Well, Hot!!! Today it is 98 and it will be that for the next week and has been for the last 5 days. And Humid!! Too hot just to go outside, but it is beautiful outside (if you can view it from indoors!!!). 
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The Hydrangas are reaching full bloom!
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The Magnolias fill the air with Fragrance.
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The Blue Birds are finishing up with their second batch of babes.
But we haven’t had any rain nor will we for at least another week. Watering the garden, watering the plants.
Is it too hot to cook – well, YEAH!!! Is it to hot to bake -well, NO!!! Thank goodness for Air Conditioning. And since I am RETIRED and have lots of time – I AM BAKING. 
One of my favorite foods is Pizza, but I really don’t like to go out all the time. (Altho’ that Hunt Bros. Pizza at the gas station is pretty good….) So I decided to make my own. Believe it or not, I have NEVER made my own pizza before. Unless this counts??
Nah!! Didn’t think so.
And this is soooo much better.
I used the machine to knead and then divided it in two. One for us and one for the freezer.
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Pizza
- From Betty Crocker’s Bread Machine Cookbook
1 cup + 2 Tbl water
2 Tbl olive or veggie oil
3 cups bread flour
2 Tbl Parmesan cheese (if desired)
1 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning (if desired)
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
2 1/2 tsp yeast (or one package)
Measure ingredients into machine and place on dough cycle.
Preheat oven to 400.
Divide dough in half. Work each into a ball.
Flatten each into 12 inch circle.
Top with favorite toppings and bake (I used my baking stone.) for 18 to 20 minutes.
Simple (Really Simple) Sauce
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1 8 oz can tomato sauce
1 tsp Italian Seasoning (I used a little more)A
1 clove garlic finely diced
Mix and spread lightly on dough. DEVOUR!!!
Family pronounced it as GOOD!!! Thumbs up!!
This is going to Yeast Spottingand Bake Your Own Bread.
I am also submitting to Bread Baking Day:
Tea and Scones 
June 19, 2009 at 6:11 AM
Fantastica ! It’s a beautiful pizza !!
June 19, 2009 at 10:22 AM
i lov hydrangeas, n it’s really too hot to get them to bloom here. also lov the gigantic magnolias u get in the south. ours are little, the size of ur pinky.
pizza looks YUMMY!
June 22, 2009 at 2:37 AM
Great! It looks good.
June 22, 2009 at 5:37 AM
Oh, my! I thought we were hot at 95! Also little rain but plenty of humidity. You’d think that would be enough for the garden, right? Your pizza looks fantastic, and the now + later aspect of that recipe is a blessing…
June 23, 2009 at 12:33 PM
What a beautiful garden you have. Great pizza too.
June 23, 2009 at 3:45 PM
Yum! I am gearing up to make homemade pizza myself, and you’ve inspired me to do it soon. Yes, it is insanely hot. I shouldn’t be shocked by the heat and humidity in Alabama every summer, yet I always am.
June 29, 2009 at 3:06 PM
I love it when the magnolias bloom, they smell so good. My hydrangeas are almost spent now, they’re turning brown. Great looking pizza!
July 3, 2009 at 1:32 PM
Your first pizza ever? Well done! I’m impressed.
July 6, 2009 at 3:48 PM
This is your first pizza?? OMG, you’d think you were a pizza master by the looks of that gorgeous pie! Great job, and I LOVE your gorgeous garden photos..beautiful flowers!
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