Pizza Dough (rushed)

By Wilda

Yield: one 12 oz. dough. making 1 thin 12" round or 9x13" loosely rectangular pizza. Quick to make.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup warm water ( about 110to 116 degrees)
• 1 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour or bread flour
• plus more for the counter
• 1 teaspoon table salt
• Olive oil, for coating bowl

Preparation

Step 1

Turn your oven on to warm (about 200 to 225@) for 5 minutes; then turn it off.

by hand; Pour 1/2 cup warm water into a large mixing bowl, sprinkle the yeast over the water, and let it stand for 5 minutes. Add the flour, then salt, and mix with a wooden spoon until a rough craggy mass forms. Turn the dough and any loose bits out onto a lightly floured counter, and knead for 5 minutes, or untila smooth elastic dough forms.

In a mixer: Pour 1/2 cup of warm water into the bowl of your electric mixer, sprinkle the yeast over the water, and let it stand for 5 minutes. Add the flour, then salt, and mix with your dough hook at a koderate speed until the mixture starts to form a craggy mass. Reduce speed to low and mix for 5 minutes, letting the hook knead the mass into a smooth elastic dough. Remove dough and wipe out bowl.

both methods: Coat the inside a mixing bowl with olive oil, place dough back in bowl, turn to coat all over with oil. Cover with plastic wrap. Place in previously warmed oven, and let it sit for 30 minutes, or until doubled. Remove dough from oven(now is a good time to preheat oven to 500@.

Turn dough out onto a floured counter(if you want to roll it out), pizza peel or prepared baking sheet, and let your recipe take it from there,