We had pizza tonight, it was my first time making it from "scratch" but I've never made pizza dough so I bought some Betty Crocker stuff. It wasn't very good, lol! So I'm hoping someone here has some yummy pizza dough recipes. We have a 15.9" pizza pan, and we like pizza with a crust, not super thin like this stuff was.

Thank you!!!

(also found in my 6 weeks of dinners thread I bumped for ya!)

Pizza dough: (for use with bread machine...adapt for those without)
This recipe makes 1 large or 2 12" pizza's.
Using your bread machine, pour the ingredients in the
order listed into it.
1 cup of warm milk (any kind, or water will do)
2 tbsp honey (I add more to make it sweeter)
2 tbsp veggie oil (I use olive oil)
1 tsp minced garlic
1/2 tsp garlic salt (table salt will do, as well!)
1 tbsp each of Parsley, Basil and Oregano
2 1/2 cups of bread machine flour (bread flour)
1 1/2 tsp yeast
Optional: 1 tbsp gluten
When all ingredients have been added, put your bread
machine on *manual* or *dough* cycle. Keep an eye on
it for a few minutes....if too dry add drops of
water/if too wet add a few pinches of bread flour.
When bread machine cycle is over, divide dough into to
parts (for 2 12" pizza shells). Roll out dough and
put on lightly floured pans/stones. Let rise again.
Preheat oven to 500 degrees farenheit.
Lightly brush dough edges with oil.

Put 1 TBSP. yeast plus 1/2 tsp. sugar in a small bowl. Add warm water and let sit for aobut 5 minutes. It should start bubbling and become "spongy".

In a large bowl, add 2 cups bread flour, 1 tsp. salt, and a couple of TBSP. olive oil. If you have a mixer with dough hooks, use that, otherwise just mix with a spoon. Add the yeast sponge and about another 1/2 cup of water. Mix together, adding more water if it's too dry, more flour if it gets too sticky (sorry, it's hard to describe this, as I just do it all out of my head). After it's fairly well mixed, put it on a cleaned surface dusted with flour. Knead until it becomes smooth. (If you have the dough-hook feature, you can do it all in the bowl -- I just like to knead).

Grease (crisco) the inside of a large bowl. Put dough into the bowl and roll around so all sides get a little grease on them. Cover with a wet towel (or with plastic wrap) and let sit for an hour. If it is cool inside your house, turn your oven on just long enough to warm up, then place the bowl in there ~or~ if it's warm outside, sit outside in a safe place away from pets/pests (I put mine in my car). After the first rising, spread it out on your stone or pan, cover again and let rise until it is as thick as you like (I usually go about another 30-45 minutes).

I don't have a bread machine, I guess I should have said that in my op. Sorry!

I don't have a kitchen aid either, so I guess I better like to knead too. ;) Lisha, do you think I could oil the bowl with a little bit of olive oil instead of crisco?

Thanks for your help!

Originally posted by Mommyof2
I Lisha, do you think I could oil the bowl with a little bit of olive oil instead of crisco?

Thanks for your help!

Sure...anything that would keep it from sticking.

1 cup very warm water (or a little less for pizza-stone size)

1 packet yeast-dissolve in water
allow 1-2 minutes to dissolve completely

add (can be appx. on each)
1 t salt
1 T olive oil
1 T honey (or maple syrup)

stir, then add in handfuls of flour while stirring til spoon wont stir anymore.
keep adding flour while kneading with your hands. appx 1.5 lbs.

Metal pan = oil the pan / pizza stone = shake on plenty of corn meal
Flatten dough out between your hands, put in pan or stone and flatten out, keep a bit of an edge. prick bottom all over with fork.

Thanks again everyone. :)

This is from Martha Stewart's website. I mix it by hand, turns out great. You can use this right away w/o freezing if you want.
I skip the cornmeal. I bake the pizzas in cast iron skillets, leaving the pizza on the parchment paper. Pizza slides right out of the pan that way.....




Frozen Pizza Dough

Makes 4 eight-inch pizzas


1 cup warm (110°) water
1/4 teaspoon sugar
1 quarter-ounce package active dry yeast
2 3/4 to 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon coarse salt
1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil, plus more for bowl and parchment paper
Cornmeal, for pizza peel or baking sheet
Assorted toppings, such as cheese, caramelized onions, roasted tomatoes, thinly sliced artichoke hearts, pine nuts, and sautéed mushrooms

1. Pour 1 cup warm water into a small bowl. Add sugar, and sprinkle in the yeast. Using a fork, stir the mixture until the yeast is dissolved and the water has turned tan. Let stand until foamy, about 10 minutes. In a food processor fitted with the metal blade, combine 2 3/4 cups flour and the salt, and pulse 3 to 4 times. Add the yeast mixture and the olive oil. Pulse until the dough comes together, adding more flour as needed until the dough is smooth, not tacky, when squeezed. Transfer to a clean work surface, knead four or five turns and shape into a ball.

2. Place the dough in a lightly oiled bowl, smooth side up. Cover tightly with plastic wrap. Let the dough rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour. Remove the plastic wrap and place your fist in the center of the dough to punch down. Fold the dough back onto itself four or five times.

3. Divide the dough into four equal portions, and roll each into an 8-inch round. Stack the rounds, separated by lightly oiled sheets of parchment paper, then double wrap the stack tightly with plastic wrap, and freeze.

4. Preheat the oven to 500° with a pizza stone on lowest rack. Remove dough from freezer, and let stand at room temperature until thawed, about 30 minutes. Sprinkle cornmeal on a pizza peel or inverted baking sheet. Place dough rounds on top, and cover with toppings, as desired.

5. Slide rounds onto pizza stone, and bake until crust is crisp and golden and toppings are bubbling, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from oven; serve immediately.

Okay, I just have to point out that Trader Joes sells both all white and mostly whole wheat pizza dough for 99 cents. They are both good. I like to make dough in my bread machine, but when I'm running late or feeling lazy the TJs dough works great!

Kimberly

Thanks Kimberly! I knew they sold it but didn't know it was 99 cents. :eek: I'll get a pack of the wheat next week and try it.

Thanks for the freezable recipe mama! We have a large pizza pan so that would make 2 pizzas for us, but it would be nice to make one and freeze one for the next time. :)

Thanks again everyone!