Scratch Pizza Dough

This is an overnight recipe of homemade pizza dough. It yields enough dough for 2 pies.

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Ingredients

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• ¹⁄₂ Teaspoon Active Dry Yeast
• 3¹⁄₂ Cups All Purpose Flour
• 1 Teaspoon Maple Syrup (or Honey)
• ¹⁄₂ Tablespoon Salt
• 1¹⁄₄ Cup Warm Water

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Steps

1. Mix together all ingredients except flour and Active Dry Yeast in a small bowl.
2. Once mixed, pour yeast over top of the water mixture and let sit for 10 minutes.
3. Stir in the yeast to the water.
4. In a large mixing bowl, add the flour and leave a well in the middle. Pour in water.
5. Mix the dough with a strong spatula, once it starts to come together, kneed by hand for 5 minutes. It should still be slightly tacky at the end.
6. Leave the dough in the bowl and cover with plastic wrap, leave at room temp for 5 hours to rise.
7. Punch down the dough and kneed further for 1 minute. Coat lightly in flour to cut into two dough balls.
8. Store in Fridge overnight, or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
9. Take the dough out of the Fridge at least 2 hours before you're ready to make the pizza.
10. When you have your pizza assembled, cook on the bottom rack of an oven set to 500 F for 10 minutes.

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