Panini Pizzas

Easy Panini Pizzas

 

 

Did you know you can make homemade personal pizzas on a Panini Maker?

The Panini maker creates a delicious crispy crust! Try it at home tonight.

 

Below is my pizza dough recipe used for the delicious and crisp flatbread crust:

 

Thin Crust Ingredients:

15 oz (3 cups) Flour

1 Tbsp Yeast

1 Tbsp Sugar

2 tsp Salt

1 Tbsp Olive Oil

9 fl oz Warm Water

 Pinch of Herbes de Provence

  

Directions by KitchenAid:

1. Place flour into a stand mixers bowl and make a well in the center.
2. Use dough hook.
3. Add yeast, sugar, salt, olive oil, herbs, and water and turn on low combined (about 3 minutes).
4. Turn to medium and knead for 5–10 minutes or until a smooth ball forms.
5. Let sit for 30 Minutes
6. Roll out dough

Now it's ready to Bake

We made these flatbread pizzas in our Breville Panini maker.

Close the Grill top and let bake until golden brown.

Add your toppings, and then toast the top to melt the cheese. Some Panini makers, like this one, have a setting for open faced toasting.

Be careful not to close the Panini maker or it can make a mess. I chose to add tomatoes, mozzarella shredded cheese, ricotta cheese, and freshly ground pepper.

My husband created a buffalo chicken pizza with ranch dressing as the sauce and topped with chicken, red onions, mozzarella, and buffalo sauce.

Enjoy!

Buffalo Chicken Pizza

This pizza was easy to make, and absolutely delicious. I can't wait to make it again!
Here is the recipe so you can try at home.

Homemade Buffalo Chicken Pizza

 

 

Thin Crust Ingredients:

15 oz (3 cups) Flour

1 Tbsp Yeast

1 Tbsp Sugar

2 tsp Salt

1 Tbsp Olive Oil

9 fl oz Warm Water

 Pinch of Herbes de Provence

 

 

Directions by KitchenAid:

1. Place flour into a stand mixers bowl and make a well in the center.
2. Use dough hook.
3. Add yeast, sugar, salt, olive oil, herbs, and water and turn on low combined (about 3 minutes).
4. Turn to medium and knead for 5–10 minutes or until a smooth ball forms.
5. Let sit for 30 Minutes
6. Roll out dough

 

 

Then it is Time for the Toppings:

Start with the Buffalo Sauce (we used Frank's Red Hot)

Add the Cheese - We used Mostly Mozzarella, and added a little bit of an Italian cheese blend

Slice up 1 Red Onion, we didn't even use half

Chicken Nuggets, pre-cook them halfway so they are not frozen on the pizza

 

 



 

Bake:

Bake at 375 for about 15 minutes

 

Final Touch:

Sprinkle on some crumbled Blue Cheese (You can use gorgonzola for less oomph)

Salad Dressing (Ranch or Blue Cheese)

 

 



 

 



Holiday Centerpiece

If you were looking for an easy centerpiece for the holiday season, this one takes the cake.
With just three items, this simple piece was easy to put together.

For this project you will need a cake plate, holly berry garland, and a candle.

I already had a glass cake plate. The Holly Garland I purchased at Target for about 5 dollars. The Candle from Yankee Candle was an apple cinnamon scent, which added to the holiday feel.

Bookcase Inlay

The Bookcase Inlay was a fun and easy craft to complete.

I wanted a bookcase for our living room, but had a very low budget.
This is something I came up with to add a personalized touch to our place.

We found a inexpensive bookcase at Target for only 30 dollars. Once we put it together we noticed how dark it made the room look so I tried to find an easy way to brighten the bookcase.

Here is the finished product:

So how I made it.

Shopping list:
   Stencils (sturdy)
   Fabric of Choice
   Hot Glue Gun
   Acrylic Paint

I found the supplies at Michael's, and the burlap on sale at Joann's

We used two different types of stencils to create this look on a tan burlap. You can either use stencils or stamps. With burlap you need to use a lot of pain though, because a lot of it will go through the holes of the fabric.

Each piece was completed separately. We did this so we didn't have to do a repeated pattern all the way down. Instead we made each piece unique.

Then just remove the shelves and hot glue the fabric to the back of the bookcase.

When it was complete, I put away all of our books to complete the look.

This fun and easy craft took about 45 dollars to complete.
Hope yours turns out well.