Pizza Dough

Pizza Dough

from Ellen, with thanks to Pizza by James McNair

Ingredients:

• 1 tbs sugar
• 1 cup warm water (110-115)
• 2.5 tsp yeast
• 3.25 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup olive oil

Dissolve:

• sugar in water in bowl of mixer.  Add yeast and let bubble for 5 minutes.  Add flour 1 cup at time, mixing with dough hook, interspersing with salt and olive oil.  Mix until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes.  

Put:

•  into well oiled bowl and let rise, at least 1.5 hours.  Punch down and let rise again if desire and have time.   

Roll:

• and bake per oven/bbq instructions.