Pizza Submitted by: Charlie | Date Added: 23 Mar 2025

Ingredients

1-1/4 Cup water
½ tsp sugar
2 pkgs Rapid Rise Pizza Yeast
3-1/2 Cup bread flour
3 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil plus more for greasing large bowl
½ tsp salt

Cooking Instructions

<p>1-1/4 C water into 2 C Measuring cup.&nbsp; Warm 50 seconds on High in microwave</p><p>Add ½ tsp sugar and stir in.&nbsp; Add 2 envelopes yeast to water.&nbsp; Stir.&nbsp; &nbsp;Cover with plastic wrap and allow to “rest” for 10 minutes.</p><p>Meanwhile, measure 3 C bread flour (spooned into measuring cup) into large bowl.&nbsp; Add ½ tsp salt to flour and mix in.&nbsp; Make a well in center.</p><p>When yeast is ready, bubbly and “bloomed”, add 3 T of warmed (barely) olive oil.&nbsp; If olive oil is too hot, it will kill the yeast.</p><p>Add yeast mixture to “well” in center of flour.&nbsp; Sir with wooden spoon until a shaggy dough begins to form.</p><p>Turn out dough onto floured work surface.&nbsp; Knead in ¼ C flour a little at a time.&nbsp; Add up to another ¼ C, 1 T at a time, if needed.&nbsp; Knead for 10 -15 minutes.</p><p>Dough should be sticky but solid.</p><p>Grease the large bowl with olive oil.&nbsp; Place dough inside bowl and turn to coat Press down slightly.&nbsp; Cover with clean towel or plastic wrap.&nbsp; Allow to rise&nbsp; 10 minutes in warm place.</p><p>Meanwhile, lower oven rack to 3rd position from bottom.&nbsp; Warm oven slightly (about 115 degrees) and turn off.</p><p>Grease a 11” x 17” heavy cookie sheet.</p><p>Prepare pizza sauce and other toppings.&nbsp; (See M&amp;D pizza)</p><p>When dough is ready (springy when poked) turn out on to prepared sheet.&nbsp; Stretch &amp; press to fit pan.&nbsp; Cover with the towel, and place in prewarmed oven with door slightly ajar.&nbsp; Allow to rise about 20 minutes.</p><p>Remove pan from oven and preheat to 450 degrees.</p><p>Add sauce, shredded mozzarella cheese and other toppings as desired.&nbsp; Sprinkle lightly with olive oil and bake at 450 degrees for 12 minutes or until done as desired.</p><p>Sprinkle oregano on top.&nbsp; Cut and enjoy!</p>