My "Best Ever" Breadmaker Pizza Dough

HOUSEMANAGER (Charlene)'s Note:

This is "hands down" my best breadmaker pizza dough. It has never let me down it always turns out superb. This recipe is for a thick crispy crust that retains that melt-in-your-mouth pizza dough inside. Using your breadmaker makes this recipe very easy and very tasty!

• Total Time: 3 hrs
• Prep Time: 2 hrs 30 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 8

Yield: 8.0 slices

• 1 ½ cups water
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 4 cups all-purpose flour or 4 cups bread machine flour
• 1 tablespoon of your favorite pizza seasoning (mine is Wildly Delicious Italian)
• 4 teaspoons fast rise yeast
• 2 tablespoons cornmeal

Directions:

1. MEASURE all ingredients except cornmeal into bread pan in order listed; Select dough setting.
2. REMOVE dough to lightly floured surface and cover with plastic wrap; Let rise in a warm place for 30 minutes.
3. SPRINKLE cornmeal on large 16 inch pizza pan or on a pizza stone and press dough into pizza shape; Cover with a towel and let rise for another 30 minutes.
4. SPREAD with desired sauce, seasonings and toppings.
5. BAKE at 425F for 20-30 minutes; I like to partially bake the pizza on a pan for about 8 minutes and then transfer it to a hot pizza stone sprinkled with the cornmeal for the remainder of the cooking time.
6. I find by baking it initially on the pan it is easier to transfer to a pizza stone thus maintaining its large size.

Reviews

[Daphne2002]

Best ever is accurate! This was wonderful -- husband could not believe it was homemade! Dough was very easy to work with and made plenty to make a separate pizza (or two!) for my pickiest daughter. :-)

[beakerwill]

Great recipe, my families favorite for pizza dough, when we have the time (it takes 2 batches for my horde, lol). Has a wonderful flavor, easy to work with, and hasn't disappointed us yet. We like to add 1/3 to 1/2 cup grated hard cheese of choice (asiago, parm, etc) during the dough cycle :)

[Scotland]

Absolutely love this. It doesn't get any easier. I made this one over my husband's favourite and I won!