Hello to all the world, this glorious morning!
It is a beautiful day in North Florida, this morning. I wish you the very best for your day.
I just wanted to share a pizza dough recipe with you that turned out to be just right. Chewey and then crunchy on the crust.
Ready for this?
I usually like to prep, before I am going to cook a meal as it saves so much time for me. So I prepared this dough recipe in the morning and put it in an oiled bowl with the dough turned over and over to coat with the oil and left it there until I was ready to cook pizzas. Oh, it did rise very nicely.
It could be the same day or even the next day! But, if overnight then I would saran wrap (cover) the bowl of dough.
Onward to the recipe now!
You will need 1 pkg of yeast.
1 1/2 c of extra warm water
3 tsp of sugar
Now put these 3 items in a bowl and let sit for 12 minutes. Stir the yeast in very well. You should see it become foamy so you know the yeast is alive and well. If not then use new ingredients and start again!
4 cups of self-rising flour (what I use). Plus 1/2 cup of flour on the side to use with the dough kneading.
1/3 cup of olive oil or a little less. Use a little of this to oil your dough storage bowl for the refrigerated dough for later and if cooking pizza today then slightly oil two large pizza pans, and if you wish to toss a sprinkling of cornmeal across your pizza baking pans, now is the time. This is what the pizza places do!
But alas, today is the dough recipe day from me to you!
The pizza-making part will come on Tuesday unless I decide to surprise everyone early. But this will be worth the wait! I will say that you could be purchasing some Nettles sausage and also extra-large pepperoni. Also, a good time to purchase your favorite toppings (small amounts) and cheese. Publix will have the pizza sauce that I use. a 13 oz jar of RAO’S homemade pizza sauce (all-natural premium pizza sauce).
Back to the dough, use a large bowl, and combine the foamy yeast mixture with the 4 cups of flour and the olive oil. Spoon stir just until mixed. With that 1/2 cup of extra flour, throw some on the counter (a little bit). Place the dough on the counter.
Start kneading the dough together by hand and continue for 8 minutes. Just punch it down and fold it over and over. There is nothing like the feeling of kneading your very own dough! This has to be a way back in the time memory for many of our Ancestors! That is the entire reason that this Blog is based on! To keep old-time memories, alive!
Also some of the new ways of learning things of life.
After the 8 minutes are up, then place the dough into the oiled bowl and turn it over a few times. Place in the refrigerator until you are ready to make pizzas. This makes 2 large ones.
I want to say thank you for the time you have spent with me today and also all the other days. You make my heart soar with joy, that you, even read my Blog. I am thankful to every one of you!
Tune-in in a few for the total pizza-making experience with the rest of the recipe in a few days’ time! You won’t regret it! These two pizzas were the very best that I have ever had! Connie B.
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