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Description

This is the absolute BEST pizza dough/bread stick dough recipe around! I make it at least once a week! It takes hardly any time and it's so versatile! We made a focaccia bread with half the recipe and a pizza with the other...and it wasn't "Thin crust" either! I HIGHLY recommend this recipe! My kitchen wouldn't be complete without it!

I love how easy it is to put together and pizza can be ready from start to finish in about 45 minutes!

V This recipe is suitable for vegetarians

Ingredients

1 pkg (8 grams) yeast or 1 Tablespoon ( I use the quick rise yeast)
1/4 cup lukewarm water
1 Tablespoon sugar
1 Tablespoon butter/margarine
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup boiling water
3 cups flour

Method

In small bowl, soften yeast in lukewarm water. Let stand for 10 minutes.

Combine sugar, butter/marg, salt and boiling water in a large bowl and stir until dissolved; cool to lukewarm (I often pop the bowl in the fridge or freezer for a few minutes). Add dissolved yeast. Beat in half the flour until smooth. Add remaining flour gradually to make a soft dough. Knead for a few minutes on lightly floured surface.

Spread on lightly oiled baking pan. (I usually use anywhere from 2/3 to the entire batch of dough for a large 15" round pizza pan...but it is fine with less dough, just makes a thinner crust. You can make it as thin as you want, just make sure to put less toppings/sauce with a thinner crust.)

Let rise for 15 minutes at room temperature. While it is rising prepare topping ingredients and then place on dough.

Bake at 450 degrees F for 15 minutes until bottom of the crust is browning. Enjoy!

TIP:
You can freeze pizza dough. Sometimes if I don't want the whole batch of dough for one pizza I just put the extra dough into a baggie and in the freezer. It's great to pull out the frozen dough and make a quick pizza crust, breadsticks or little buns. Just let thaw at room temperature for a few hours or in the fridge overnight.