Easy All-Purpose Pizza Dough
photo by Chef Gorete
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
-
1 12 inch pizza
ingredients
- 1 (8 g) package dry yeast (about 2-1/4 teaspoons)
- 1 1⁄4 cups warm water (100 to 110 deg)
- 3 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour, divided
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- olive oil
directions
- Dissolve yeast in warm water in a large bowl, and let stand 5 minutes. Add 1 cup flour and salt to yeast mixture and stir well. Stir 2 cups flour, 1 cup at a time, stirring well after each addition.
- Turn the dough out onto a floured surface. Knead until smooth and elastic (about 10 min), and add enough of the remaining flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, to prevent the dough from sticking to hands (dough will feel tacky). To knead, push out the mound of dough with the heels of your hands, fold it over, give it a quarter turn, ad repeat. The dough should become smooth. If necessary, add slightly more flour. Shape the pizza dough into a ball.
- Place the dough in a large bowl coated with olive oil turning to coat top. Cover and let rise a warm place one hour or until doubled in size. Press 2 fingers into dough, if an indentation, the dough has risen enough.
- Use your hands to deflate the dough, cover and let rest 5 minutes. Either roll or shape into a 12" circle. Transfer to a pizza pan.
- Add desired toppings, and bake in 450F preheated oven for 13 - 15 minutes or until toppings are golden brown.
- **To Freeze: let the dough rise once, punch down, and shape into a ball. Place in a heavy duty zip top bag coated with cooking spray, squeeze all of the air out and seal. Store up to 1 month.
- To Thaw: place the dough in refrigerator 12 hours or overnight. Place dough on floured surface and shape.
- Alternatively, you can make the dough, roll it out, wrap in foil, and freeze. To bake, remove from freezer, top and bake according to recipe instructions, (no need to thaw).
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