How Do You Make Basic Pizza Dough?
This recipe will produce 2 medium to large pizza crusts, depending on how thick you like your crust. Know what you are aiming to produce. If you don’t understand your goal, if you succeed it will be primarily due to chance. Understanding your goal means that you know what you intend the result to taste, smell and look like and the textures that it will have. Pour yeast and sugar into the bowl of a stand mixer. If you don’t have a stand mixer, mixing and kneading can be done by hand. Add warm water. If you have a thermometer, the water should be about 110 degrees. If not, use your hand to check the temperature. It should be noticeably warm but not hot. The warmth is meant to promote yeast activation and growth without killing the yeast. If you have filtered water, use it since chlorine in tap water can inhibit the yeast growth to a degree. Unless you notice a strong chlorine odor to your tap water, though, don’t sweat it too much. Allow the yeast/sugar/water at least ten minutes to acti
