Home made Pizza Pie

 Back in the 1950s when Pizza hit America by storm everyone called it Pizza Pie.

Simple basic ingredients, heres my recipe:1 and 1/2  CUP WARM WATER (105 to 115 degrees)1  TABLESPOON YEAST3  TABLESPOONS  OLIVE OIL 1  TABLESPOON SALT1 TABLESPOON HONEY4 CUPS OF ALL PURPOSE FLOUR

Cover and let rise in a warm place.If your house is on the cool side, turn the oven on for a few minutes, then turn it back off, and  set your bowl in. let rise for 1  1/2  hours or so.

The dough will at least double in size.

I love punching it down after it rises. Doesnt that look good?It smells good too!

 

Now its time to have fun!

Putting corn meal on the wooden peel keeps the dough from sticking.

I would love to be able to toss the dough but it would take a lot of practice and I dont make pizza often enough.

Marinara sauce.Mozzarella and turkey pepperoni, sweet basil leaves right out of our garden. We will add cheddar cheese,black olives and mushrooms.

We have a pizza stone on the Grilla pellet grill. We are at 550 degrees.

Wow does that ever look and smell good.

YUM!!!!

For the second pie we have garlicky hamburger, mozzarella, basil, black olives and mushrooms.

Such beauty!

In it goes for 10 -12 minutes.

Double YUM!!

Grab a plate and lets eat! Thanks for stopping by my blog.Please leave a comment.(I hope this made you hungry)

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Lucys Birthday Kitchen

This was the birthday present I built for my secondgranddaughter when she turned 2 years old.Her very own kitchen.Connie and I designed this ourselves with no plans so it is one of a kind.

The sink is an 8 inch stainless steel mixing bowl.  Check out the real faucets. The stove burners are mahogany.

This is the refrigerator.Like most of this project, it is made of pine.I love working with pine wood.  It is beautiful and easy to work with.

I used dowels for the shelves so they would look more like a real refrigerator. The dowels are made of oak.

Dowels also for the oven racks and a clear plexiglass oven door to give it the feel of a real oven.

 The frames for the oven door and pan storage door are made of oak with oak handles also. I love to mix different kinds of wood in my projects.I wish I had taken photos of the construction of this but I was not a blogger then.Anychoice my little darling loves her birthday present.See my  Motorcycle Rocker post if you have not seen it.  Thank you for stopping by my blog.  I would love to hear your comments.Steve.

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Motorcycle Rocking Horse You may have seen this project on my Connies blog if you follow her.Crafty home cottage @blogspot.com

 This is what I built my 1st granddaughter when she turned 2 years old. Following are photos that will take you from plans to finished project.

As you may guess,  this project took a lot of time and patience.

I made a base for my router that extended out about a foot to one side.  This choice to cut the wheels I was able to screw the router base directly to the wood, turning the router itself into a compass.  You cant get an any more perfect circle than that.To cut out the spokes I had to drill starter holes then insert the scroll saw blade through each hole, cut it, then unclasp the blade, moving to the next hole.  A little tedious but it was a labor of love.

This project was complicated enough that I had to break it down into many work sessions.

The rockers.

The biggest challenge was getting everything to fit together correctly.

The seat and gas tank are several pieces of wood glued up and then cut to shape.

In the original plans, the handle bars are supported only by the center post.  Not strong enough for these energetic girls, not to mention their play date friends.  So I decided to run the fork tubes clear up to the handle bars.

Notice anyone having fun here?

It was well worth the effort to build something that will be a family heirloom.Thanks for stopping by my blog.

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Hells Canyon Fishing Trip

Entering the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area.

We were greeted by these curly horn sheep.

Our guides and boat.

 Fishing.

The views were breath-taking  throughout the canyon and the boat ride was a fast and exciting voyage.

Look at my catch!Pretty nice.

Our trip included a river side barbecue.

If you ever have the chance to take this trip.Do it!

Youll be glad you did.

Steve

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