Toomay125: Pizza Dough

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Pizza Dough

 

Recipe By : Mindy Toomay & Susan Geiskopf-Hadler

Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Main Dish

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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1/4 cup lowfat 1% milk

2 tablespoons lowfat 1% milk

1 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast

1 pinch sugar

1 tablespoon olive oil

2 teaspoons olive oil

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons cornmeal (fine)

3/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour

 

Barely warm the lowfat milk - it should be body temperature or a little

warmer. Combine the yeast and sugar with the warmed milk and stir to

dissolve the yeast. Stir in one tablespoon olive oil and salt, then the

cornmeal. Add the pastry flour a few tablespoons at a time, stirring

after each addition. The amount of flour stipulated is really only an

estimate; the key is to add only enough flour to keep the dough from

sticking to the bowl. It should be moist and soft. Turn it out onto a

lightly floured surface and knead for 5 minutes.

 

Oil a large bowl with the remaining olive oil. Form the dough into a

ball and place in the bowl, turning once so its entire surface is coated

with oil. Drape a tea towel over the bowl and set in a warm place to

rise for about 40 minutes. The dough is ready when it has about doubled

in size.

 

On a floured surface, roll the dough ball out, shaping it into a

1/8-inch-thick circle, slightly fatter at the edge. You may pull and

stretch the dough with your hands to achieve the desired shape, but be

gentle. Set the pizza on a baking pan - round ones are available for

just this purpose. (If you get really serious about pizza baking, you

will eventually want to invest in a pizza stone.) Cover the crust with

your choice of toppings and bake on the top rack in a preheated oven as

specified in individual recipes.

 

Yield: one 12-inch pizza

 

Source: Mindy Toomay & Susan Geiskopf-Hadler

The Best 125 Meatless Main Dishes, page 220

Copyright 1992 by Mindy Toomay and Susann Geiskopf-Hadler

Typed and MC formatted by Eruna Schultheiss

 

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Per serving (excluding unknown items): 253 Calories; 24g Fat (82%

calories from fat); 5g Protein; 7g Carbohydrate; 4mg Cholesterol; 582mg

Sodium

 

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