Categories: Pizza Dough

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 1 cup warm spring water
• 2 teaspoons molasses
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 1/2 cups bread flour
• pinch salt

Directions

1. Simply dissolve yeast in spring water in your mixing bowl. Add the molasses, olive oil, flour, and salt. Mix all ingredients until well blended. The dough should have turned into a ball, and dough should come away from the sides of the bowl. If it hasn’t, add in more spring water 1 teaspoon at a time until it’s becomes a ball. You may need to add in a bit more flour to get the right consistency; just remember to add ingredients in very small amounts! Set the mixing bowl filled with dough in the warm water for 5 minutes to rise. Filling your sink with warm water is a handy way to do this.

2. After 5 minutes, place the ball on a floured surface and knead for another 5 minutes or so. Put the dough into a greased bowl, covering with plastic wrap, keeping out of cool drafts. Let it rise for 45 – 50 minutes, or until it’s about double in size. Punch it down, and return to the floured surface. Roll it out in a circle the size of your pizza stone. Sprinkle pizza stone with 2 teaspoons of olive oil, and a teaspoon of cornmeal. To easily place dough on the stone, I usually fold the dough in half, then half again, unfolding once it’s on the stone. Take a fork and lightly score the dough in several places to keep it from “bubbling” too much while cooking.

3. Bake at 425º.

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