====== Easy Homemade Pizza Recipe ======

====== Ingredients ======
|1 cup warm water (105 degrees)|
|1 tablespoon granulated sugar|
|1 tablespoon active dry yeast|
|1 tablespoon olive oil|
|2 to 2½ cups all-purpose flour*|
|1 tsp fine sea salt|

===== Directions =====
  - Preheat oven to 500 degrees Fahrenheit (260 degrees Celsius).
  - Put a pizza stone in the oven while it preheats, and let it warm at 500 degrees F for at least 10 minutes.*
  - Make the Pizza Dough
  - Combine warm water, yeast and sugar in a large mixing bowl and stir to combine.
  - Let mixture sit for 5 minutes, or until it becomes frothy and bubbles form.
  - Gently stir in olive oil.
  - Add 2 cups of flour and salt and mix with a spatula until a ball begins to form (dough will still be slightly sticky).
  - Add more flour as needed to form a dough ball.
  - Transfer to a floured surface and knead into a smooth dough, adding up to ½ cup extra flour if needed.
  - Optional. if desired, cover the bowl with a damp tea towel and let it rise for 10 minutes or up to 1 hour.
  - Assemble the Pizza
  - Roll the dough into your desired shape and put it on a piece of parchment paper.
  - Add pizza sauce, cheese and toppings of choice. 
  - Bake The Pizza
  - Use a pizza peel to transfer the pizza to the preheated pizza stone in the oven.
  - Bake on the preheated pizza stone for 11-14 minutes, or until the bottom of the crust is golden brown.
  - Remove the pizza from the oven with the pizza peel and put it on a wire rack to cool for at 5-10 minutes before cutting and serving.