Kids Kitchen: Heart-Shaped Homemade Pepperoni Pizza

By Katie Goodman

Personal pan pizzas are so fun for kids to help prepare. Even more so when you form them into hearts for Valentine's Day. Heart-shaped pizza crusts, heart-healthy homemade pizza sauce, and heart-shaped pepperoni - awesome!

You can adapt this recipe for many other holidays using cookie cutters. I love to purchase graduated sets of different shapes, so we can do many fun things in different sizes. Not only are shapes great for presentation, but they also create great teaching moments and are fun for children to help with.

Some of our favorite shapes are hearts, snowflakes, and flowers, but you can purchase many other shapes in craft stores or online.

If you don't already have a favorite pizza crust recipe, we really enjoy these:

• Light Whole Wheat Master Recipe
• Pizza Dough with Oregano

The great thing about the Light Whole Wheat Recipe is the method. You prepare 4 pounds of dough in advance, store it in the refrigerator, and take out dough as needed throughout the next two weeks. That way, when you are ready to make pizza, there is no 2-hour rise time to wait for.

The Pizza Dough with Oregano is delicious as well, but has a more traditional preparation and will need to be planned for in advance, which, as most parents know, is not always an option.

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Source: http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2011/02/kids_kitchen_heart-shaped_home.html

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