The Kitchen
by Shougun Shaiya 
Pizza Dough
This pizza dough makes a wonderful crust for homemade pizza, but can also be cooked by itself into slightly sweet bread-like rolls.

Oven:  350F 

3 C flour
1 T sugar
1 t salt
1 pkg. yeast
1/4 C olive oil
1 1/4 C warm water 

Mix 1 C flour w/ all other ingredients.  Beat thoroughly.  Add
enough remaining flour to form soft dough.  Knead several minutes.
Rise double.  Form pizza crust.  Let rise 1/2 hour.  Apply sauce,
toppings, & cheese.  Bake 350F 45 min.  Let cool 5 minutes before serving.  Refridgerate leftovers.

OPTIONAL:  I always brush my pizza crust with olive oil soaked in sliced garlic and apply a thin layer of tomato paste before putting sauce on the crust to make sure it doesn't get soggy.  If you want a stuffed crust pizza, just make the dough into a circle a few inchs larger than the pizza pan, place cheese or cheese/meat mixture at the very ends, and press forward to cover up the filling with the extra inchs of crust.  Do this BEFORE rising the second time.  If you're running short on time, you don't really have to wait the extra 1/2 hour once the crust is formed.  Just add toppings and bake- it takes almost half an hour to get the toppings all on the pizza anyway :)  You can also make the pizza crust as much as a day in advance if you leave the dough (unformed) in a covered bowl in the refridgerator or other chilled place.  The flavour of the dough is a little different, but still good.  When you're ready to use the crust, just continue the recipe like usual.  Enjoy!


 



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