- [Barbie] Okay, open them up.
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Better use those brains.
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A Barbie production.
We have Alicia and Laura
starring in today's challenge.
Why don't you tell us a little bit about yourselves?
- Hi, Barbie, I'm Alicia.
I'm 11 years old, and I've been cooking
for about four years now.
- My name is Laura, I am nine years old,
and I've been cooking for about two years now.
- [Barbie] Ooh, I love your unicorn headband, Laura!
- Thank you, Barbie.
- [Barbie] As usual, because you should always cook
with the help of an adult,
our executive chef Kim is here, too.
Well, as you both may know, Skipper, Stacie, Chelsea, and I
love to get all our friends together
for pizza parties at the dream house.
So much pizza!
(laughter)
But here's the thing:
We're fresh out of pizza dough!
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I need your help.
Do you think you can make us great pizzas without the dough?
- I don't know.
- I don't think I've ever made pizza without pizza dough.
- [Barbie] Well, it's time to think
outside the box for this one,
and I have a couple of boxes
that might help you do just that.
Time to see what's in today's mystery boxes!
(applause) Boom!
Looks like we've got spinach, corn, and hot dogs.
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Laura, do you think corn will be good on pizza?
- It sounds a little weird,
but some people like corn on pizza, so I don't know.
- [Barbie] Alicia, how do you feel
about a hot dog on a pizza?
- I usually stay with the basic ingredients for pizza,
never something like hot dogs.
- [Barbie] Are you ready?
It's time to get this pizza party poppin'.
- [Both] Yes!
- [Barbie] When I say go, you'll have 30 minutes
to serve up some radical pizza pies.
- [Both] Okay.
- [Barbie] Ready?
- [Both] Ready!
- [Barbie] Go!
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Remember that time I did the pizza challenge
with Ken on my vlog (laughs)?
I made him eat a pizza with bananas on it!
(laughter) He couldn't do it.
(pan clatters)
Laura, looks like you're using a crescent roll
for your dough.
Why don't you tell us your plan with that?
- My crescent roll, I'm just going to flattening out
pizza to make do as my pizza dough.
- [Barbie] Alicia, talk to me about your pizza.
- I'm planning on making a pizza with Naan bread.
I like it better than pizza dough because it's so soft,
and pizza dough's kind of tougher.
- [Barbie] Laura, why don't you tell us
what your blendin' up?
- I'm making my sauce right now.
I have corn, garlic, cherry tomatoes,
and my special ingredient, roasted bell peppers.
- [Barbie] Nice use of the corn there.
- [Alicia] What are you putting on your pizza?
- I am putting some mozzarella cheese right now,
just so it can melt on all my stuff that I put on
'cause as you can see, it's a mountain of stuff.
- [Barbie] I love cheese!
Laura, why don't you tell us how you learned how to cook?
- I learned how to cook from my grandmas
because my grandma would make the best tamales,
and my other grandma would make the best pupusas.
- What is a pupusa?
- Pupusa is basically this dough-wrapped treat,
and inside can be beans, cheese, and chicharrón.
- I love chicharrón. - Chicharrón is the best.
- [Barbie] What about you, Alicia?
How did you learn how to cook?
- I've taken a cooking class or two,
but my mom and my lola were really influential.
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- [Barbie] I bet the crescent roll
will be a delicious pizza base.
And now, it's time for a little science!
Tell us how that dough rises, Nikki.
- You bet your pepperoni it will!
Just like pizza dough, the crescent roll dough will rise
in the oven because the dough contains baking powder.
Baking powder is a mixture of powders
that are both acidic and basic.
When the dough goes into the oven,
the heat makes the acidic and basic powders
produce a gas called carbon dioxide.
The carbon dioxide makes little air pockets in the dough,
causing it to rise and be fluffy on the inside.
- [Barbie] Yum!
I can't wait to try it!
Hey, why don't you tell the viewers
what's going on with the cheese in that oven?
- [Nikki] So, Alicia is using mozzarella on her pizza
because it melts easy.
The heat from the oven will cause the oils
in the cheese to rise to the top.
As the cheese gets hotter, the bonds that hold the molecules
of the cheese together begin to break,
causing the mozzarella to collapse
into a soft, gooey, delicious goodness!
- [Barbie] Safety tip!
When working with hot appliances,
make sure to have an adult close by as your assistant.
You can never be too careful.
Wow, those pizzas are smelling incredible!
One more minute!
You can do it!
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five,
four, three, two,
one, stop! (timer rings)
It's pizza time! (cheering)
A.K.A. the best time of any day.
Those pizzas look amazing!
I can't wait to try them!
So let's get on with tasting time!
Laura, tell me about your pizza.
- I call my creation the Rainbow Pizza,
and on the Rainbow Pizza, I have crescent dough
and a sauce made of roasted bell peppers,
cherry tomatoes, corn, garlic, and salt and pepper.
Then I have Fontina cheese, sauteed hot dogs with olive oil,
and it is covered in with baby spinach.
- [Barbie] Quick creative presentation!
It's really beautiful!
Time for you to try it.
- Mmm!
- [Barbie] Alicia, what do you think?
- It's very cheesy,
and you can really taste the bell pepper.
- [Barbie] Laura, are you happy with your creation?
- I think my creation came out very good
because it has a very strong flavor.
I like how at the end it has a sweetness flavor,
and it's really good.
- [Barbie] It's totally delish!
I wish I had more!
Now, it's Alicia's turn.
Tell me the name of your pizza.
- The name of this dish is Viva la Alicia, Long Live Alicia,
and it's a Naan bread crust
with a pesto sauce folded into corn.
On top of that is sauteed hot dog with onions and mushrooms.
- [Barbie] Dig in, pizza queens!
Laura, how is it?
- It was really good, it was really sweet,
and you can really taste the corn.
- [Barbie] Alicia, how do you think it turned out?
- I think this is really good.
I feel like the hot dog balances out the sweetness
of the corn and the kind of sourness of the onion.
(laughter)
- It's (chuckles) good. (giggling)
- [Barbie] I love both these pizzas.
You two are a couple of pizzanistas.
- Thank you, Barbie. - Thank you, Barbie.
- [Barbie] Laura, I was really impressed
with your use of the crescent roll dough.
That's why I'm awarding you with Best Technique.
- Thank you! (applause)
- [Barbie] Alicia, you put together
an amazing combination of flavors,
so I'm awarding you with Best Taste.
- Thank you, Barbie!
- [Barbie] Great job, you two!
I cannot wait to try your techniques at
What would you make with today's ingredients?
Today, we learned how to think outside the pizza box.
With a little imagination, you can be anything.
- Yay! - Yay!
- [Barbie] Good-bye!
A Barbie production.
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