Basic Pizza Dough

Ingredients

• 1 cup Water Warm
• 2 teaspoons Salt
• 2 teaspoons Yeast active dry yeast
• 2 tablespoons Honey
• 3 tablespoons Olive oil
• 2 1/2 cups All purpose flour

Instructions

1. Combine the yeast and salt, 2 tbsp honey and add 1 cup warm water to your work bowl.
2. I let the machine spin to combine it all. Of course you can also just let it sit in a bowl for 5 minutes to activate it.
3. Add the oil and 1 cup of flour. Wait for the flour to be fully incorporated before adding the next cup. Then add the last 1/4 cup. I let the machine run until it was a supple dough.
4. I took it out of the machine and kneaded it with my hands for a few minutes as well.
5. Lightly oil a big bowl. Place the dough in the oiled bowl and spray a little oil on top of the dough as well. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and put it in a draft-free place for two hours.
6. Punch it down and transfer it to a floured board. Make sure there’s flour on both sides of the dough and then only use more flour if the dough starts sticking to your hands.
7. This makes for 2 medium or one really large pizza.
8. Sauce and top your pizzas lightly, too much and the pizza gets soggy.
9. If you like, you can add a bit of cornmeal between the pizza and the pan you plan to cook on.