Thelma's Pizza Dough

This is an authentic Italian pizza dough given to our family by our Italian-American neighbors many years ago.

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 packet dry yeast
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 cup warm water

Instructions

1. Mix flour and salt together in large bowl. Make a well in the center.
2. In a seperate bowl, mix yeast, sugar with 1 cup of warm water and stir until yeast is dissolved. When yeast starts to grow, add the oil.
3. Pour the yeast mixture into the well in the flour mixture and stir until dough is rather sticky.
4. Knead dough on a floured board until it becomes shiny, elastic and bubbly.
5. Place dough into an oiled bowl. Roll it around a bit to lightly cover the dough with oil so that it doesn't dry out. Cover with tea towel and put in a warm place.
6. Let dough rise until doubled in bulk (about one hour).
7. Punch down and let it rise until it has again doubled.

Servings

Makes two 12" round pizzas or one 10 1/2 x 15" pizza

Thelma's Recipe