For Valentine's Day, we made homemade pizza, and I made him some adorable heart shaped cupcakes!!
We'll start with Pizza before doing dessert :]
Your ingredients:
Mix 2.5 cups flower, as much Italian seasoning as you want, salt, and yeast in a bowl.
Make a hole in the middle of your flour bowl, pour in your olive oil, and 1 cup lukewarm water. Mix.
Knead the dough for about 5 minutes, and let sit for 10.
Flour your rolling pin and roll dough out into your pizza shape.
Bake for 10 minutes.
Spread your sauce over your pre-baked dough.
Add a few slices of provolone cheese.
Add your mozzerlla.
Add your toppings of choice. Pepperoni for Nate, cashews + mushrooms for me.
Drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle oregano, ground black pepper, and more italian seasoning on top, and bake in oven.
Mmm, all done! Super good!!
Serve with a salad or by itself!
Pizza Recipe:
2.5 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon, 2 teaspoons olive oil
1 cup warm water
1 package of Rapid Rise Yeast
2 cups Mozzarella Cheese
8 slices Provolone Cheese
1 packet Boboli pizza sauce
Pepperoni, cashews, mushrooms, etc.
Oregano, Italian seasonin, ground pepper (to taste)
Pre-heat oven to 400*. Mix first 5 ingredients. Knead the dough for about 5 minutes, the let sit for 10. Bake the crust for 10 minutes, remove from oven and add your toppings, bake again for 18-20 minutes.
For the Valentine's Day cupcakes, I went with the Funfetti box mix. Just follow all of the directions on the box like before.
Ingredients!
Split your batter into two bowls.
Dye one bowl pink :]
Fill your heart-shaped foil liners half full of pink.
Add a spoonful of white. Bake on cookie sheet.
Aren't the pretty?
Swirled on the inside.
Frost and decorate :]
I spelled out "I Love you" and "N+K"
