Easy as PIE!!!!
People tend to be very scared of any type of dough which is understandable they can be very sensitive and some times advanced but pizza dough is NOT one of them! It is one of the easiest things to make I promise!
What you need; bowl, fork, measuring cups, glass
measuring cup, rolling pin, pizza stone or cookie sheet
Ingredients:
1 1/2 Cups Hot Water
2 Tablespoons or 1 Packet Active Dry Yeast
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil (Peanut Oil works great too)
3 Cups All Purpose or Whole Wheat Flour (more may be needed)
1 Teaspoon Salt
Directions:
Measure water in glass measuring cup. Poor in yeast and whisk with fork till dissolved then add salt. In separate bowl measure out 2 cups of flour. Slowly add water mixture into bowl. While you are doing this try to be whisking the mixture with a fork. Mixture should start to thicken when it start to do so, ditch fork and start to massage dough with hands (kneading) add more flower as needed. You want to make sure the dough is smooth and a little tight. Then let the dough sit in a dry area to raise about 30 minutes. I like to use my microwave.
When dough has sat and raised get a cup of flour and sprinkle a little on top of dough and cover your hands, dough will be sticky. Knead again gently. Form into balls. Pin out dough with rolling pin onto pizza stone or cooking sheet till crust is to your liking. I like thin crust and then I have more dough to use too. (If you like deep dish style us casserole pan to bake dough in).
Place just pinned out dough into Oven at 420 F for 5-10 minutes, till dough starts to turn lightly golden brown in places.
Pull out and place desired topping(s) on and place back in the oven 5-10 minutes till cheese is melted and crust is a pretty brown. It can be hard with whole wheat so test though dough with tooth pick, in the middle of the pizza.
1 1/2 Cups Hot Water
2 Tablespoons or 1 Packet Active Dry Yeast
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil (Peanut Oil works great too)
3 Cups All Purpose or Whole Wheat Flour (more may be needed)
1 Teaspoon Salt
Directions:
Measure water in glass measuring cup. Poor in yeast and whisk with fork till dissolved then add salt. In separate bowl measure out 2 cups of flour. Slowly add water mixture into bowl. While you are doing this try to be whisking the mixture with a fork. Mixture should start to thicken when it start to do so, ditch fork and start to massage dough with hands (kneading) add more flower as needed. You want to make sure the dough is smooth and a little tight. Then let the dough sit in a dry area to raise about 30 minutes. I like to use my microwave.
When dough has sat and raised get a cup of flour and sprinkle a little on top of dough and cover your hands, dough will be sticky. Knead again gently. Form into balls. Pin out dough with rolling pin onto pizza stone or cooking sheet till crust is to your liking. I like thin crust and then I have more dough to use too. (If you like deep dish style us casserole pan to bake dough in).
Place just pinned out dough into Oven at 420 F for 5-10 minutes, till dough starts to turn lightly golden brown in places.
Pull out and place desired topping(s) on and place back in the oven 5-10 minutes till cheese is melted and crust is a pretty brown. It can be hard with whole wheat so test though dough with tooth pick, in the middle of the pizza.
"Tight" Pizza Dough Just after making "Resting" After 30 Minutes of resting
