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Pizza Dough Using Your Bread Machine
By Vinny DiLeo
If you love making pizza like I do, you'll love your Bread Machine. This little invention not only makes great bread quickly, but you can make enough pizza dough in 1 hour to feed a football team. Here is how I do it.
The full dough cycle is too long and not necessary. When making pizza dough you want your dough to rise slowly. This develops very tasty pizza crust with lots of character. I put my Bread Machine on its dough setting and add all my ingredients.
Here is my pizza dough recipe:
3 cups of flour
1 tbl salt
1 tsp yeast
1 1/12 cups of warm water
2 tbl of olive oil
Try my Bruschetta Recipe:
3 cups of flour
1 tbl salt
1 tsp. of dried minced garlic
1 tbl of dried Italian seasoning
1 tsp yeast
1 1/12 cups of warm water
2 tbl of olive oil
After 10 or 15 minutes you should see a bouncing ball of dough in your Bread Machine. If it is too gooey add more flour. Then take the dough ball out of your bread maker and place it in an oiled sprayed freezer bag. Place it in the refrigerator until your ready to make pizza. Check it after a few hours. If it rises too much punch it down.
When you refrigerate your dough it slows down the yeast production and gives you a nice slow rise. When you're ready to make pizza, (2-4 days) take your dough out and let it rise again at room temperature. This will make a pizza crust that everyone will love.
For more recipes and pizza making techniques check out my website at: perfecthomemadepizza.com.
Chef Vinny DiLeo is very passionate about pizza and Italian cooking. You can find some of his award winning recipes at his website at: http://www.perfecthomemadepizza.com
