Cheese Pizza
Cheese Pizza with homemade Pizza dough
Cheese Pizza
Easy cheese pizza with homemade dough
Ingredients
- 2.5 cups All-purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Yeast
- 1 cup Water (lukewarm)
- 1/2 tsp Sugar
- 1-2 tbsp Oil
- 2-3 tbsp Pizza sauce
- 1 cup Cheese
Instructions
- Mix lukewarm water, yeast and sugar and let it rest for few minutes.
- Mix all-purpose flour and the salt.
- Knead the dough using the yeast mixture. Add the oil
- Cover and let it rest for 1 hour in a warm place.
- Roll the dough and make a ball, use fingers to flatten the puffy dough and stretch it out slightly.
- Drag onto the pizza pan, continue shaping using fingers/palm pulling right the edges thepan.
- Prick holes using a fork. This helps avoid getting air pockets forming in the dough while it's baking.
- Spread the sauce and cover with cheese.
- Bake at 420 F/220 C for 15-20 mins or until cooked.
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Notes
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- Warm water – yeast loves warmth so it helps the dough rise faster.
- Sugar – it helps the dough rise and iron the crust.
- If you’re using active dry yeast, allow the yeast enough time to bubble up and become active, this could take few minutes.
- To proof your yeast allow the mixture to bubble up, by leaving it to set for few minutes after mixing.
- Salt – for flavorless pizza because nobody like a bland pizza.
- Knead the dough for 5 minutes with hands OR 3 minutes if you’re using a mixer.
- Oil – it helps keep the crust tender and crisp.
- Once the dough has risen, use immediately or refrigerate unto 5 days for even better flavor.
- Use a soft touch – if you flatten the dough to death you’ll end up with a dry, super crisp crust.
- Pizza crust should be stretched, pulled and pushed outwards.
