Pizza

Author: Jenny Stanger
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Ingredients

1 recipe Pizza Dough (see recipe below)
Cheese and other toppings as desired
Pizza Sauce (see recipe below)


Directions

Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Place pizza stone in the oven while it is heating up. Divide dough into 3 parts. Lightly oil your counter top and roll out each pizza with a rolling pin. Fold over edges and press down to form a crust.

Poke pizza dough all over with a fork to cut down on bubbles in the crust. Place pizza dough on pans by folding over half the dough on your forearm and then lift dough onto pizza pan. Bake 4 minutes at 500 degrees.

Pull out hot crust and top with 1/2 cup cheese first. This will keep the pizza dough from getting soggy.

Prepare Pizza Sauce (see below) and pour on top of cheese. Pile on toppings of your choice. Top again with cheese.

Cool pizza and wrap in plastic wrap without the pan. Label "500 degrees for 10-15 minutes" and freeze.

To serve: Do no thaw. Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Place pizza on a pizza stone and bake 10-15 minutes at 500 degrees or until cheese is melted and crust is golden.

Pizza Dough

3 tablespoons yeast
3 cups hot water (95-100 degrees)
3 tablespoons oil
9 cups flour
3 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 tablespoons oregano
1 tablespoon garlic salt

In a Bosch bread mixer, or large bowl, mix yeast, water and oil. Wait 5 minutes for the yeast to activate (turn frothy on top). In a large bowl, mix flour, salt, oregano and garlic salt. Stir the wet and dry ingredients together and add small amounts of water if dough feels dry. Mix or knead for 8-10 minutes. Dough should be elastic.

You can to freeze dough at this point. Just break into 3 pieces and place in a larger freezer ziptop bag. Label "Pizza dough" and freeze for up to 6 months. To use, defrost in the microwave on high 20 seconds. Then roll out for pizza, stromboli or calzones. Yields 3 pizzas or 2 strombolis.

Pizza Sauce

1 8-ounce can tomato sauce
1 tablespoon oregano
1 teaspoon minced garlic

Open can and pour oregano and garlic right into the sauce. Stir carefully so it doesn't spill. Pour can of sauce onto stromboli or pizza dough. Makes enough for 1 pizza.