The Amish Cook from Oasis Newsfeatures

One doesn't immediately put together the words "Amish" and "pizza", but pizza is popular among the Amish.  I remember the first time I ever had a cell phone, back in the mid-90s, I was at Elizabeth Coblentz's house (Lovina's Mom) and we all had a hungering for pizza.  It was a cold, windy night and I didn't feel like going out.  So I suggested that I just call for delivery.  I whipped the phone out of my pocket and called the pizza place and placed an order for delivery.  I surprised both Elizabeth and the pizza parlor that  had never made a delivery to an Amish home.   What I did back then was very cutting edge but today would result in not even a second look.  Heck, even some Amish order pizza from their own cell phones these days.  How times have changed.  One thing that hasn't, however, is the importance of a good, tasty crust when making pizza.  Many Amish cooks far prefer their own homemade pizzas over a pizzeria's.   Amish pizzas have veggie toppings from their garden and meat toppings that are from their own home-butchered beef and pork.  And homemade pizza dough is an easy but important part.  Here is Lovina's recipe.  Yum!  Everyone make homemade pizzas this week and report back with pictures!

PIZZA DOUGH

2 teaspoons yeast

2 tablespoons sugar

1 cup water

2 tablespoons oil (vegetable or oil)

1/ 2 teaspoon salt

2 1 /2 cups flour

Mix water, yeast, and sugar well. Then add oil, salt, and flour. Let set and then pat into pizza pan. Add your favorite toppings. Bake pizza at 425 for approximately 20 minutes.