Homemade Pizza Dough is Special
When I first started to THINK about making my own bread ANYTHING. I was absolutely floored at how easy and inexpensive it is. I always wondered, why you wouldn’t just buy it and make it super easy. One less thing to deal with right? Make someone else do the work, you reap the benefits. Honestly, that’s all well and good. I still LOVE making my own bread. I can’t help it,
The Goal of a Good Crust
The goal of a good crust is simple. It needs to be delicious. No, no, no…thats not all. Now, the crust needs to cook well, be nice and airy and have a nice “bounce” to it. This happens when you kneed the dough.Basically, what you are doing is creating layers and pockets that make it so light and airy.
Delicious Basic Pizza Dough
PIZZA DOUGH
Ingredients
- 2 cups warm water
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1 tbsp yeast
- 5 cups flour – divided in half
Instructions
- Mix warm water & yeast and let sit for 5 mins till proofed (frothy)
- Add 2 1/2 cups of flour with proofed yeast and mix well
- Add additional 2 1/2 cups flour & salt
- Knead dough until smooth
- Cover the bowl with a towel and let the dough rest for 10-20 mins
- Remove the dough and knead for 1 minute
- Split into 1/2’s (for large pizzas) or 1/4’s for regular pizzas
I’m thinking of giving it another try. The last time I tried making pizza dough at home, my kids and I ended having a good laugh and ordering delivery. Needless to say it didn’t come out right.
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You know, it took me a cpl go-arounds to. The only harm in failure is not getting back up and trying again. I highly recommend it tbh. If you have a bread maker you can also make it in that (dry ing. first then wet ing. on top)…it’s super super easy. So glad you are gonna try it again.