Deep Dish Pizza Dough

Ingredients

• 1 ounce Yeast cake or 2 tsp dry active yeast
• 1/4 cup All purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons Sugar
• 1/4 cup Warm water
• 3 1/4 cups All purpose flour
• 1/2 cup Extra virgin olive oil
• 1 1/4 cups Water

Instructions

1. Mix yeast cake, 1/4 cup flour, salt, sugar and 1/4 cup warm water. Cover and let rise in a warm spot for 20 minutes.
2. Mix yeast mixture, 3-1/4 cups flour, extra virgin olive oil and water. Add flour or water until dough is not sticky. Press dough after mixing, but not more than 1 minute of pressing and 2 minutes of mixing.
3. Place dough in a bowl, cover and put it in a warm spot. Let it rise for at least 90 minutes or longer, but never more than 4 hours.
4. Spread extra virgin olive oil on a heavy, square pan (never a round one!) and dust with corn meal. Add pressed dough.
5. Add your favorite pizza toppings and bake at 425 F until you think it’s done.
6. Enjoy!