Ever hear the phrase "easy as pie". They may have been talking about pizza dough making because it actually is very simple.
Five simple and inexpensive ingredients is all it takes to make a basic pizza dough. Flour water, oil, salt and yeast complete the list.
Pizza dough making can be accomplished in just minutes at home. The longest period of time involved with pizza dough making will be the wait for the yeast to do its work and make the dough rise, or proof, as its called in baking.
Find a simple pizza dough recipe on the Internet and repeat the following steps:
First assemble all your ingredients in the quantities called for. Having all your ingredients ready to go before you begin saves a lot of time and makes things go much more smoothly.
Add all your dry ingredients to a bowl and mix them thoroughly. Next add the water. The water optimally would be at or around 105 degrees, which is lukewarm. The yeast works best at this temperature.
Combine or "cut" the dry ingredients together until a loose pizza dough ball forms, then add the oil. Continue to mix until the oil is absorbed and all ingredients have been incorporated into the dough ball.
Place the dough on a flour-dusted surface. Add a tiny amount of flour to the dough ball as it will be quick sticky. Put some on your hands as well to prevent sticking. Knead the dough by pressing down and away from you. Fold it over on itself, turn 90 degrees and knead again. Keep this up for about 5 minutes.
When the dough begins to take on a smooth appearance and becomes very elastic, you're done kneading. Form it into a round ball.
Coat a bowl with oil and place the dough ball into it. Move the ball around to coat it lightly all over with oil. Put a piece of plastic wrap over the bowl, then move it to a warm, but not hot, location in the kitchen. Wait about two hours and check to see if it has doubled in size.
After the proofing is complete, place the dough on a flour-dusted surface. Begin rolling it to shape with a rolling pin. Thin crust needs to be rolled to about a 1/8 inch thickness. But you can make any thickness you like. Remember it will thicken in the oven.
Be gentle when picking up the dough. It can tear. If it does, try to repair it by pinching the hole together. If it won't work, mash it into a ball again and re-roll. Trim and shape the dough to fit the pan.
Guess what? You just succeeded one your first attempt at pizza dough making!
Five simple and inexpensive ingredients is all it takes to make a basic pizza dough. Flour water, oil, salt and yeast complete the list.
Pizza dough making can be accomplished in just minutes at home. The longest period of time involved with pizza dough making will be the wait for the yeast to do its work and make the dough rise, or proof, as its called in baking.
Find a simple pizza dough recipe on the Internet and repeat the following steps:
First assemble all your ingredients in the quantities called for. Having all your ingredients ready to go before you begin saves a lot of time and makes things go much more smoothly.
Add all your dry ingredients to a bowl and mix them thoroughly. Next add the water. The water optimally would be at or around 105 degrees, which is lukewarm. The yeast works best at this temperature.
Combine or "cut" the dry ingredients together until a loose pizza dough ball forms, then add the oil. Continue to mix until the oil is absorbed and all ingredients have been incorporated into the dough ball.
Place the dough on a flour-dusted surface. Add a tiny amount of flour to the dough ball as it will be quick sticky. Put some on your hands as well to prevent sticking. Knead the dough by pressing down and away from you. Fold it over on itself, turn 90 degrees and knead again. Keep this up for about 5 minutes.
When the dough begins to take on a smooth appearance and becomes very elastic, you're done kneading. Form it into a round ball.
Coat a bowl with oil and place the dough ball into it. Move the ball around to coat it lightly all over with oil. Put a piece of plastic wrap over the bowl, then move it to a warm, but not hot, location in the kitchen. Wait about two hours and check to see if it has doubled in size.
After the proofing is complete, place the dough on a flour-dusted surface. Begin rolling it to shape with a rolling pin. Thin crust needs to be rolled to about a 1/8 inch thickness. But you can make any thickness you like. Remember it will thicken in the oven.
Be gentle when picking up the dough. It can tear. If it does, try to repair it by pinching the hole together. If it won't work, mash it into a ball again and re-roll. Trim and shape the dough to fit the pan.
Guess what? You just succeeded one your first attempt at pizza dough making!
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