I'm the first to admit that I'm not a baker. I mean, I generally don't do anything beyond boxed mixes. I did make those black bean brownies once, with some tweaks. They came out awful! It was probably my tweaks (add a little whole what flour, maybe some instant espresso). I can't NOT fool around with a recipe, which is why I generally stick to cooking. Like mom used to say, "cooking is an art, baking is a science."

Last night, I decided to make some pizza dough so that we could make pizzas at home. Knowing my track record, I followed Alton Brown's recipe to the letter. OK, maybe I wasn't that exact. I don't have a mixer, so I had to use the food processor. I took some cues from Wolfgang Puck's food processor-driven recipe.

I also wanted to make a batch made with part whole wheat flour. But again, I figured I would follow the recipe exactly, at least the first time around.

I should be good to go, right?
Wrong!

Apparently, the little asterisk next to "kosher salt" meant to read the footnote at the end of the recipe – the part where it says to cut down the salt and sugar. D'oh! I read that part as my dough ball was completed, and resting in the fridge.

I checked this morning, and it doesn't look much bigger than it was last night. Maybe my yeast kicked the bucket?! I don't know. We'll see how it turns out tonight.

BTW, today I love my new digital scale! It's shows that I'm down .8 lb.