Favorite Pizza Crust

By taochavez

The combinations of topping you can add are endless. No matter what toppings you choose one thing is certain. This pizza crust is the bomb!

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups hot water (optional, use spring water)
• 2 tabelspoons molasses
• 2 packets active yeast
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• Cornmeal
• Butter, melted with garlic
• Parmesan cheese crumbs

Preparation

Step 1

Place hot water in mixer bowl and stir in molasses. Once cooled to warm, sprinkle on yeast and gently stir it in. Let sit 10 minutes.

Mix flour and salt together. Add flour mix and olive oil to yeast mixture.

Using a dough hook, run mixer on low/stir for 5 minutes.

Form dough into ball and place in a lightly greased bowl, sprinkle with flour. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and kitchen towel, let rise in fridge over several hours or on counter top for 2 hours, or until doubled.

Preheat oven to 550 degrees fahrenheit with pizza stone, hold temperature at least 30 minutes before baking pizza.

Form dough into pizza crust, top as desired. Brush crust with garlic butter. Slide onto preheated pizza stone, bake 5-7 minutes or until done, using oven on bake or broil setting, as desired. Sprinkle crust with parmesan cheese immediately after removing from oven.

Garlic aioli (added after baking)

Chives, chopped (added after baking)