Pizza Dough

By desacad

I adapted this from recipe found at kayotic's blog. I added dough relaxer.

Ingredients

• 1 cup warm water
• 2 1/4 cup A. P. flour
• 2 t instant yeast
• 2 T honey
• 3 T olive oil
• 2 t salt
• 2 t dough relaxer

Details

Adapted from kayotic.nl

Preparation

Step 1

You can either use your stand-mixer, food processor or hands for this. Combine the yeast and salt. Add 2 tbsp honey.
Add 1 cup warm water to it. Warm but still very comfortable to touch. I let the machine spin to combine it all.
Add the oil and 1 cup of flour. Wait for the flour to be fully incorporated before adding the next cup. Then add the last 1/4 cup. I let the machine run until it was a supple dough.
The best pizza flour is, by far, Molino Caputo. If it is hard to come by just use all-purpose flour.
Lightly oil a big bowl.
Place the dough in the oiled bowl and spray a little oil on top of the dough as well. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and put it in a draft-free place (oven or microwave).
Let your dough rise twice. Fast forward to 2 hours later.
Punch it down and transfer it to a floured board. Make sure there’s flour on both sides of the dough and then only use more flour if the dough starts sticking to your hands.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Use the sides of your hands to create the border, push it down in the center and use your hand or finger tips to gently stretch the dough while turning it around.
Add sauce, cheese, and toppings. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes.