My mom taught me how to make homemade pizza when I was growing up.
We use the Food Nanny Recipe, so easy and so yummy!
Basic Pizza Dough
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
- 1 cup of warm water at 105-115 degrees
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 to 4 cups of all-purpose flour or half all-purpose flour and half whole wheat flour
Instructions
- Mix the yeast and water in a small bowl, cover, and let stand until foamy, 5 to 10 minutes.
- Mix the oil, honey, salt , and yeast mixture in a large mixing bowl. If using a food processor, add 1 cup of flour at a time, up to 3 cups, mixing well after each addition. You may have to stir in the third cup of flour by hand depending on your machine. Or mix in all 3 cups of flour by hand with a wooden spoon.
- If the dough seems too wet, mix in more flour, 1/4 cup at a time, until the dough is soft. Turn the dough onto a floured surface and knead in more flour, 1/4 cup at a time, until the dough is moderately stiff and somewhat firm to the touch, about 6 minutes.
- Lightly grease pizza pan(s) or a cookie sheet (s) with oil. If you are making two or more thin-crust pizzas, divide the dough. With a rolling pin, roll out the dough on a floured surface. Gently stretch the dough to fill the pan(s).
- Let the dough rise (it will not rise very much) while you make sauce and continue with the pizza recipe of your choice.
- Once you put Pizza Sauce, Cheese, and toppings on the pizza cook it at 425 Degrees Fahrenheit for 20-30 minutes.
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