New York-Style Wheat Flour Pizza Crust Recipe
photo by KerfuffleUponWincle
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
2 twelve inch crusts
ingredients
- 1 1⁄3 cups water (11O F to 115 F)
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1⁄4 ounce fast rise yeast or 1/4 ounce active dry yeast
- 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour or 2 1/2 cups bread flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons cornmeal (optional)
directions
- Combine water and sugar in small bowl; stir to dissolve sugar.
- Sprinkle yeast on top; stir to combine.
- Let stand 5 to 10 minutes or until foamy.
- Combine flours and salt in medium bowl.
- Stir in yeast mixture.
- Mix until mixture forms soft dough.
- Remove dough to lightly floured surface.
- Knead 5 minutes or until dough is smooth and elastic, adding additional flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, as needed.
- Place dough in medium bowl coated with nonstick cooking spray.
- Turn dough in bowl so top is coated with cooking spray; cover with towel or plastic wrap.
- Let rise in warm place 30 minutes or until doubled in bulk.
- Punch dough down; place on lightly floured surface and knead about 2 minutes or until smooth.
- Pat dough into flat disc about 7 inches in diameter.
- Let rest 2 to 3 minutes.
- Pat and gently stretch dough from edges until dough seems to not stretch anymore.
- Let rest 2 to 3 minutes.
- Continue patting and stretching until dough is 12 to 14 inches in diameter.
- Spray 12- to 14-inch pizza pan with nonstick spray; sprinkle with commeal, if desired.
- Press dough into pan.
- Preheat oven to 450°F
- Follow directions for individual recipes, baking pizza on bottom rack of oven. If baking on a pizza stone add two minutes to your cooking time.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Cook4_6
United States
I am originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota and moved to Ohio in 1978. It was quite a culture shock going from the city to living next to the Amish. I spend most of my time cooking, cleaning and caring for my four kids. I have abandoned cookbooks and now cook from favorite, wilted recipe pages and the internet. I fell in love with my Italian family recipes (Scavo, Rotella, Scalzo, Micelli, Grande, Gigliotti) and my Mom's homecooked meals.