Roast beef is one of my family’s favorite Sunday dinners. Dinner time has always been special to me because it is a time when we sit around the table together and enjoy each others company, Family dinner equals love!!
I love to make things people don’t usually cook at home. Pizza is an example of that. I have tried a few different resipies for pizza dough and so fare this is my favorit. Here is a few tips for actually cooking your pizza.
First you need to do your self a favore and get a pizza stone. You put it in the oven and set your oven to the highest temperature you can. Next you will want a pizza peal. If you want to only buy one then get a wooden one. The pizza sticks less to the wood so it will slide off easier. Now if you want to go all out get 2 and the second is for getting it out of the stove and this one is a thin metal one. Lastly you may want to make a 50/50 mix of flour and corn meal with a dash or garlic and onion powder in to to put down on the pizza peal to help the pizza slide off of it better and it just taste good!
To a small bowl, add the warm water, yeast, and sugar. Stir yeast mixture until well blended and sugar is dissolved. Let yeast bloom for at least 5 minutes.
While yeast is blooming, add 4 Cups Bread Flour, Salt, and Garlic Powder to a large mixing bowl. Stir together dry ingredients until blended.
Salt and spices to taste.
Add yeast mixture to flour mixture.
Add Olive Oil
Mix everything on slow speed until a dough ball is formed (usually 1-2 minutes)
Turn mixer up to a higher speed and mix dough for additional 5-8 minutes or until a smooth dough ball is formed.
Take dough out of mixing bowl, spray mixing bowl with non-stick olive oil or use real olive oil.
Form dough into a tight ball and place into mixing bowl. Coat outside of dough ball with olive oil to prevent a skin from forming on the ball.
Cover mixing bowl with a kitchen towel or plastic wrap and let the dough rise until double in size. (usually 1 hour)
After dough has doubled in size, punch the dough down, cover it once and optionally let it rise a 2nd time.
After the 2nd rising, your pizza dough is ready to be used to make pizza crust. Enjoy!!!