Sam's Sweets

Servings : 12

DAY 1 - Pizza Crust

Ingredients

• 1 c. flour plus about 1 c. more

• 2 ¼ tsp. pizza crust yeast

• 1 ½ tsp. sugar

• ¾ tsp. salt

• 2/3 c. very warm water – like bathtub water

• 3 tbsp. vegetable oil

Directions

1. In a large bowl, combine 1 c. flour, yeast, sugar, and salt.

2. Add very warm water. Mix until well blended, about 1 minute.

3. Add enough flour to make a soft dough (3/4 to 1 ¼ c.)

4. Dough should form a ball and will still be slightly sticky.

5. Knead on a floured surface adding additional flour if needed, until smooth and elastic; about 4 minutes.

6. Cover in plastic wrap and label.

Day 2

Ingredients

• Pizza dough

• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened

• 1 cup mayonnaise

• 1 (1 ounce) package dry Ranch-style dressing mix

• 1 cup fresh broccoli, chopped

• 1 cup chopped tomatoes

• 1 cup chopped green bell pepper

• 1 cup chopped cauliflower

• 1 cup shredded carrots

• 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (190 degrees C).

2. Roll out the pizza dough onto a pizza pan.

3. Bake crust for 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Once finished cooking, remove crust from oven and let cool 15 minutes without removing it from the baking sheet.

4. In a small mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, mayonnaise, and dry Ranch dressing.

5. Spread the mixture over the cooled crust.

6. Arrange broccoli, tomato, green bell pepper, cauliflower, shredded carrots, and cheddar cheese over the cream cheese layer.

7. Chill for one hour, slice and serve.

When we were making the Vegetable Ranch Pizza I was nervous of how it would turn out. What our group did well was the cutting of our vegetables, making them small enough to eat but as small that the vegetables were unrecognisable. What we could have done better next time is making sure that the dough is cool before putting the dressing on so that it doesn't melt off the pizza. What I would change next time to this recipe is the bottom layer instead of having ranch on the bottom I would have made a tomato paste to lay on the bottom. One thhing I learned for this recipe is that the pizza needs to be completly cool before we lay the dressing on top.