Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour
1 teaspoon of yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup of water
1 Tablespoon plus 3 Tablespoons of oil, separated
Directions:
Preheat oven to 425° F.
In a large bowl, mix together flour, yeast, sugar and salt.
Add in the water and 1 Tablespoon oil to the dry ingredients, and mix together using your hand until dough clings together in a ball.
Once the pizza dough forms a ball in the bowl, add in the remaining 3 Tablespoons of oil and mix so that oil just coats the outside of the pizza dough ball.
Notes:
- After adding in the 3 Tablespoons of oil, the dough will look very oily which is normal. The dough will not taste oily once baked.
- For easier spreading the dough out on the pizza stone, make sure your fingers have a little oil on them. (I run my fingers over the sides of the dough bowl, and then rub my hands together to oil surfaces before moving dough from bowl to baking sheet.
Let dough rest in the bowl until oven is fully preheated, and then press into desired shape/size on a pizza stone or baking sheet with your hands. (Dough may have small tears as you press it out. Do your best to keep them small, but don't fret...as dough pre-bakes it will rise a bit that will close small holes.)
Pre bake crust in oven for 5 minutes.
Remove from oven, top pizza crust with desired pizza sauce and toppings and bake for another 15 minutes. ( +/- depending on oven and personal preference)
I had no pizza sauce, so I just used part of a jar of spaghetti sauce.
I was hoping to make half pepperoni and vegetable, and the other half bacon and pineapple. But after searching the pantry, I found no pineapple, so just threw everything I had on the dough: sauce, a little shredded mozzarella cheese, pepperoni and cooked bacon, sliced mushrooms, sliced onion and green peppers, and topped with more shredded mozzarella cheese.
Buon Appetito!
