Make Your Own Pizza Dough.
Author: lokipup66 // Category: Authentic & Traditional Italian Recipes, Quick & Easy, Side Dishes/Snacks
Making a homemade pizza is economical and fun. It’s easy to create your own pizza recipe provided everything is set on the table, like the variety of toppings you can get from a grocery store and a ready to cook dough. Although, it’s more exciting and cost effective if you make your own pizza bread.
But you need to have the right tools to begin with. Of course a dough roller is an essential tool to form the preferred thickness of your crust.
And now here are the ingredients:
- 4 cup of all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups of warm water
- 1 package of active dry yeast
- 1 tsp. salt
- 2 Tbls of extra virgin olive oil
- 1 Tbls of sugar
Preparation:
In a large bowl pour in warm water and sugar. Stir to dissolve sugar. Add yeast and gently stir until yeast is dissolved. Let mixture sit for around 15 minutes to activate yeast. Add oil and salt and gently stir. Then add one cup of flour and mix, add a second cup of flour and mix until sticky. Add third cup of flour and mix until dough becomes thick. Place the dough on a floured board and gradually knead in the remaining flour. Dust with extra flour and continue kneading until dough becomes firm. About 10 minutes.
Kneading is complete when you have a smooth silky ball of dough. It’s better to over knead than to under knead. Grease a large bowl with a little oil then place dough in the bowl turning once to coat the dough. Cover with a dish towel an place in a warm place for about 2 hours allowing the dough to double in size.
Take the dough out of the bowl and cut in half and roll the into two balls. With a rolling pin roll the dough and place onto a grease baking pan or carefully place in the stove on an already heated pizza stone. Cover and let it sit in a warm place for around another hour.
Finally, you can start putting toppings on your dough to make the pizza you’ve always wanted.
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