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Traditional Crust Pizza
Submitted by: mamsita_64015
If making homemade pizza is your thing, try this recipe for a crust and everyone will be eating it up.
Ingredients
- 1 pkg dry yeast, 1 cake or 2 and 1/2 tsp
- 1 cup warm water
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2 tbsp regular canola oil, or vegetable
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup more flour set aside, divided
- Shortening to grease sheet pan
- 4 tbsp olive oil, 2 for pan and 2 to drizzle on crust edges
- 8-12 oz shredded Italian cheese
- Assorted toppings, if desired
- 4 tbsp pizza sauce, or as desired
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Method
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Dissolve yeast in bowl with water, salt, sugar and oil then stir. Add 2 cups flour and stir until well blended. Let rest in warm place for 5 to 10 minutes. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup flour and use a spoon to turn dough in bowl until flour is not loose but batter is drier then set aside. Lightly grease a dark nonstick 17 1/2 x 12 cookie sheet with shortening. If you want thicker crust use smaller pan. If using lighter pan reduce heat to 425 degrees and cook for 10 more minutes. Pour 2 tbsp olive oil in center of pan and spread lightly in center of pan using paper towel, leaving 1 inch around pan free from olive oil. Drop crust mix in center of pan. Using floured fingers gently spread to edges of pan with 1/4 cup of remaining flour. When dough gets sticky use more flour on fingers. Put sauce and toppings on crust. Drizzle 2 tbsp olive oil around exposed crust. Bake for 15-16 minutes. Cut into 8 squares.
Notes: Pizza will have thin crisp bottom crust with thicker like a bread stick outer crust.
Number of Servings: Eight
Submitted by: mamsita_64015 ( See all of mamsita_64015 Recipes )
