Pizza Snake

Need a little something to keep your trick or treaters busy? It could turn out to be a pretty lengthy Saturday tomorrow while they hang around waiting....just waiting. How many times does a mother want to hear "Is it time to Trick or Treat?" in the same hour. Not a lot, I tell you that. So, if you have carved as many pumpkins as you can stand...give this funny recipe a try. I found the recipe on a great blog My Sisters Kitchen. I have changed it a bit and used my recipe for French Bread as the dough. It will make one big daddy snake, or about 5 baby snakes. I doubled the batch so I could put the 5 baby snakes in the freezer until Halloween day, when I'll let the little critters around here stuff them with pizza fixins and cut out funny faces for them. My pictures turned out super dark, and not very cute....which I was disappointed in, you can check out My Sisters Kitchen for a great professional looking shot.

I have had a great time posting recipes this week. Thanks for all your fun comments. Hope you'll stop by next week for some of my greats. Have a Happy Halloween, have fun.......and may our pants still fit us on Monday.

Pizza Snakes

Dough
1 C boiling water1 C cold water1/3 C room temp water1 T yeast1 T salt2 T sugar 1 T Crisco4-5 C flour1 beaten egg
Pizza Sauce

1 sm can tomato paste2 sm can tomato sauce1 t lemon juice1 T sugar3/4 t salt1 1/2 t Italian seasoning1 1/2 t oregano2 t parsley2 t Johnny's Garlic Seasoningpepperonigreen and red peppers1 sm can olives2 C mozzarella cheese1 C cheddar cheese (more of the cheese if you would like!)1. For the dough dissolve the yeast in the warm water.
2. Combine the sugar, salt, and Crisco in the bottom of your mixer. Smash together with a fork until combined.
3. Pour the boiling water over the sugar mixture. Pour the cold water over it, and then the lukewarm/yeasty water.
4. Add the flour 1 C at a time and mix, until dough scrapes the side of the mixer clean. Let mix on high for 5 minutes.
5. If you are making 5 baby snakes, split the dough into 5 equal parts and set them on a sprayed cookie sheet. Let them rest for about 5 minutes.
6. Spread each piece out flat on the pan. (as in the picture above)
7. Then roll it up and lay it seam side down. Shape the dough into a snake.