Homemade Pizza Dough

When we have pizza in the house, we make a section just for our daughter. Pepperoni is a little too spicy for her. Perhaps one day I can make a gorgeous photo of a complete pepperoni pizza. Until then, I can share a recipe anyway.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups warm water (~110F)

2 teaspoons sugar

2 1/4 teaspoons instant yeast

4 cups hard white wheat

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 1/2 teaspoons of salt

• Combine warm water, sugar, and yeast in your mixing bowl and I let it proof for 5 minutes.
• Grind your wheat berries into flour. I add garlic powder and dried Italian seasoning with extra dried Oregano to the flour to add extra flavor to the crust.
• Add flour, olive oil, salt and knead for 5 minutes.
• I let the dough sit and rise for an hour until I am ready to roll out the pizza dough.
• Roll, pat, and stretch the dough or divide into smaller doughs for smaller pizzas until 1/4″ thick.
• I brush my entire dough with a garlic infused olive oil and poke a few fork holes into the bottom.
• Cover dough with your sauce of choice and add toppings.

I bake the pizza at 450F for about 15 minutes.