Easy Pizza Dough

Recipe courtesy Kathleen Daelemans

Show: Cooking ThinEpisode: Here's Eatin' With You Kid

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Total Time:
2 hr 15 min
Prep
2 hr 0 min
Cook
15 min
Yield:
4 servings
Level:
Intermediate
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Ingredients

  • 3 1/2 cups unbleached, all-purpose flour
  • 2 packages dry active yeast
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups 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 a 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 flour. Also, flour the counter top and rolling pin as needed. Sprinkle pizza peel or cookie sheet generously with cornmeal. Transfer dough to pizza peel or cookie sheet with no lip. Add toppings. Slide dough onto pizza stone or place cookie sheet with pizza on bottom rack.

Bake 10 to12 minutes or until golden. Roll out remaining dough and top with desired toppings or freeze in freezer bags.

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  • on June 16, 2011

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    I love this recipe! I added basil and oregano to the dough and it tastes just like Italian focaccia bread.

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  • on July 24, 2010

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    i made this a few days ago and it was basically the best thing i have ever made from scratch..and i consider myself a pretty darn good chef lol i used a table mixer and what i suggest for this to turn out as perfectly as i accomplished it is to use about 3 or 4 cap fulls of olive oil instead & dont roll it out with a rolling pin, instead shape it out with your hands in the pan and need it until it covers everything. it turned out perfectly im very grateful for this recipe and i have shared it with the rest of my family, im the youngest of 5 and im only 19 so making someone this tasty has earned me some serious power place as one of the family cooks;p

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  • on October 29, 2007

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    I could not believe how easy this dough was to make. Instead of making pizza with it, I rolled it out and made cinnamon rolls. Oh my gosh, they were delicous! This recipe is a keeper!

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Nutrition Facts

Nutritional Analysis
per serving
 
Calories
411
 
Fat
1.8 g
 
Saturated Fat
0.1 g
 
Carbohydrates
86.4 g
 
Fiber
3.9 g
 
Protein
13 g
 

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