Pizza Recipes

Easy Pizza Dough Recipe

Ingredients:

3 1/2 cups unbleached, all-purpose flour

2 packages dry active yeast

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon sugar

1 1/2 cup lukewarm water from the tap

1/2 teaspoon olive oil

Flour, for the work surface

Cornmeal, to dust

Directions:

In a mixing bowl fitted with a dough hook, place flour, yeast, salt and sugar. While mixer is

running, gradually add water and knead on low speed until dough is firm and smooth, about 10

minutes. Turn machine off. Pour oil down inside of bowl. Turn on low once more for 15 seconds to

coat inside of bowl and all surfaces of dough with the oil. Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Let dough

rise in warm spot until doubled in bulk, about 2 hours. Preheat oven to 500 degrees F. If using a

pizza stone, place stone in oven on bottom rack, preheat oven 1 hour ahead. Punch dough down,

cut in half. Place half of the dough on generously floured work surface. By hand, form dough

loosely into a ball and stretch into a circle. Using floured rolling pin, roll dough into large circle

until very thin. Don't worry if your circle isn't perfect and if you get a hole just pinch the edges

back together. To prevent dough from sticking to counter, turn over the dough and sprinkle with