Pizza Dough

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups tepid water (about 110)
• 2 1/2 teaspoons fast-rising active dry yeast
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 1/4 cups unbleached flour (1 lb 2 oz weighed out on a good scale)
• 1/4 cup cornmeal

Recipe

• 1 place the tepid water in a mixing bowl.
• 2 dissolve the yeast and salt in the water.
• 3 add the oil, 1 1/2 cups of the weighed-out flour, and the cornmeal.
• 4 beat together for 5 to 10 minutes to form a sticky batter.
• 5 knead in the remaining flour until you have a smooth dough.
• 6 place on a clean counter and cover with the bowl.
• 7 allow to rise until double in bulk (about 1 hour).
• 8 punch the dough down and divide into 3 equal parts.
• 9 to make a pizza, roll a portion of the dough on a lightly floured surface to a 14 inch diameter.
• 10 place the rolled dough on a lightly oiled pizza pan (jeff smith prefers wilton).
• 11 this dough recipe makes enough for three 14 inch pizzas.