Pizza from Scratch

Ingredients:
1 cup hot water
1 packet of quick rise yeast
3 - 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup olive oil
12 oz ball of mozzarella cheese grated.
2 tbsp - 1/4 cup spaghetti sauce

In a large mixing bowl, combine the yeast, salt and 2 cups of flour.
Add the hot water, and the olive oil. Mix with a large spoon.
Add the remaining 1 - 1/2 a cup of flour 1/2 a cup at a time.
Kneed the flour until it is no longer sticky.

Let it sit somewhere warm until it doubles in size (30 - 60 minutes).

Preheat the oven to 450F.
Take the dough and need it over a floured surface. Let sit for 5 minutes.

Spread the dough across a well oiled pan. Spread the spaghetti sauce over it.
Sprinkle on the cheese. Add any additional toppings you like.
Remember when adding meat toppings that they must be pre-cooked.

Toss in the oven and let bake
15 - 20 minutes for thin crust.
20 - 25 minutes for deep dish.

Category:

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Tags:

• food
• cooking
• recipe
• dough
• pizza
• cheese
• italian
• scratch
• deepdish
• thincrust
• baking
• yeast
• homemade

[lauls85]

Hi In the beginning when you put flour, yeast, salt, olive oil and water together. How hot is the water when you say hot water? I heard water temperature is critical to yeast. Do you need thermometer to check the water temperature? Thank you.

[PrinceLiamsKitchen]

It's really not that big a deal. It works better with hot water, It will probably still work with cold water. If you want an exact temperature I'd say 90-100F

I suggest using hot water from the tap. Stick your finger in the water. If it hurts let it sit a little while. If it feels comfortable to you, the yeast will probably like it too.

Happy baking.

[EliteDoomer]

Blood temp water works better.

[Drolkan1]

Tip: don't use a lightweight bowl for the mixing, it will move around on you. Heavy glass or metal bowls work nice.

[Borbuster]

Not Chicago style. Needs way more tomato and cheese goes underneath, then meat, then tomato. There wasn't really any difference between those two pizzas apart from the dish you put it in.

[TimTheReaper]

@PrinceLiamsKitchen dont be foolish. cold water halts the fungi's biological function which means bye-bye leavening and bye-bye light, fluffy crust. i'd go with some warm water. maybe like a water bottle left in the car during the summer.

[sibkiss2009]

I made sour dough for ciabatta bread and changed my mind. PIZZA! so I want to cook it on a heated oiled cast iron skillet.

My boyfriend gets homemade sausage/pepperoni pizza and watch the Chiefs and Steelers football games.

[bartboy96]

When you put the water into the oven i think u spilled some :) great video

[CLumz100]

I am cooking my pizza right now.

Thanks for the video.

[melvinhartwinkle]

Wrong! Chicago has cheese in the bottom first! All good until you put the sauce in the Chicago first.

[movieman2007]

it sounds like you live near a highway... kickass of you to make a pizza lesson

[otkare]

lul the dough looks horrid