Thursday, February 18, 2010

Kevin's Fabulous Pizza

Kevin has really perfected this pizza crust and it is really delicious.  This dough either makes one very thick crust pizza or two normal crust pizzas.  I prefer splitting in in half for the normal crust pizza but both are good.

Ingredients:
2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
1/2 teaspoon brown sugar
1 1/2 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
  
1. In a large bowl, dissolve the yeast and brown sugar in the water, and let sit for 10 minutes. 
2. Stir the salt and oil into the yeast solution. Mix in 2 1/2 cups of the flour. 
3. Turn dough out onto a clean, well floured surface, and knead in more flour until the dough is no longer sticky. Place the dough into a well oiled bowl, and cover with a cloth. Let the dough rise until double; this should take about 1 hour. Punch down the dough, and form a tight ball. Allow the dough to relax for a minute before rolling out. 
4. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. If you are baking the dough on a pizza stone, you may place your toppings on the dough, and bake immediately. If you are baking your pizza in a pan, lightly oil the pan, and let the dough rise for 15 or 20 minutes before topping and baking it. 
5. Bake pizza in preheated oven, until the cheese and crust are golden brown, about 15 to 20 minutes. 
* About 5 minutes before the pizza is done Kevin puts butter and garlic powder on the crust, it really adds to the deliciousness of your pizza.

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