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Classic Pizza Dough

Once considered “junk food”, pizzas these days can be found on the menu at many gourmet restaurants. By using quality ingredients and mixing various toppings, this previous fast-food dish can now be a desirable delicacy. What makes each pizza unique is the toppings and sauces, making this dough an all-around base for your pizzas. This recipe will yield you an easy-workable dough that will perform well as a base for any pizza topping you can dream of. Good luck!

Prep Time 1 hour and 30 minutes
Serves: 8
Difficulty Level: Medium
Classic Pizza Dough
Ingredients for dough:
Water - 1 cup (lukewarm will work best)
Olive oil - 2 tbsp.
Yeast - 2 tsp.
Salt - 1 tsp.
Sugar - 1 tsp.
Method of preparing the dough:
  1. In a large bowl, mix the water, sugar, salt, oil, and yeast. Allow 10 minutes for the yeast to activate.
  2. Add the flour and start kneading the dough with your hands. If it is too hard, add some more water. Form the dough into a large ball and remove it from the bowl. Continue kneading the dough on a lightly floured surface.
  3. Coat the bowl with a little bit of oil and put the dough back in. Cover the bowl with a towel and let it rise in a warm place for 60-90 minutes.
  4. Now the dough should be ready. You can use it for any kind of pizza you'd like. Start by preheating the oven to 570°F (300°C)
  5. Roll the dough out into a circular shape (squares work as well!), add your toppings and bake for 8-12 minutes, until the edges are golden brown and crispy.
Chef's Tip:
We suggest keeping all kinds of yeast in the fridge. Sometimes when it's kept in the pantry, it goes bad quickly, and there aren't any tell-tale signs for that. When yeast expires, the rising effect won't work.
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