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[quote=STMON99,429204]Pizza dough is very basic--it only contains flour (I like to use bread flour, but all purpose flour is fine), water, yeast, salt, and oil (some people leave out the salt and oil). Generally, 1/3 cup of water per 1 cup of flour. 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and then 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Those are the basic ingredients. You can't mess it up really. I usually make the dough in batches using 2 cups of flour. Put the flour, salt, oil in a bowl. In a separate bowl, put warm water, a pinch of sugar (not really necessary), half a teaspoon of yeast (from those instant yeast packets). Let that since until the yeast is "foamy", about 5 minutes. Mix the water and yeast into the bowl with flour. Knead the dough for about 15 minutes. Have extra flour and water on hand in case the dough is too dry or too wet. I personally like the dough to be a little "wet." You'll get a feel for this after you do this a while.

After kneading, I make two balls out of this. Coat the dough balls with some oil and cover the bowl. I then put the dough in the refrigerator for a cold rise for 2 days. I think it tastes better this way, and this is also why I use only half a teaspoon of yeast. If you don't want to do the cold rise, let it sit in your kitchen until it doubles in size, then punch it down, and then let it sit again for about 30 minutes and you can use it.[/quote]

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