Pizza Dough (by Marianne Stanco Leal)

Ingredients

• 1 cup Water (warm, 120 degrees)
• 1 package Dry yeast
• 1 teaspoon Sugar
• 1 3/4 teaspoons Olive oil extra virgin
• 3 cups all-purpose Flour bleached
• 1 teaspoon Salt

Instructions

1. * In a large bowl, combine the water, sugar, yeast and 1 tablespoon of olive oil and stir. Set for about 10 minutes.
2. * Add 1 1/2 cups of flour and salt, mixing until the mixture is smooth.
3. * Continue adding the flour, mixing the dough after each addtion until the flour is mixed in and the dough is sticky.
4. * Lightly flour a kneading board and place the dough mixture on and knead until smooth, roughly 5 minutes.
5. * In a large mixing bowl add the remaining olive oil, place the dough in the bowl and rotate until the dough mixture is coated.
6. * Cover the bowl and place in a warm place until mixture rises, about 1 1/2 hours.
7. * Ready to use, refrigerate or freeze.