Sunday, November 16, 2008

Pizza Dough Recipe

Here is a pizza dough recipe!
I have been using this for awhile now, we prefer this to take-out any day!

Two Crusts Pizza Dough-

-2 packages dry yeast

-1 cup warm water

-2 1/3 to 2 2/3 cup all-purpose flour

-2 teaspoons olive or vegetable oil

-1 teaspoon salt

-1/2 teaspoon sugar

Dissolve yeast in warm water in large bowl. Stir in half of the flour, all of the oil, salt and sugar. Then stir in enough of the remaining flour to make the dough easy to handle.
Place dough on lightly floured surface. Knead about 10 minutes or until smooth and springy. Place dough in greased bowl, turning dough to grease all sides. Cover and let rise in warm place for 20 minutes.
Gently push fist into dough to deflate. cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours but no longer than 48 hours.
These are the directions straight from my book, I rarely ever have time to put it in the fridge for 2 hours, I just shape it into the pan (I use a sheet cake pan) and put the toppings on and let it sit while the oven heats up. My tip is to coat the pan (heavily) with olive oil and brush the entire top of the crust with evoo (ha!) before you put the stuff on it. Then cook it in a super hot oven (450-475) until the crust is puffy and the cheese is starting to brown. Let me know how it works out!