the fabric to the front side. Then add dried beans to the bottom so that it will stand up.

4. Use pillow stuffing and fill your pumpkin.
5. Make a stem by cutting fabric in a rectangle and sewing all but the bottom part. Flip the right side out by using scissors if you need to.

6. Then hold the stem in place at the top and tuck in the ends so it is smooth and then just sew across to secure it.

Then you have your finished product!

1st day of school

Mommy with her babies!

Daddy and his babies!

Wednesday was a day filled with many emotions. Our baby was starting kindergarten! Where had the time gone.  I had been at home with a child for over 10 years and now in a moment life was changing. Carson was thrilled to be going to school just like Savannah and Connor. Thank goodness my wonderful husband took the day off to spend with me or I think I would have been a huge puddle in the school parking lot.

We are all looking forward to this new stage of life we are starting.