The Best Pizza Dough
By: Sweetwatercooks
Published: Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 2:22pm

Ingredients




Pizza Dough

1 package yeast
500 grams bread flour
280 ml water
1 ounce olive oil
10 grams raw sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt

Preparation

1 Dissolve yeast in warm water (as per directions) 2 Mix together flour, water, olive oil, sugar and salt 3 Then add activated yeast 4 Knead dough until it reaches a smooth elastic texture and does not stick to your hands or the board (about 5 to 10 minutes) 5 Place dough in well oiled bowl (large enough for dough to double in size) 6 Cover bowl with plastic and put in warm place for 3 hours to rise 7 After 3 hours punch dough down and separate into 2 (for large pizzas) or 4 (for personal sized) equal balls. 8 Cover the dough balls with a sprinkling of flour, cover with plastic wrap and allow to double in size again (about 1 hour) 9 After 1 hour work each ball of dough out into pizza shape (take your time with the dough, don't rush it or you'll rip the dough)