Tsukuba International Preschool » Fun for Kids http://www.tsukubapreschool.org Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:53:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 No-yeast Pizza Dough Recipe http://www.tsukubapreschool.org/2010/06/no-yeast-pizza-dough-recipe/ http://www.tsukubapreschool.org/2010/06/no-yeast-pizza-dough-recipe/#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 06:00:09 +0000 Skye http://www.tsukubapreschool.org/?p=519 This is a very easy to make pizza recipe from ingredients that you probably already have in your kitchen. This recipe makes 5 small pizzas.

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Ingredients:

2 cups plain flour

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons baking powder

2/3  cups water

1/4 cup vegetable oil

Method:

1. Mix flour, salt, baking powder and water in a bowl.

2. Knead the dough on a floured counter for about 2 minutes.

3. Roll (or stretch) the dough out into 5 small circles, about 0.5cm thick.

4. Spread oil over bases with fingers or the back of a spoon.

5. Spread your choice of pizza sauce on top, and add any toppings you like, with cheese on top. (Corn seems to be  popular topping)

6. Bake at 200 degrees for about 15 minutes or until golden.

7. Eat and enjoy!!

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Summer Activity Calendar (PDF)

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Salt Dough

Salt dough is very easy to make and can be used for a variety of projects. Mold it into beads, use it to create fossils, use cookie cutters or sculpt it into letters or animals. Be creative! You can paint your creations after baking the salt dough in the oven for an hour.

What you’ll need:

  • 4 cups of all purpose flour
  • 1 cup of salt
  • 1 and a half cups of warm water
  • Bowl

How to make your salt dough:

  • Mix the ingredients above in a bowl until a dough forms. Add extra water a little bit at a time as needed if the dough is too dry.
  • Shape the dough however you’d like or use it for your craft of choice.
  • Place the dough creations on a cookie sheet and bake for about one hour at 180C. Keep in mind the thickness of the items will affect the amount of time you cook them!
  • When the baked dough has cooled it takes paint quite well.
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