Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Pizza
I found an easy and tasty pizza dough recipe! I've tried a few of these in the past couple years and the pizza dough just never seemed to like me much -- either it wouldn't rise, or it would taste like cardborad, or is just plain burned in the oven.
So here it is:
3.5 cups flour (I used bread flour and white wheat)
1 cup warm water (85-110 degrees)
2 tblsp. yeast
2 tblsp. honey
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
Using a mixing bowl, pour warm water into the bowl, salt, and honey. Mix well. Add yeast and stir, then let sit for about 5 min. Add one cup flour and olive oil, and mix thoroughly. Add the rest of the flour, until dough forms into a ball. take ball and place on lightly floured surface and knead for about 2 min. Put in a bowl, cover with a towel and let rise in a warm place (I use my microwave or oven -- neither one of them is on at this point). Let rise for 45 min. Punch down dough and place back in bowl, and let rise for about 25-30 min. Dough is now ready to be used to make pizzas. I made two personal sized pizzas and one medium sized pizza from this dough. It's best to roll out the dough with a floured rolling pin, and use a little corn meal on the cookie sheet so that your pizza doesn't stick.
Heat oven to 550, and then top pizzas with your choice of toppings. When you put the pizza in the oven, turn the temperature down to 400. I cooked my pizzas about 8-10 min each.
Happy pizza eating!
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