Pizza Dough

By evamores

Ingredients

• 3 1/4 cups all purpose flour (or whole wheat), plus extra for dusting
• 2 teaspoons instant or rapid-rise yeast
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 cup warm water
• 1/4 cup dry white wine, at room temperature
• 2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon EVOO

Preparation

Step 1

1. In a large bowl, combine the flour, yeast, salt and sugar and mix well. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the warm water, wine, and olive oil. Using a wooden spoon, stir the wet ingredients into the dry until the mixture is too stiff to stir, then mix with your hands in the bowl until the dough comes together and pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
2. Lightly dust a work surface with flour and turn the dough out. Kneed gently, dusting the work surface lightly with more flour as necessary, for 5 minutes or until the dough is smooth, elastic, and only slightly sticky.
3. Oil a large, clean bowl, add the dough, then turn to coat. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap or a kitchen towel and set in a warm part of the kitchen and let the dough rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
4. Pinch down the dough, and it is ready to use.