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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