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instructions for making Mom’s Pizza Dough dry mix by hand

momspizzadough — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:10:52 +0000

Mom’s Pizza Dough dry mix is designed to be simple and easy to use. Here are step-by-step instructions.

Step 1

Combine flour mix and yeast packet in a bowl. Add 1 1/4 cup water and mix. When the water is absorbed, use your hands to mix ingredients until all the flour is incorporated.

Step 2

Turn the dough out onto a flat surface. Let rest for about 5 minutes. While you are waiting, clean out your bowl and lightly coat with olive oil.

When ready, kneed with your hands for a couple minutes until the dough is soft and slightly sticky. See image below for visual.

Step 3

Put the dough in the oiled bowl and turn to coat with oil.

Step 4

Cover and let rise until doubled in size and is bubbly. About 2 hours in a warm place or overnight in the refrigerator. For best results, make it a day ahead.

Step 5

Remove the dough from bowl and divide in 2. Form into nice balls. You can either use them immediately or store them away.

Step 6

If freezing or refrigerating the dough, lightly coat in olive oil and place in a plastic bag. Be sure to allow enough room in the bag for the dough to rise as it thaws. Use within 2-3 days if refrigerated and within 3 months frozen.

making Mom’s Pizza Dough dry mix in a bread machine

momspizzadough — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:07:42 +0000

Making Mom’s Pizza Dough dry mix in a bread machine is quick and easy. Because the mix comes with an instant yeast package, I can use the quick dough setting on my bread machine and have pizza dough ready in 45 minutes.

The step by step process includes:

Step 1

Pour 1 1/4 cup water into the bread machine. Add the flour mix. Create a well in the middle and empty the yeast packet into it. Turn on machine and wait.

Step 2

When the bread machine is done, the dough should have risen almost to the top of the pan. If not, let it sit some more. Because the machine is a little warm from use, the dough will continue to rise nicely.

Step 3

Remove the dough from the machine and cut in half. Form into nice balls. You can either use them right away or store them.

Step 4

cherry tomato pizza

momspizzadough — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:43:14 +0000

I got a beautiful basket of multi-colored cherry tomatoes. I thought it would make a beautiful pizza and it did.

Usually, fresh tomatoes have a lot of water that comes out when you cook them making a pizza crust soggy so you have to salt the tomatoes ahead of time to draw the water out. I got brave with the cherry tomatoes. I skipped that step. I put the cheese down first, lots of it, and then topped it with tomatoes. I also used a heartier whole wheat crust. It worked out great.

What do you do when you put fresh tomatoes on a pizza?