Cooking Guide

Pizza Dough

A simple, reliable yeasted pizza dough: just flour, yeast, salt, olive oil, and water. Mix, knead, let it rise, and it is ready to stretch and top.

Cooking Guide

Step 1

Stir the yeast into the warm water and let it sit 5 to 10 minutes, until foamy.

The Why

Proofing the yeast in warm (not hot) water wakes it and confirms it is alive before you commit the flour; water above about 45C kills it.

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