Description
This pizza dough produces a very nice pizza crust–flavorful, tender, with just the right amount of chewiness.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup whole wheat flour
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon active dry yeast
- 1 ¼ teaspoons salt
- ¼ teaspoon white sugar
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 ½ cups warm water (100 degrees F or 38 degrees C)
- all-purpose flour, for dusting
Instructions
- Stir whole wheat flour
- all-purpose flour
- yeast
- salt
- sugar
- olive oil
- and warm water with a spatula until formed into a sticky ball of dough that pulls away from sides of a large bowl
- about 3-4 minutes.
- Cover the bowl with a light cloth or plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place (80 to 95 degrees F (27 to 35 degrees C)) for 18 hours
- until doubled in size.
- Preheat the oven to 550 degrees F (280 degrees C). Sprinkle a baking sheet with cornmeal.
- Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface and sprinkle with more flour. Form the dough into a rectangle
- and cut it into four equal parts. Shape each piece into a ball
- stretching and tucking the dough to create a smooth surface
- adding more flour if needed. Cover the dough balls with a towel and let rest for 15 minutes.
- To shape the dough
- sprinkle the surface with flour and lightly pat flat. Use a rolling pin to form a thin disk about 9 inches in diameter.
- Transfer the formed crust to the prepared baking sheet and top as desired. Bake on the bottom rack for 4 minutes
- move to the middle rack and bake for 5-6 minutes more minutes
- until the bottom is crispy and the top is lightly browned. Move to cooling rack to cool slightly before serving.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 18 hrs 35 mins
Servings: 4