Pizza Dough

Ingredients

• 2 2/3 cups bread flour
  
• 3/4 cup warm water (100 – 115 degrees)
  
• 2 1/4 teaspoon yeast (one packet)
  
• 1 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  
• 1 teaspoon salt
  
• 2 tablespoon olive oil
  

Directions

Place the yeast (2 1/4 tsp), Sugar (1/2 tsp), and warm water (3/4 cups) in a large bowl. Wait 5 minutes to make sure that the yeast starts to bubble. Once you know that your yeast is working, add the remaining ingredients: Oil (2 Tbs), Salt (1 tsp) and flour (2 cups of bread).

Add the flour slowly until everything is incorporated and you have a nice ball of dough. If the dough is shaggy, add a little extra water slowly until it pulls together into a cohesive ball. Pull the dough out of the bowl and oil the bowl (or use another bowl). Turn your dough ball over so that it gets equally covered with the oil. Cover the bowl with saran wrap for 30 minutes.

After the dough has risen, remove it from the bowl to a lightly floured surface. Knead the dough a few times until it starts to tighten up. If you are splitting the dough, now is the time to measure it and split it. Once split form nice dough balls and let sit for another 5-10 minutes. It’s ready to roll out, place your toppings and eat.


Note:You made need more flour according to the season and humidity. Add enough flour until your dough is not too sticky.