I've made about three other dough recipes lately, to see how the others fare against my tried-and-true. Three points for tried-and-true. I loooove this recipe. It's easy and only takes about 20 minutes altogether, which is a huge plus. But it also makes fabulous crust, with just the right texture in my book. Did I say I love this recipe??
Dough
1 1/4 cup warm water
1 Tablespoon yeast
2 Tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups flour
1. Dissolve yeast in warm water.
2. Add sugar, salt, and 2 1/2 ups flour. Mix to form dough.
3. Add more flour (up to a 1/2 cup) if needed to pull together. Mix about 3 minutes.
4. Let rest for 10 minutes in bowl.
5. Let it rest for another 10 minutes after you've rolled it out.
Since I'm always improving my pizza-making skills, here are some of my latest tips. Refer to previous pizza post for more. (These assume that you've already been converted to the pizza stone.)
- Preheat the oven for a good while. Get your oven HOT. I've been a too timid to crank my oven up to 450, but tonight I ventured to 435 and liked it better than normal. If it's good and hot, I think it crisps the very bottom of the crust without over-cooking the rest of it, meaning that the inside of the crust (as in, right below the sauce) can still be tender.
- Cornmeal makes a huge difference. (Refer to the last paragraph of my previous pizza post.)
- To jazz up the dough recipe, throw in some Italian spices, like oregano, basil or rosemary. It tastes delicious and makes the crust even prettier.
The little guy was a big fan. :)
"Victory!"
8 comments:
I am the lucky beneficiary of the recipes that my sweet wife makes. That pizza for lunch today was awesome and I think Trenton agrees as well.
Erica, o my goodness you are a baker and not a faker as my father would say. When i come to visit i dont want to eat out cause you food looks way better. Ryan is so lucky to have you cause i just started to steam veggies and launa still cooks from a box.
p.s. trenton looks adorable.
Yum! This looks soooo good! I am excited to look through your blog! I am glad you found mine!
Yum- it just so happend we were having pizza that night, so I tried your recipe! The kids and I made calzones out of it and I made David a little pizza when he got home (late) from work. Both my kids ate all of their calzones (and Adalyn is a well-known pizza hater) and David loved the pizza. I love it too, of course. Our biggest complaint with our current pizza is that the leftovers aren't very good- but we didn't have any leftovers from your recipe to try! I'll start using this crust now- thanks!!
Erica- I know your sister Rachel from her old job at BYU and I love your blog! I was signed up for BYU's cooking class this fall but had to drop it so it looks like I'll be living through you on that one. I can't wait to use this pizza dough!
Thanks, everyone!!
Everytime I try to cook something new, I think of you and your blog. Today I was so proud of myself for fixing a nice lunch for Dan when he got home. I made a spagetti pasta salad with and had fresh fruit to go with it. Thanks for imspiring me to goodness. I'm excited to try your pizza recipe. That's one thing I like to make and tastes pretty good.
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