One of my first jobs was working at a pizza restaurant and I loved every minute of it. Rolling out the dough, layering on the toppings, baking the pizza and slicing it once it was done was something that always satisfied me. Now one thing I’ve learned is that most home ovens cannot replicate the extreme temperatures in a pizza oven, so it’s unlikely you’re pizza will taste the same as what you get in a pizza restaurant, but that won’t stop you from making a very tasty pizza in your own home, and it starts with making an excellent dough.
Ingredients:
- 2 1/3 Cups Flour + Extra for your hands $0.58
- 1 Package of Fast Acting Yeast (1/4 oz) $0.83
- 1 tsp Salt $0.01
- 3/4 cup warm water $0.00
- 1 Tbsp Honey $0.12
- 1 Tbsp Olive Oil + More for the Bowl $0.23
Total: $1.78
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Preparation:
- Put 1 Cup of Flour, The Yeast and Salt in a mixing bowl. Stir to combine.
- Add Honey, Olive Oil and warm water to the bowl.
- Stir till it looks like pancake batter
- Add up to 1 and 1/3 cups of additional flour gradually while mixing till the dough forms a ball and doesn’t stick to the sides much.
- Oil up a large mixing bowl
- Roll the dough into a ball and put it in the mixing bowl with oil and roll it around to coat the ball of dough.
- Seal it with cling wrap so that no air can get in. Air will make the dough dry out.
- Set it aside in a warm place and let it rise for 1 hour.
- Take the dough out and roll it out into roughly a 12″ circle (or break it apart and make smaller circles for smaller pizzas)
- Place the dough on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
- Poke holes in the pizza dough to keep it from rising when baking.
- If you want to pre-bake the dough for a crispier/crunchier crust, set in a 450° F oven for 5 minutes before adding toppings.
Kitchen Items used in this recipe
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| KitchenAid Stand Mixer | Meat Cleaver | SENZER Gravity Electric Salt and Pepper Grinder Set |
