Homemade pizza crust
Ingredients
2 1/4 teaspoon active dry yeast (one .25 ounce package does the trick!)
1 teaspoon sugar
1 1/2 cups water, warmed to 110 degrees F (45 degrees C) ****see note below****
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
2 tablespoons EVOO, plus extra
3 1/3 cups flour
1. Dissolve yeast and sugar in the warm water. Let stand until creamy and frothy, about 10 minutes.
2. Add in salt, garlic powder, onion powder, and 2 tablespoons EVOO. Stir.
3. Mix in 2 1/2 cups of flour. Knead dough on a well floured flat surface. It will be quite sticky at this point, but add in more flour (the remaining amount of flour) until it is smooth.
4. Place dough in a well oiled large bowl. Cover and let dough rise for one hour. It should double in size.
5. Punch down dough and let it form a tight ball. Let rest for another 2 minutes.
6. Roll out dough or hand roll directly onto baking pan (that has been sprayed with PAM cooking spray). Let stand for another 10-15 minutes.
7. Bake dough for 9 minutes without any toppings. This will start to give it a crunchy, browned bottom. Add toppings and cook another 15 minutes. Adjust cooking times if you want a softer or crisper crust.
Bon appetit!
The absolute key to making any homemade dough is the water temperature. The water temperature MUST be 110/45 degrees!!!!! I made pizza crust several times without taking the temperature of the water -- just bringing water up to what I thought was the correct temperature. Guess what?! The dough didn't turn out well! The first time that I accurately measured the temperature I got a COMPLETELY different result. What I was making before tasted fine, but this was a MUCH better product.
You can use more or less of the garlic and onion powders. I started to use them for extra flavours and have really enjoyed the addition. I've found the best amounts for our tastebuds is the 1/4 teaspoon.
This recipe makes a BIG pizza!
Up close of the crust
Side view of the crust.
4 comments:
That looks delicious! Gotta love the pizza. :)
I've been making pizza a lot lately, but I've never added spices to the crust. Will have to try that next time!
Thanks Daren!
Let me know which spices/herbs you try Natasha. I've also been thinking about trying to do a parmesan crust or something along those lines.... Homemade pizza is so cheap and easy! It makes a great meal, plus LOTS of leftovers!
I made pizza tonight and put garlic powder in the crust and used slightly warmer water. What a big difference!
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