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Easy Homemade Pizza Recipe
Ingredients
• 1 cup warm water (105 degrees f) • 1 tablespoon granulated sugar • 1 tablespoon active dry yeast - 1 tablespoon olive oil • 2 to 2½ cups all-purpose flour* U 1 tsp fine sea salt Add to grocery list 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. 2 Let mixture sit for 5 minutes, or until it becomes frothy and bubbles form. 3 Gently stir in olive oil. 4 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. 5 Transfer to a floured surface and knead into a smooth dough, adding up to ½ cup extra flour if needed. 6 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. 2 Add pizza sauce, cheese and toppings of choice. Bake The Pizza 1 Use a pizza peel to transfer the pizza to the preheated pizza stone in the oven. 2 Bake on the preheated pizza stone for 11-14 minutes, or until the bottom of the crust is golden brown. 3 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.
