Monday, May 24, 2010

Steve's Pizza Dough

Ingredients:
1 package of quick rising yeast
1 teaspoon of sugar 1 cup of warm water
1 egg (beaten)
1 Tablespoon of olive oil
1 ½ teaspoons of salt
3 ½ cups of flour

Instructions:
Mix the yeast, sugar, and ¼ cup of the water in a separate container to activate the yeast (should only take 5 minutes).
While yeast mixture is activating, mix the rest of the water (3/4 cup), egg, olive oil, and salt.
Add yeast mixture and mix in.
Then add the flour.
Mix until everything is mixed together well and the dough holds together. If it is a little too wet or sticky sprinkle in a little more flour.
Shape into a ball, place into a greased bowl, and cover with a damp towel to rise.
Dough should rise for at least an hour, but more is great.
After the dough has risen, punch it down and reshape into a ball. Separate the dough ball into two smaller balls (one batch of dough makes two pizzas).
Roll out with a rolling pin, add your toppings, and bake for 17-20 minutes at 425 F (218 C). Or until the crust looks golden brown and the toppings look cooked to your liking.
Hint:
Make sure that the bottom of the dough has plenty of flour on it so that it will not stick to the pizza stone (or whatever you are preparing your pizza on).

2 comments:

Laura said...

2 1/4 teaspoons yeast

Laura said...

Thanksgiving pizza ideas:
Dough:
Instead of salt, add 1.5 tsp each of onion powder, celery salt, and sage

Garlic Butter:
Add approximately 1 tsp each of safe, onion powder, and celery salt; take out basil and oregano

Boiled potato slices as a topping: drizzle a little of the thanksgiving garlic sauce over the top of the potatoes 😊

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