Pizza Dough

Ingredients

• 2 ¹/₄ tsps active dry yeast
• 1 ¹/₃ cups warm water
• 3 ¹/₂ cups all purpose flour
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• pinch of salt

Cooking Instructions

1. Dissolve the yeast in water and let stand for 5 minutes.
2. Add the other ingredients and mix to create the dough.
3. Knead the dough until it becomes smooth.
4. Coat a bowl with olive oil and turn the dough inside until it is coated with oil.
5. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and set it aside in a warm place till it doubles in size.
6. Divide the dough in half. Shape each half into a ball. Let sit for 15 minutes.
7. Shape each ball into the familiar pizza shape.
8. You can now put in the desired toppings (Please see individual pizza recipes in this site).
9. In order to bake the dough preheat oven to 425°F and bake for 15 minutes.
Your Pizza Dough is now ready!