Yummy & Easy Pizza

This recipe is for pizza, dough and all. The recipe makes two thin-crust pizzas, or one thick-crust pizza. You can freeze dough for use later.

Equipment:

Number Item
1 Large Mixing Bowl
1 Wooden Spoon
1 Measuring Cup
1 Set Measuring Spoons
1 16" (40cm) Pizza Pan Per Pizza
1 Rolling pin
1 Flat Surface for Rolling Dough
1 Large Mixing Bowl

Ingredients for Dough:

Amount
(English)		 Amount
(Metric)		 Ingredient
1.5 Packages (3 Teaspoons) 15ml Active Dry Yeast
1.5 Teaspoons +
1.5 Tablespoons		 10ml +
25ml		 Sugar
1.5 Cups 355ml Water, Room Temperature
3 Tespoons 15ml Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
4.125 Cups 975ml Bread or All-Purpose Flour

Directions:

  1. Stir yeast, 1.5 Teaspoons (10ml) sugar, and 1.5 Tablespoons (25ml) flour into water in a large mixing bowl, and let sit for 10 minutes.
  2. Stir in one third of the flour, and beat with a wooden spoon until gooey.
  3. Once well mixed, add olive oil and 1.5 Tablespoons sugar.
  4. Add another third of the flour and mix.
  5. Slowly blend part of the remaining third of the flour until the water is absorbed.
  6. Knead the dough with your hands until smooth (about 5 minutes).
  7. Let rise for about 1 hour.
  8. Punch the dough down.
  9. If you are only making one, thin-crust pizza, divide the dough in half, and freeze one half for later use.
  10. Grease the pizza pan(s) with olive oil.
  11. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin, and place on pan.
  12. Pre-heat the oven to 475°F (245°C).
  13. Add toppings (see below), and bake for 10-15 minutes.
  14. Remove from oven, and let cool for 5-10 minutes.

Basic Topping:

Amount
(English)		 Amount
(Metric)		 Ingredient
1 Can 1 Can Pizza Sauce
5 Slices 5 Slices Provalone Cheese
12 Ounces 80ml Mozzarella Cheese

Just about anything you think would taste good on a pizza will, in fact, taste good, so please experiment!
The following is a list of things that we have tried that taste good:

Below is a sequence showing the topping process. Click on the images to see larger versions of them.
Enjoy!

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1. Dough spread on the pizza pan.
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2. Sauce spread on the dough.
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3. Provolone added.
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4. Mozzerella added on top of the provolone.
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5. Broccoli, red onions, mushrooms, and garlic.
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6. Same pizza after cooking. Bon Appetito!
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