Basic Pizza Dough
One 16-inch medium-crust pizza or two 12-inch thin-crust pizzas or four 8-inch thin-crust pizzas
1 tablespoon active dry yeast
1 cup warm (105-115 degrees) water
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon honey
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 to 4 cups all-purpose flour or half all-purpose and half whole wheat (See Note)
1. Mix the yeast and water in a small bowl, cover, and let stand until foamy, 5 to 10 minutes.
2. Mix the oil, honey, salt, and yeast mixture in a large mixing bowl. If using a food processor, add 1 cup of flour at a time, up to 3 cups, mixing well after each addition. You may have to stir in the third cup of flour by hand, depending on your machine. Or mix in all 3 cups of flour by hand with a wooden spoon. If the dough seems too wet, mix in more flour, 1/4 cup at a time, until the dough is soft. Turn the dough onto a floured surface and knead in more flour, 1/4 cup at a time, until the dough is moderately stiff and somewhat firm to the touch, about 6 minutes.
3. Lightly grease pizza pan(s) or a cookie sheet(s) with oil. If you are making two or more thin-crust pizzas, divide the dough. With a rolling pin, roll out the dough on a floured surface. Gently stretch the dough to fill the pan(s).
4. Let the dough rise (it will not rise very much) while you make sauce and continue with the pizza recipe of your choice.
-Liz Edmunds or The Food Nanny
*I really love this recipe. I make it for kids I babysit and they love it! I love it too! It is easily made by hand which is how I prefer to make it, because if I didn't have access to a breadmaker I could make it by hand!*
Hopefully soon I'll have a picture!
