Recipe File: So cheesy, so yummy

MANILA, Philippines - Pizza munchers are in for a treat as Kraft Eden Melt Sarap and Cook Sarap share this pizzalicious recipe.

Cheesy Bagnet Pizza

Ingredients:

1 cup warm water

4 1/2 tsps. sugar

1 1/4 tbsps. oil

3/4 tsps. salt

1 tsp. active dry yeast

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

Procedure:

1. Heat water in microwave oven until temperature reaches 105-115°F.

2. Sprinkle the yeast and stir until dissolved.

3. Add sugar and stir in a teaspoon of flour; set aside for five minutes. The mixture should begin to bubble.

4. After the yeast begins to bubble, add it to the remaining ingredients in the bowl of an electric mixer.

5. Knead on low speed for 15 minutes. When the dough is smooth and elastic it is ready to begin the rising phase. Place a few drops of oil at the bottom of a large heavy bowl.

6. Place the rounded dough ball in the bowl and turn to coat the mass lightly with oil. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Allow the dough to rise, undisturbed until it has nearly doubled in bulk. At this point, the dough may be punched down (deflated — the air bubbles pressed out) and stretched to form a pizza crust. Allow to rise in the refrigerator for two to four hours before pressing/stretching out into a pizza crust shape.

7. When ready to bake, set the baking rack in the oven to the lower or lower-middle rack and set the oven temperature to 475 or 500°F. Allow oven to preheat for at least 20 minutes. While the oven preheats, stretch (don’t roll) the dough out to a 14-inch diameter circle. The dough may be pressed out on a work surface and transferred to an ungreased pan.

Top pizza dough with tomato sauce, small bagnet pieces, sliced green peppers and one cup grated Eden Melt Sarap. Bake until done.