Paul's Pizza Dough
Ingredients:
2-1/4 C stone ground whole wheat flour
1 C cornmeal
1 t salt
1 T sugar
1 envelope or 2-1/4 t active dry yeast
up to 1/4 C olive oil
Directions:
- Dissolve yeast in warm water (bath temperature, 110-115 degrees)
- Sprinkle yeast and stir until it dissolves (a thin layer of foam should coat the surface after 5 minutes)
- Combine flour and cornmeal in a bowl
- Combine 3C of previous mixture with salt, yeast and oil
- Kneed for 15-20 minutes
- Add remaining flower and oi
- Dough should become shiny and elastic
- Form into a ball and coat in oil
- Cover and place in a warm area and allow to rise for at least an hour, dough should double in size (with stone ground wheat, preferable to leave all day to rise)
- Flatted dough ball gradually with fingers working outwards, form lip to hold ingredients in
- Cook at 500 degrees for 10 minutes