Recipe and source notes

Easy Pizza Crust

4 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 1 heaping tsp. active dry yeast
  • 2 tablespoons warm water
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil, plus 1 tsp
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons honey
  • 6 tablespoons cool water
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • Dash tub-style safflower butter

Make it step by step

  1. Dissolve yeast in the warm water. Let stand 10 minutes. In a small bowl, combine salt, 1 tablespoon olive oil, honey and cool water; add dissolved yeast. In a mixing bowl or food processor, combine the honey-yeast mixture and flour. Knead by hand or by machine until dough is smooth and elastic. If dough is too sticky, add up t 1/2 cup additional flour.
  2. Place dough in a bowl that has been greased with safflower butter, turning once to coat top. Cover and let rest for 30 minutes.
  3. Using a rolling pin, flatten dough into a circle about 12 inches in diameter. Slide onto a nonstick pizza pan. Brush dough with 1 teaspoon olive oil.
  4. Bake in a 500 degree oven that has been preheated for 30 minutes with a pizza stone inside. (Pizza stone is optional). Bake 8 minutes or until golden brown. Makes 1 pizza crust (10 slices per crust).

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Adapted from Foodista by Anonymous, under CC BY 3.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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