Pizza Dough
Basic versatile pizza dough — suitable for both thin-crust and thick-crust pizza.
Ingredients
water
1 cup (1.5 lb) / 1 1/3 cup (2 lb)
olive oil or vegetable oil
4 tsp (1.5 lb) / 2 tbsp (2 lb)
bread flour
3 cup (1.5 lb) / 4 cup (2 lb)
salt
3/4 tsp (1.5 lb) / 1 tsp (2 lb)
active dry yeast or bread machine yeast
1 tsp (1.5 lb) / 1 1/4 tsp (2 lb)
cornmeal (optional)
to taste
Instructions
1
Making the Dough
Choose the recipe size. Add all ingredients except the cornmeal to the bread machine according to the manufacturer's instructions. Select the "dough" cycle. When the cycle ends, remove the dough, deflate it, cover, and let rest for 10 minutes.
2
Next Steps
Shape into a thin or thick crust pizza (see instructions on page 97).