Quick Pizza Dough

Ingredients

• 1 (.25 oz) package active dry yeast (2 1/4 teaspoons)



• 1 teaspoon white sugar
  


• 1 cup warm water



• 2 1/2 cups flour



• 2 tablespoons olive oil



• 1 teaspoon salt



• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning (optional)



• 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder (to taste/optional)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (if using a pizza stone, preheat stone as well)



2. In a medium bowl, dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 min.



3. Stir in flour, salt oil. Beat until smooth. Let rest for 5 minutes



4. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and pat or roll unto a round. Transfer crust to a lightly grease4d pizza pan or baker's peel dusted with cornmeal. Spread with desired toppings and bake in oven for 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown. Let baked pizza cool for 5 min. before serving.

I love this crust recipe! It is so quick and easy, and it always turns out so good! It comes out fluffy and soft, yet when done on the pizza stone, it gives it a nice crisp bottom. Oh can I just say I love love love my pizza stone!? I got it for my birthday and I don't think I can do regular pizza in a pan again!

My friend Taylor and I made these 2 specific pizzas. Give us a break on the shape. I'm terrible at doing a round pizza, plus they were both baked on my new pizza stone, so we had a little trouble with getting it on the stone... ha ha :) but they both tuned out wonderful. The first one is a chicken artichoke pizza with a garlic butter sauce. The second is your basic Hawaiian pizza.

Sorry my pictures have been lame lately. They have just been taken with my camera phone with out any editing. I'll try to do better.