* Exported from MasterCook *

                            Pizza Dough Recipe

Recipe By     : Albert Grande, web master
Serving Size  : 16    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Beans 3 Points Per Serving

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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  2           Packages  yeast
  2          teaspoons  sugar
  4               cups  flour -- or more if needed
  1           teaspoon  salt
     1/4           cup  olive oil -- if available, extra virgin
  1 1/2           cups  warm water

Put yeast and sugar in a cup. Add 1/2 cup of water. The water should be between 100 
and 110 degrees. Mix well. Wait about 5 minutes for the yeast and sugar to activate.
In a large mixing bowl, add the flour, salt, olive oil, 1 cup of warm water and the 
yeast mixture. Mix this with a fork to get all the liquid absorbed by the flour.
Place a handful of flour on a pastry board or mixing surface. Dust your hands and 
spread out the flour. Empty the contents of the bowl on to the flour.
Knead the dough for 8-10 minutes or until the texture is smooth and uniform. 
If the dough seems a little sticky, add a little more flour. One method to knead, is 
lean on the dough with the palm of your hand. Press the dough to the mixing surface. 
Fold the dough and repeat.
Place the dough in a bowl and drizzle with olive oil. Place bowl in draft free area 
and cover with a cloth.
Let the dough rise for about an hour. Punch down the dough and wait about 45 minutes.
Your dough is now ready.
Cut the dough in half.
Dust a rolling pin with flour and roll out on a floured  pastry board until the 
dough is the desired shape. Keep using flour, so the dough won't stick.
Dust a cookie sheet with corn meal. (Oil will work ok, but the dough will be greasy.) 
Use a spatula and slide the dough onto the cookie sheet.
If you have a peel, assemble pizza on a peel dusted with corn meal. 
Then use the peel to  place the pizza on the pre-heated pizza stone.
The more you make dough the easier it will become. Don't get discouraged if it seems 
difficult the first time. 
You will surprise yourself at how easy it becomes the second time.
Actually, the hardest part of making dough is the clean up!

Source:
  "pizzatherapy.com (http://pizzatherapy.com)"

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Per serving: 148 Calories (kcal); 4g Total Fat; (22% calories from fat); 4g Protein; 
25g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 135mg Sodium
Food Exchanges: 1 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Fat; 
0 Other Carbohydrates

NOTES : (Makes 2 pizzas or calzones)(Or 4 thin Neapolitan style pizzas!)

Dough recipe compliments of pizzatherapy.com
Sincerely, Albert Grande web master pizzatherapy.com