Ever Try Pizza Dough Making?

Ever hear the phrase “easy as pie”. They may have been talking about pizza dough making because it actually is very simple.

Flour, water, oil, salt and yeast are usually the only ingredients in most pizza doughs. Five basic and inexpensive components.

Pizza dough making can be accomplished in just minutes at home. The longest period of time involved with pizza dough making will be the wait for the yeast to do its work and make the dough rise, or proof, as its called in baking.

There are numerous recipes available on the Internet for pizza dough making. Just select a simple one to start and the process should go like this:

First assemble all your ingredients in the quantities called for. Having all your ingredients ready to go before you begin saves a lot of time and makes things go much more smoothly.

Next combine all your dry ingredients (i.e. the flour, salt and yeast) until they’re well mixed. Then add the water. It’s very important that the temperature of the water be near the optimum point of 105 degrees Fahrenheit. This is the temperature most favorable for the yeast to ferment.

Combine or “cut” the dry ingredients together until a loose pizza dough ball forms, then add the oil. Continue to mix until the oil is absorbed and all ingredients have been incorporated into the dough ball.

It’s now time to knead. Place the dough ball on a flour-dusted surface. Keep a little flour at hand to add now and then when the ball gets too sticky. Begin by pushing the dough down and away from you. Fold the dough back on to itself, then turn it 90 degrees and do it all over again. Repeat this process for about 5 minutes.

Knead the pizza dough making dough ball for approximately five minutes or until it takes on a smooth appearance and is very elastic. Form the dough into a nice round ball when done.

Lightly oil a bowl and place the dough ball into it. Roll it around to coat with the oil. Put some plastic wrap over the bowl and put it in a warm location (not hot) for about two hours or until it doubles in mass.

After the dough has risen, remove it to a flour-dusted surface and begin rolling it out to shape with a rolling pin. Unless you want a thick crust, most people roll in out to a 1/8″ thickness.

Once finished, gently pick it up and place it into your baking pan. Shape and trim the dough as necessary.

Guess what? You just succeeded one your first attempt at pizza dough making!

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