Pizza Dough

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon instant yeast
• 3/4 cup warm water between 110-120 degrees
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 cups bread flour
• 1 tablespoon salt I use garlic salt

Instructions

1. In bowl of stand mixer, combine sugar yeast and water. Let sit for 10 minutes to proof. If you do not see foam after ten minutes, either your water is too cold, too hot or your yeast is dead.
2. Add olive oil, flour and salt. Using the dough hook of your mixer, mix slowly until everything is combined. Turn the mixer to med and let kneed for 20-30 minutes, stopping once or twice to make sure everything is mixed thoroughly, push the dough down that has creeped up the dough hook, etc.
3. Put the dough ball in a greased bowl (I just use the mixer bowl) and cover with plastic wrap. Let rise in warm, draft free place until doubled in size, about 2 hours.
4. Cut dough into 2 or 3 parts, roll out, let rise again for 30 minutes.
5. Top with your favorite toppings and bake.
6. I bake these on my gas grill which I can get very hot. A pizza stone is a good way to go if you don’t have a grill.