Pizza Dough
Why I Love This Recipe
Stolen from Bake & Destroy!
Ingredients You'll Need
1 pkg yeast
2 Cups Lukewarm water..( 105-115 degrees)
1 Cup pastry flour or triple OO flour**
4 Tsp. salt
5 1/2- 6 cups unbleached white flour
** If you don’t have pastry or OO flour , just substitute with your all purpose flour.
Directions
** Stolen from Bake & Destroy!
For the dough you will need:
* 1 pkg yeast
* 2 Cups Lukewarm water..( 105-115 degrees)
* 1 Cup pastry flour or triple OO flour**
* 4 Tsp. salt
* 5 1/2- 6 cups unbleached white flour
** If you don’t have pastry or OO flour , just substitute with your all purpose flour.
Then you:
In a bowl stir ( either by hand or with a mixer) the yeast and water until dissolved. Add pastry flour and salt..mix well…add all purpose flour one cup at a time until dough is smooth not sticky. Shape dough into a ball…place in a lightly oiled bowl..turn to coat…cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour, until doubled…Punch dough down…and divide into 6 balls for individual pizzas or 2-3 for a larger pie…let dough rise again for 45 minutes..or until doubled…keep dough cool before using…
** photo by smitten on flickr