Saturday, September 14, 2013

The best Pizza dough recipe I have found

I have been really working on perfecting my homemade pizza and I really like this recipe.  I found the other thing that has made the biggest difference is using a pizza stone.  I preheat the stone in the oven up to 500 degrees for like 20 minutes or so before I put the dough on it. 

Fail-Proof Pizza Dough

 You will never need another pizza dough recipe after this one!
Yield: 2-12 inch pizza crusts; about 1 lb. of dough

Ingredients:

for the pizza dough-
1 cup warm water
2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
1 tablespoon honey {or sugar}
2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons olive or canola oil
3 cups bread flour {give or take 1/2 cup depending on heat & humidity}
 

Directions:

In a large mixing bowl, preferably that of a stand mixer, stir yeast and honey into warm water. Sit for 5-10 minutes or until bubbles form and mixture starts to foam. This tells you that the yeast is alive and kicking. Pour in salt, oil and half the flour and mix.
Once that flour is incorporated, start adding flour in bit by bit until you get the pizza dough to the consistency you want: slightly tacky, but when you touch it it doesn't stick to your hands.
Once you reach this stage, knead for 6 minutes. Turn a timer on and walk away! Resist the temptation to stop earlier than 6 minutes! That seems to be the magical number. The dough should be smooth and easy to work with. And the bowl should be clean!
Lightly grease the bowl & the dough so it doesn't dry out, cover with plastic wrap and let it rise 1-2 hours. That's it! Use as desired.

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