Sunday, February 5, 2012

Herbed Crusted Pizza By Katie Bell

3 cups flour
1 1/4 cups warm water
1 tbsp olive oil (herbed use a good quality evoo)
1 tsp fast rising yeast (bread machine yeast also works)
12 tsp brown sugar
12 tsp garlic salt
1 tsp basil
1 tsp rosemary
1 tsp parmesan cheese (finely grated) 
1Preheat your oven to roughly 150 degrees. Just enough to make it warm enough to cause the dough to rise well. Then turn your oven off as soon as it heats up.
2Add all the above ingredients in the order above into your stand mixing bowl. Mix using a dough hook until it forms a ball. Place it in an oiled bowl and cover with a cloth. Place in the warm oven for about 30 minutes or until the dough doubles in size.
3When dough has doubled, preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
4Roll out the dough in desired shape. You may need to flour your surface and rolling pin to prevent sticking. I usually just sprinkle my baking sheet (or stone) with corn meal and garlic salt and just press out my dough. (I pressed it)
5Add your favorite toppings and bake for approximately 15-18 minutes depending on the size of pizza you're making. Should just be bubbly.
6Enjoy with freshly grated parmesan cheese.
 NOTES:  I actually changed this slightly.  I mixed the yeast and warm water together and let it foam up prior to adding it to the rest of the ingredients.  Seemed to make the pizza more light and fluffy.


ALSO, I used my homemade marinara sauce I had bottled. (It can be found under sauces)  I just put it into the blender to make it really smooth.  Add your choice of cheese and toppings.  ENJOY!
 

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