Nothing fresher than a homemade pizza! Hot & crisp out of the oven – here’s a quick and easy recipe to make it happen!

You will need:

• 1 tbsp active dry yeast
• 1 tbsp salt
• 8 cups flour
• 3 cups water
• Crisco or oil to grease pans
• Toppings of choice…..basically whatever you have in the fridge!

Preparation:

1. Combine yeast, salt and 6 cups of flour in mixing bowl. Using dough hook, slowly add warm water and mix until well combined. If needed, stop mixer and scrape sides. Add remaining flour, half a cup at a time and mix until flour is absorbed. Dough will be ready when no longer sticky to the touch and it comes off sides of bowl easily. This may take more or less flour and takes about 20 minutes to knead.
2. When dough is ready, place it on counter and cut it into 4 portions (or 3 if using 3 large baking sheets) Form a ball and place each one in ziploc bag. Remove air and seal tightly. Let dough sit on counter for 2-3 hours. Dough will double in size and air will fill bag.
3. Grease pan generously and heat oven to 420° F.
4. Spread pizza dough starting from center and work outward slowly. Top with favourite toppings!
5. Tips: Leave cheese off and add for the last 3 minutes of baking. Be careful not to get too close to the sauce as if it gets on the pan it will burn and stick. I drizzle olive oil over the dough before or after adding sauce.
6. Bake pizza for 10 minutes, then drop oven temperature to 400° F. Remove pizza from the sheet and place directly on rack in your oven. Cook for another 3 minutes, browning and crisping the bottom. Remove from oven and place on cooling rack. Cook one pizza at a time to ensure even heat distribution.

Recipe from Zum Zum Food Contributor – Adriana Paolella @fortheloveoffoodandlife

For more of her recipes – cooklybookly.com/adrianapaolella