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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 pizzas 397g

Recipe makes 2 pizzas)

Calories 893
Calories from Fat 201 (22%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 22.4g 34%
Saturated Fat 3.1g 15%
Monounsaturated Fat 15.1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 3.0g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 1173mg 48%
Potassium 283mg 8%
Total Carbohydrate 149.5g 49%
Dietary Fiber 6.1g 24%
Sugars 2.6g
Protein 21.1g 42%

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S'kat's Easy Pizza Dough

Recipe #16331 | 2¼ hours | 2 hours prep | add private note
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By: s'kat
Dec 28, 2001

Throw away your coupons, put the local greaseries to shame! It's easy to make pizza dough at home! Prep time includes rising time.

2 pizzas (change servings and units)

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups water (test on inside of wrist, like for a baby bottle- that's the right temp!)
  • 1 (1/4 ounce) packet dry yeast
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 3-4 cups bread flour
  • 1 tablespoon cornmeal
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil, plus additional as needed

Directions

  1. 1
    Stir together the water, yeast and the sugar.
  2. 2
    Let rest until the yeast foams, about 3 minutes.
  3. 3
    Place 2 1/2-cups of the flour, salt and cornmeal in a mixing bowl and combine.
  4. 4
    Add the yeast mixture and olive oil and stir together to form a sticky dough.
  5. 5
    Remove from bowl and knead, adding the remaining flour a little at a time until the dough becomes smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes.
  6. 6
    The longer you knead, the more texture your dough will have.
  7. 7
    Turn the dough into a lightly oiled bowl.
  8. 8
    Cover with a dry towel and place in a warm, draft free area.
  9. 9
    (I usually stick it in the oven. If your oven is cold, very briefly- about 1 minute- turn to highest temp, then off again, well before placing bowl in oven. Let's not melt any bowls, eh?) Let rise for at least one hour.
  10. 10
    When dough has doubled in bulk, punch back down.
  11. 11
    At this point, add any of the optional ingredients at end of recipe, or as desired.
  12. 12
    Let the dough rise again, until almost doubled, about 30 minutes.
  13. 13
    Or, if there were no extra additions, shape and add toppings.
  14. 14
    Bake at 500°F for about 8 minutes.
  15. 15
    Optional, but worthwhile: fresh herbs (I use basil, oregano and thyme), chopped minced garlic, parmiagiano-reggiano and extra cornmeal for texture.

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From: Cook Lou

On Mar 7, 2009

This is a great recipe, I increase the amount of a couple ingredients to get more dough. Love pizza !

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    • From: NCTyphoon

    On Jan 15, 2009

    We loved this recipe! It came out perfect! I did add some parmesean, dash of garlic powder & italian herbs to the final rising. We'll be using this recipe alot, my son ate almost a whole pizza by himself! Thanks for sharing!

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    • From: spatchcock

    On May 2, 2002

    This was fantastic. I hated having to wait for it to rise (that's ALWAYS my problem with making bread of any sort!) but, wow, wow, wow, it was really worth the wait! I will print this and put it in my recipe binder and make it many times. I added garlic salt (out of fresh garlic), basil, and oregano to the dough, and for toppings I used sauteed onions, thawed frozen spinach, yellow squash and sun-dried tomatoes. EXCELLENT!!!

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    • From: SlipC

    On Jul 11, 2004

    Another winner from s'kat! After the first rise, I kneaded in a small bit of olive oil, parmesan cheese, and crushed garlic. It made the crust taste wonderful! I made this into 2 smallish pizzas and used the remaining dough to make breadsticks. I put crumbled up bacon, s'kat's Basic Tomato Sauce (#57352) and mozzarella on the pizza's, and for the breadsticks, I rolled the dough into a medium sized circle, and covered the top with a light layer of butter with crushed garlic and parmesan cheese mixed in. I then baked the breadsticks at 350 for about 20 minutes until they were golden brown on top. The breadsticks were a BIG hit, and my kids loved their own "mini pizzas". Next time, I am going to experiment and make a dessert style pizza with the dough, maybe some cinnamon sugar, apples...the possibitlities are endless.I will definitely be making this again and again and again...thanks, s'kat!

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