Easy Pizza Dough Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of warm water (105F)
• 3 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
• 2 teaspoons of honey
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 teaspoon of yeast

Method:

• Put warm water (80 to 110°F) into a bowl.
• Add salt and honey and mix with a spoon.
• Add yeast, mix and let it sit for about 10 minutes.
• Gradually add flour and olive oil and start mixing.
• When the mixture gets too heavy to mix, start kneading the dough with your hands.
• Knead the dough until you have a smooth ball.
• If the dough cracks it is too dry.
• Add water bit by bit until if forms a nice coherent ball.
• If your doug feels more like batter, it is too wet and you need to add flour bit by bit.
• If you need to add water or flour, do it by small amounts.
• Coat the dough with olive oil, place it in a large bowl and cover it with kitchen wrap or a grocery bag.
• Let the doug rise for about an hour at room temperature, then push it down again so it deflates.
• Let it sit for about another hour.
• If you want to use it the next day, put it in a refrigerator.
• Put the dough on a lightly floured surface, put a bit of flour on top and make it into the shape of a pie by stretching it out from the center outwards.
• Use a rolling pin until the dough is about 1/4″ thick.
• Punch some holes in the dough with a fork to let the air escape while the pizza is in the oven
• Put on your pizza sauce of choice.
• Put on your favorite pizza toppings.
• Bake the pizza in you oven at 400 – 450° F for about 20 to 25 minutes until the crust is light brown.