Pizza
Author: Karen Schumacher
Recipe type: Bread
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Ingredients
- Dough
- 2 Yeast Packages
- Pinch Sugar
- ¼ cup Water (110-115F)
- 3½ cup Flour
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 cup Water (Leukwarm)
- ¼ cup Olive Oil
- Toppings
- Tomato Sauce
- Mozzarella Cheese
- Parmesan Cheese
- Olive Oil
- Veggies
Instructions
- Sprinkle 2 yeast packages an pinch of sugar into ¼ cup water at 110-115F. Let stand for 2 minutes. Stir into water. Set in turned off oven for 3-5 minutes, or until yeast bubbles and doubles. If it doesn't, start over with fresh yeast.
- In large bowl sift 3½ cup flour and salt. Make well in center. Add yeast mixture, 1 cup lukewarm water, and ¼ cup olive oil. Mix with fork. Kneed for 15 minutes on floured board.
- Dust dough with flour, pit in large clean bowl and cover with lid or dampened paper towel. Put it in turned off oven for about 1½ hours, until the dough doubles. Remove from oven.
- Preheat oven to 500F. Punch dough down with fist. Break into fourths. Pull and roll each section into 10 inch circles about ⅛ inch thick. Crimp edges with fingers to form rim.
- Put dough on baking sheet dusted lightly with corn meal.Smear tomato sauce on it. Then add mozzarella cheese and 2 Tbl Parmesan. Dribble with olive oil and other toppings.
- Bake on lowest shelf of oven for about 10 minutes.
