Thin Crust Pizza Dough

 

Ingredients:

*2  1/2 cups all-purpose flour (may substitute 1 cup of the all-purpose flour for whole wheat flour )

*1 (1/4 ounce) package active dry yeast (2 1/4 tsps.)

*1/2 teaspoon salt

*1 cup warm water

*1 tablespoon olive oil

*1 tsp sugar

*cornmeal, for sprinkling on pan or pizza stone

 

 

 

Method:

Mix sugar, yeast and warm water in bowl. Wait for 10 minutes or until it gets all foamy. Add flour, salt, olive oil and combine. Knead for 6-8 minutes until you have a moderately stiff dough that is smooth and elastic (add a bit more flour if you need to). Cover and let rest for 30 minutes. Lightly grease two 12-inch pizza pans or sprinkle with a little bit of cornmeal. Divide dough in half. Place each half on a pizza pan and pat it with your fingers until it stretches over the whole pan. Spread with pizza sauce and use the toppings of your choice. Bake at 450F for 20 minutes or longer or until bottom crust gets lightly golden. Makes 2 12-inch pizzas. If you don't want to use all the dough, you can freeze it. Take a portion of dough, form into a ball, rub olive oil over it/or spray the bag with Pam and place it in a freezer bag (the oil makes it easier to take out of the bag).