Pizza Dough

Ingredients:

• 1 package active dry yeast
• 1 tsp white sugar
• 1 cup warm water
• 2 1/2 cups flour (bread or all purpose)
• 2 tbsps olive oil
• 1 tsp salt

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. In a medium bowl, dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
2. Stir in flour, salt and oil. Beat until smooth. Let rest for 5 minutes.
3. Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface and pat or roll into a round. Transfer crust to a lightly greased pizza pan or baker's peel dusted with cornmeal. Spread with desired toppings and bake in a preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden brown. Let baked pizza cool for 5 minutes before serving.

Source: Allrecipes.com

Banana Muffin

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3 large bananas, mashed
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup butter, melted (or oil)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat muffin pans with non-stick spray or use paper liners. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
2. Combine bananas, sugar, egg and melted butter in a large bowl. Fold in flour mixture and mix until smooth. Scoop into muffin pans.
3. Bake in preheated oven. Bake mini muffins for 10 to 15 minutes, and large muffins for 25 to 30 minutes. Muffins will spring back when lightly tapped.

Source: Allrecipes.com

Chinese BBQ Pork

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 lbs pork tenderloin, shoulder, or butt
• 2 cloves garlic, peeled and mashed
• 2 tbsps Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
• 2 tbsps hoisin sauce
• 2 tbsps ketchup
• 1 1/2 tbsps soy sauce
• 1 tbsp liquid honey
• 2 tsps brown sugar
• 1/4 tsp five-spice powder
• a few drops red food coloring, optional

Directions:

1. Cut the pork into strips approximately 2 inches wide and 5 inches long.
2. Smash and peel the garlic, and mash it with a mortar and pestle or with a fork.
3. In a medium bowl, whisk together the rice wine or sherry, hoisin sauce, ketchup, soy sauce, liquid honey, brown sugar, mashed garlic and five-spice powder. If using the red food coloring, add it now.
4. Place the pork in a shallow 9 X 13-inch glass baking dish. Pour the marinade over. Marinate the pork in the refrigerator, covered, for 3 hours. Remove the pork from the dish. Reserve the marinade.
5. Preheat the oven (425 degrees Fahrenheit for pork tenderloin, 350 degrees for shoulder or butt). Fill a shallow roasting pan with 1/2-inch of water and place in the bottom of the oven. Place the pork on a rack above the water. Roast until golden brown, brushing 2 or 3 times with the reserved marinade (about 30 minutes total roasting time for the tenderloin, 45 minutes total roasting time for the shoulder or butt). The internal temperature of the pork should be 160 degrees F. Remove and cool.
6. When the pork is cool enough to handle, cut across the grain into pieces 1/4-inch thick. Serve at room temperature, cold, or use to make steamed buns.

Source: what2cook.net