Herb Pizza Dough
By: Anonymous
Published: Friday, December 4, 2009 - 3:18am

Ingredients




1 pkt Active dry yeast
1 teaspoon Sugar
7/8 cup Warm water, @110 degrees
1/4 cup Chopped herbs, optional *
2 1/4 cups All-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 tablespoon Garlic olive oil, more as needed **
Oil and cornmeal for pan

Preparation

1 Stir together the yeast, sugar and warm water. Let stand until foamy, about 10 minutes. 2 In the work bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade, chop the herbs. Turn off machine. Add flour and salt. Turn the machine on and off a couple of times. While the machine is running, add yeast. Process until the dough forms a ball at the side of the bowl. Add garlic, olive oil and process for 30 to 40 seconds more. 3 Transfer dough to a bowl that has been oiled with olive oil. Turn the dough until the entire surface has been coated with the oil. Cover bowl with a damp towel and allow to rise in a warm draft free place for 1 hour or until doubled. 4 Roll out on a lightly floured surface and if dough is too elastic, try tossing it from hand to hand to flatten it out. Lightly grease the pizza pan with a little oil and sprinkle with cornmeal. Place the dough on the pizza pan and trim the edges. Bake for 10 minutes @425 degrees. Remove from oven, lightly brush the crust with a little more oil and proceed with recipe. 5 Makes enough dough for one 12" crust. 6 * Try basil, thyme, Italian flat leaf parsley, oregano, rosemary, cilantro.