Anyone Have a Good Pizza Dough Recipe?

[Old Monkey]

Anyone?

[Paul B]

The recipe that came with our breadmaker works well, havent made hand kneaded dough in ages. Do you want the machine recipe?

[Old Monkey]

I don't have a bread maker but I do have really good mixer with a dough kneeding attachment.

[Paul B]

Dunno if thats the same, the breadmaker warms the dough and such, its a 4 hour process from dumping all the gunk in until its ready to roll out.
I remember my ma used to make the dough then put it on the over top in a bowl with a damp towel over it so the dough could rise.
Last time I made pizza dough I did a 50/50 mix of white flour and whole wheat just for giggles. :)

[squisher]

Here's what I do.

1 and 1/3 cups of warm water with one teaspoon of sugar and one packet of yeast. Let sit 15 mins.

Add one tablespoon of oil(I use olive oil) and then add to 3 cups of flour.

Mix everything together well and then let stand covered in a oiled bowl in a warm area for 45mins.

Beat the mixture down and then roll it/toss it out into your pizza pan.

This will make one giant or two medium sized pizzas.

This is my simple stand by. I also make some fancier doughs as well as bake bread too.

I work/kneed all my doughs by hand. This basic pizza dough doesn't need(ha ha) alot of kneeding the mixture should be somewhat tacky and almost moist but not to sticky or wet. With using that exact amount of water and flour it'll turn out quite well. Drop some flour on all your surfaces/hands to aid in handling.

Oh yah bake about 20mins at 400. This could/will vary depending on your toppings.

My personal favorite. Prawn, artichoke, pesto pizza. Mmmmmmm

[Paul B]

one of my exes used beer instead of water but I dont have the recipe. It was really airy dough.

[Old Monkey]

I used to have a beer batter recipe that was good.

[pete mctree]

Pizza

2 pounds, 3 ounces (1 kilogram) strong bread flour
1 ounce (30 grams) sugar
1 ounce (30 grams) salt
1 ounce dried yeast
1 pint (565 millilitres) tepid water
2 tablespoons olive oil
Toppings, recipes follow
Put the flour onto a work surface or use a bowl, if you are short of space. Using your fingers, make a big well in the middle of the flour. Add the sugar, salt and yeast then pour in the tepid water and olive oil. Using a fork, make circular movements from the centre moving outwards, slowly bringing in more of the flour until all the yeast mixture is soaked up. This should be starting to look like dough now so you can start to work and knead it until it is smooth. This should take around 4 minutes. Roll out to a sausage shape and divide into 8 or 10 balls, depending on how large you want the pizzas to be.


:)

[TC3]

Pilsbury makes a decent cheater dough.

[squisher]

Cool Pete, I'm gonna try that one out.8)

[Cobleskill]

Coating? the pizza dough with corn meal is a trick I have heard of that is supposed to be really good. Anybody ever heard of this?

[Che]

I make pizza EVERY %^&$# Friday night.

I use a breadmaker. You can pick one up on eBay for cheap. I like Breadman, although I haven't used any other.

I use 2 cups White Lily Bread Flour, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 Tblsp sugar, 1 Tblsp olive oil, 2/3 cup hot water, a rounded tsp of both yeast and gluten.

I put all the dry ingredients into the breadmaker, add the hot water and oil and push the button for dough.

[Paul B]

yup, the breadmaker sure is the easy way. our dough is good and I dust it with cornmeal to roll it out before throwing it on the pan or right on the rack. My last request for a gift was a pizza peel, I havent yet got one tho. :(

[MasterBlaster]

Frig that homemade tripe. I leave my pizza making to the pros.

[simplypete]

Darin,

I think the "Flying Pie" sells their dough in little one pizza balls. They may even sell their mix. Just add water.;)

[vharrison]

Frig that homemade tripe. I leave my pizza making to the pros.


I dunno, Che's pizza looks pretty darn good. yum yum

[vharrison]

Darin, I watched this guy make pizza dough yesterday. It looked awesome.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/jamie-oliver/calzone-recipe2/index.html

[MasterBlaster]

I dunno, Che's pizza looks pretty darn good. yum yum

Too much dough, Imma thin crust guy. I wanna eat pizza, not dough! http://www.thecomputermechanics.com/forums/images/smilies/168.gif

[Newfie]

Che's dough does look good, but I prefer the thin crust as well. We used to make home-made pizza, until one day I sat down and figured out the cost and time involved. We order out now. It isn't as good, but pretty damn close if you have a good pizza joint nearby.

[GASoline71]

I dunno, Che's pizza looks pretty darn good. yum yum

YES IT IS! She sent me her recipie for dough... and it was a snap. Good stuff...

Thanks Che!!! The girls love to make homemade pizza!

Gary

[Che]

Good to hear, Gary! :D

[cybergeek23851]

Pilsbury makes a decent cheater dough.

Trader Joe's makes an excellent cheater dough, cheaper! :D


$0.99 for white, wheat, or garlic and herb.

[olyman]

YES IT IS! She sent me her recipie for dough... and it was a snap. Good stuff...

Thanks Che!!! The girls love to make homemade pizza!

Gary
now wait a minute--you say it was a snap--tasted great--then said the girls like to make homemade pizza-----you cheaten a little?????????

[Paul B]

Che, Jamie Oliver has lots of good basic recipes for stuff, we both like watching his show. Might have to try that dough!

[Che]

It's pretty easy. You get a 'feel' for it after a while....too much flour and it's heavy, too little and it's too difficult to handle and can come out kinda doughy.

If anyone needs the full recipe, pizza 101....the 'how to' part w/ raising time etc. I'll post it. But I'm too beat right now, two nights this week out chasing wayward cows after dark.

[GASoline71]

now wait a minute--you say it was a snap--tasted great--then said the girls like to make homemade pizza-----you cheaten a little?????????

Yep... cheatin' with the bread maker... just like che told me to do... EZPZ mang! :)

Gary

[CurSedVoyce]

Please post it Che... Katy wants it :)

[Cobleskill]

You have an electric fence Che? I have with a Parmak charger and they respect the hell out of it. It is on the cheaper end for low impedance model, but it works well.

[Che]

We have it around the hay, but not on the perimeter fences. Might be time to extend it though.

I'm a bit scattered right now, I'll post the pizza directions soon.

[GASoline71]

I hope you don't mind che... But I will post it for you, right from the email you sent me... :)

Gary

PIZZA CRUST

½ pkg. yeast (or 1rounded tsp. from jar) yeast

1 Tbsp. sugar

¼ - ½ tsp. salt

2 cups White Lily Bread Flour

1 Tbsp. olive oil

2/3 cup hot water

Mix dry ingredients together in bread maker pan, add hot water and olive oil.

Set to ‘dough cycle’ & start (mine takes about an hour and a half to mix, knead, and then rise. It stops at that point, does not bake it)

Check after about 4 – 5 minutes, dough should stick together without leaving ‘wet’ dough on sides of bowl or dry mix on bottom of pan. (Keep as ‘moist’ as possible without being too sticky to handle for light crust. This is something that you will get a ‘feel’ for after a couple times)

After rising cycle, place dough on cutting board and knead by hand for about a minute, this will make the dough easier to work with. Shape dough into pizza crust on the new ‘non stick’ aluminum foil on a cookie sheet. (I usually cut a single recipe into three parts and make three oblong single pizzas, or four round pizzas)

Place in warm place to rise about 15 minutes or longer.

Turn oven to 400 degrees (with pizza stone on bottom shelf) to preheat.

Add toppings:

I use Emirell’s Home Style Marinara , then mushrooms, sausage, Canadian Bacon, olives, peppers, etc. before covering all with mozzarella (or ‘pizza’) cheese. Pepperoni is traditionally added on top of the cheese. (I’ve just switched to using presliced mozzarella…..after a long day, it’s just one little time saver)

Carefully slide the aluminum foil with the pizzas onto the stone, bake for about 12 minutes or until browned. When done, you can slide the foil/pizzas right back onto the cookie sheet.

Let cool for a few minutes, it will make cutting easier.

*I found that using ½ pkg of yeast has a better taste.

*Canola oil can be used instead of olive oil.

*I use the new ‘no stick’ foil, if using plain foil oil it first.

*this dough makes good bread sticks, bake on stone

If you want to make a couple bread sticks, and your breadmaker pan is big enough....you can increase the ingredients about 50%:

1-1/2 to 2 tsp. yeast

1-1/2 Tbsp. sugar

½ tsp. salt

2 cups White Lily Bread Flour

1-1/2 Tbsp. olive oil

1 cup hot water

[CurSedVoyce]

Thanks Mang ;)

[olyman]

Gary, or Che---white lily bread flour??? never heard of it---thanks

[GASoline71]

I just used whatever flour I had on hand... plain ol' All-purpose flour. :)

Worked good for me

Gary

[CurSedVoyce]

Just have to say thanks Che and Gary... That dough worked out great... Made some sauce and Rob did the dough.. Katy loved it so did the kids.. Very good recipe, thanks again :D

[Che]

Just have to say thanks Che and Gary... That dough worked out great... Made some sauce and Rob did the dough.. Katy loved it so did the kids.. Very good recipe, thanks again :D

Good to hear!!

Thanks Gary for posting the recipe. I had lost power a few times already for short periods, and I had just found the email I'd sent you with the recipe and then it went out for the next week.

I suggested White Lily Bread Flour cuz it seems to be finer than the all purpose flours. Makes a very nice crust/bread. I don't think it would make that much difference though. I don't believe I've seen it up North....must be a Southern thang. :D

[Che]

Darin......have you made your girls a pizza yet??