Pizza Dough

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Title: Pizza Dough
Categories: Breads
Yield: 1 servings

1 1/4 oz pa (2 1/2 te
-aspoons) active
Dry yeast
1/2 ts Sugar
2 tb Olive oil
2 c Unbleached all-purpose flour
; (2 to 2 1/4)
1/2 ts Salt

Recipe by: COOKING LIVE SHOW #CL8750 In a large bowl proof the yeast with
the sugar in 1/3 cup lukewarm water for 10 minutes, or until it is foamy.
Stir in an additional 1/3 cup lukewarm water, oil, 2 cups flour, and salt
and blend mixt ure until it forms a dough. Knead the dough on a floured
surface, incorporating as much of the remaining 1/4 cup flour as necessary
to prevent the dough from sticking, for 5 to 10 minutes, or until it is
smooth a nd elastic.

Alternatively, the dough may be made in a food processor. Proof the yeast
as described above and in a food processor combine it with the remaining
ingredients. Process the mixture until it forms a ba ll, adding more water,
1 teaspoon at a time, if it is too dry, or more flour, 1 tablespoon at a
time, if it is too wet, and knead the dough by processing it for 15
seconds.

Put the dough, prepared by either method, in an oiled bowl and turn it to
coat it with the oil. Let the dough rise, covered with plastic wrap, in a
warm place for 1 hour, or until it is double in bulk, and punch it down.
The dough is now ready to be formed into pizzas.

Yield: Makes enough dough for one 14-inch pizza or four 7-inch pizzas

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