Great Pizza Dough....

[capemaychef]

Here it goes...

Today was shhhhhhhhhhhhhiiiity out...I didn't feel like leaving the house to get things to make dinner...and after getting 50mph rain pelted against me...I decided to make pizza at home...much much better than your Pizza Hut/that sort of thing pie.

Yields 4 pies!

4 1/2 tsp Dry Yeast(2packets)
3 cups warm water
2 Tbp- sugar
2tsp kosher salt
4tsp olive oil
2 cups Bread Flour
3 cups whole wheat flour
**I like to add a 1tsp of the following
Dry oregano,basil,onion powder,garlic powder when alternating flour in the mixer...

Pre-heat oven to 475 degrees and place your pizza stone in the oven to get hot.

Mix water/sugar/yeast in mixing bowl let stand for 5 minutes
Add salt, oil and 1 Cup bread flour...mix slowly for 2 minutes...alternate 1 cup of wheat and 1 cup bread until the dough forms a ball...at that point remove the ball of dough and start kneading it on a floured surface for 10 minutes(developing the gluten).

After you knead with your hands for 10 minutes...lightly oil a mixing bowl place your dough in the bowl cover and put in a warm area for 30-45 minutes until dough rises(on top of your pre-heating oven is perfect)...

Once you let you dough proof...pull it out onto the floured surface...knead it/punch the air out and form into a ball. Cut into 4 equal pieces...roll out to prefered thickness...add your tops...corn meal your pizza peel and throw the pizza on the stone....5-8 minutes your pizza is finished...

I just made a batch tonight for dinner....fresh mozzerella, grape tomatoes, spinach and goat cheese...salt and pepper...perfect!!

[hubris 1]

i always love making my own pizza. i always want a different dough recipe. one question, dont you need the oven at 500. tough to do in a GE but, i have a red wolf. and it still takes a while. im gonna print that, and make it tomorrow.

[hubris 1]

cant i let my mixer knead the dough? if sharon sees me do that for ten minutes, im gonna have to give her a ten minute back rub. and i hate doing that. and then a ten minute foot rub, and a hand rub, and a scalp rub, you get the idea. right now i have her convinced.........i have arthritis.

[joeksr]

Originally Posted by hubris 1

cant i let my mixer knead the dough? if sharon sees me do that for ten minutes, im gonna have to give her a ten minute back rub. and i hate doing that. and then a ten minute foot rub, and a hand rub, and a scalp rub, you get the idea. right now i have her convinced.........i have arthritis.

Get a bread machine and let it do the work for ya.

Gonna try that recipe. Love fresh bread, this outta be good.

[flatbottom]

thanks !!!!!

I will give that a try thursday evening

[capemaychef]

Alex and everyone:

Yeah you can let the mixer knead it...but it will over knead and the dough won't have the same elasticity. Just knead it low speed...if you knead by mixer...cut the time in half and do it on the lowest speed possible.

I like getting into it and making it by hand..so much better than buying it out...the pizza stone makes all the world of difference.

Arthritis...I like it

[TheBigI]

You guys have fun I eat at taconellis tonight .

[hubris 1]

Originally Posted by capemaychef

Alex and everyone:

Yeah you can let the mixer knead it...but it will over knead and the dough won't have the same elasticity. Just knead it low speed...if you knead by mixer...cut the time in half and do it on the lowest speed possible.

I like getting into it and making it by hand..so much better than buying it out...the pizza stone makes all the world of difference.

Arthritis...I like it

thanks for very good advise, i would rather cook myself than eat out. unless its a real restaurant. im making pizza tonight. sharon isnt home so i gave the dough a little push myself. back to the arthritis story if she see's me. wait till she see's what i did.........im gonna take all the credit.

[hubris 1]

i will be holding on to that recipe. that is excellent, the only thing is the amount! im not a restaurant. theres enough dough here for 15 people. lets see, whats 1/4 of everything? thanks, really, it was great. i made two pizza's. eggplant on half. fried it first, i told mommy, lets get a pizza stone for the shore. we wont have to go out........she said no. no back rub for her. but she will get one, she's the best.

[capemaychef]

Originally Posted by hubris 1

i will be holding on to that recipe. that is excellent, the only thing is the amount! im not a restaurant. theres enough dough here for 15 people. lets see, whats 1/4 of everything? thanks, really, it was great. i made two pizza's. eggplant on half. fried it first, i told mommy, lets get a pizza stone for the shore. we wont have to go out........she said no. no back rub for her. but she will get one, she's the best.

Alex,

The recipe is based for 4 Pies....you can make 2....and freeze the dough....so you have it for later...if you aren't down with freezing it...cut the recipe in 1/2 and you will be set for 2 pies...

Glad you liked it