S'kat's Easy Pizza Dough
Total Time: 2 hrs 8 mins
Preparation Time: 2 hrs
Cook Time: 8 mins
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups water (test on inside of wrist, like for a baby bottle- that's the right temp!)
- 1 (1/4 ounce) packet dry yeast
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 3 -4 cups bread flour
- 1 tablespoon cornmeal
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons olive oil, plus additional as needed
Recipe
- 1 stir together the water, yeast and the sugar.
- 2 let rest until the yeast foams, about 3 minutes.
- 3 place 2 1/2-cups of the flour, salt and cornmeal in a mixing bowl and combine.
- 4 add the yeast mixture and olive oil and stir together to form a sticky dough.
- 5 remove from bowl and knead, adding the remaining flour a little at a time until the dough becomes smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes.
- 6 the longer you knead, the more texture your dough will have.
- 7 turn the dough into a lightly oiled bowl.
- 8 cover with a dry towel and place in a warm, draft free area.
- 9 (i usually stick it in the oven. if your oven is cold, very briefly- about 1 minute- turn to highest temp, then off again, well before placing bowl in oven. let's not melt any bowls, eh?) let rise for at least one hour.
- 10 when dough has doubled in bulk, punch back down.
- 11 at this point, add any of the optional ingredients at end of recipe, or as desired.
- 12 let the dough rise again, until almost doubled, about 30 minutes.
- 13 or, if there were no extra additions, shape and add toppings.
- 14 bake at 500°f for about 8 minutes.
- 15 optional, but worthwhile: fresh herbs (i use basil, oregano and thyme), chopped minced garlic, parmiagiano-reggiano and extra cornmeal for texture.
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