Pizza Crust

Ingredients
1 cup warm water
1 Tbsp yeast
1 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp oil
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 cups all purpose flour

Directions
Mix first 3 ingredient and allow to sit for 5 minutes to proof
Mix in oil, salt, and 1 cup flour. Stir well
Add last 2 cups of flour and mix. Knead slightly until somewhat elastic
Roll onto 12-15" pizza pan to desired thinness.
Prick with fork
Bake at 450 for 7-8 minutes
Add sauce and toppings
Bake for 7-10 minutes more

Note: Take any excess dough, add garlic powder, spices, and parmesan. Roll into breadsticks and bake for 7-10 minutes.

Cornmeal Yeast Bread

Ingredients
2 pkg. active dry yeast
1/2 c. warm water
3/4 c. milk
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted
1 egg
3/4 cup cornmeal
1 tsp salt
3 1/2 c. flour

Directions
Dissolve yeast in warm water. Let sit for 5-10 minutes.
Add milk, sugar, butter, egg, cornmeal, and salt.
Beat in 1 1/2 cups flour until smooth.
Add enough remaining flour to form a soft dough.
Turn onto a floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic - about 6-8 minutes
Please in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top.
Cover and let rise in warm place until doubled, about 45 minutes.
Punch dough down. Divide in half and shape into 2 loaves.
Place in greased pans. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes.
Bake at 350F for 35-40 minutes.
Let cool in pans for a few minutes before removing.

Yield: 2 loaves

Original source: www.allrecipes.com

Flaxseed Banana Bread

This was an experiment that turned out quite well. After a few tweakings, I think I have the recipe where I want it. I was looking for an eggless banana bread, found a recipe, and then decided to try substitute ground flaxseed for part of the oil. Yummy!!

Ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
1.25 cups ground flaxseed (I may use a little less next time - or you can use another 1/2 cup butter)
1.5 cups sugar (a little less next time)
3-4 tsp. vanilla
2TBS c. applesauce
2TBS oil
1 cups whole wheat flour
2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
5 mashed over-ripe bananas

Directions
Cream the butter, sugar, vanilla, and flaxseed together. Mix in the oil and applesauce. Blend in the bananas. Sift (or dump) in the flour, salt, and baking soda. Pour into 2 greased bread pans. Bake at 325 for about an hour.

Note: Adding 1/4 - 1/2 cup coconut works well. Other good additions include chocolate chips or nuts.

Garlic Breadsticks

I decided to make these the other day to go with spaghetti and was surprised with how easy they were and and how good they tasted. BTW, it is possible to cut the recipe in half for a small family.

Ingredients
1 1/8 cups warm water
2 tbs sugar
2 tbs olive or canola oil
3 tbs grated parmesan cheese
3 tsp garlic powder
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp basil
3 cups bread flour
2 tsp (or one pkg) active dry yeast
1tbs melted butter or margarine

Directions
In a small bowl (or measuring cup) mix the water, yeast and sugar. Set to the side for 5-10 minutes.

In a medium size mixing bowl, combine the cheese, oil, garlic powder, salt, and basil. Add the yeast mixture and mix together. Slowly add the flour to create the dough.

Knead the dough for 5-10 minutes on a floured surface. Separate into 20 portions. Roll each portion into a ball, then form into a rope (9" long). Place each rope onto a greased cookie sheet. Cover and let rise in a warm place for 30-40 minutes.

Bake for 18-22 minutes at 350F until done.

Brush with melted butter (or do what I did and use a knife and slather the butter on)