Basic pizza dough from How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food (page 258) by Mark Bittman

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    Can substitute bread flour for all-purpose flour. For variations see "Six quick ideas for more flavorful pizza dough" on pg. 258.

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    Can substitute bread flour for all-purpose flour. For variations see "Six quick ideas for more flavorful pizza dough" on pg. 258.

  • rionafaith on June 30, 2016

    p. 258 -- Super quick and easy. I mixed the dough in my stand mixer as it was already on the counter and that was totally fine, but next time I'd like to try the food processor as Mark suggests. We made 2 medium-sized pizzas and baked each of them on a metal sheet pan coated with a bit of olive oil in a 500 degree oven, and I was surprised at how good the texture of the crust was even without a pizza stone in a regular home oven. I think we definitely have a lot more pizza nights in our future! Planning on trying the cornmeal variation next.

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