Pizza Dough
Serves | Makes one 12" round pizza |
Prep time | 45 minutes |
From book | Adapted from The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook |
Ingredients
- 3/4 cups warm water (as warm as a really hot shower)
- 1 and 1/4 teaspoon active or instant dry yeast
- 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 3/4 cups whole wheat flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- olive oil for coating
Note
This recipe uses 50% white/whole white flour. You can use less whole wheat flour (even none), or a little more (up to 1 cup).
Directions
1. | Turn your oven on to 200 degrees F for 10 minutes and then turn it off |
2. | Pour warm water into a mixing bowl, sprinkle yeast over the surface of the water (do not stir), and let it stand for 5 minutes. |
3. | Add flour and salt and mix with a wooden spoon until a rough, shaggy looking ball forms. Turn dough and any loose bits out onto a lightly floured counter and knead for 5 minutes. |
4. | To knead, push ball down with the palm of your hand to flatten, fold dough over once, turn the dough clockwise 45 degrees and repeat, repeat, repeat. |
5. | In a clean mixing bowl, brush the inside with a coat of olive oil, place dough back in bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Place the bowl in pre-warmed oven for 30 minutes, or until about double in size. |
6. | Remove dough from oven (and preheat it again for your own pizza recipe), turn dough out on to a floured surface and roll, flatten or stretch the dough out to the desired configuration (round, oval, square, trapezoidal) and thickness. |