EASY-CHEESY HERB PIZZA DOUGH

Easy-Cheesy Herb Pizza Dough image

People love to make their own pizza but somehow they still buy the pre-made pizza crusts from the store. Making it from scratch is so easy...give it a try!

Provided by Francine Lizotte

Categories Pizza

Time 20m

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

1 c warm water (between 105-110ºf)
2 tsp active dry yeast
1 tsp honey
2 1/2 c bread flour, divided
1/4 tsp ground himalayan sea salt
1 Tbsp italian seasoning
1 Tbsp dried rosemary
1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 c shredded cheese, such as monterey jack habañero
2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for the bowl
corn meal, for dusting

Steps:

1. In a bowl of a stand mixer, mix together yeat, water and honey; let stand for 5 to 10 minutes to proof until mixture is foamy and bubbly.
2. In the meantime, combine in a medium bowl, 2 cups flour, salt Italian seasoning, rosemary, garlic powder and cheese. Reserve the remaining ½ cup of bread flour on the side.
3. Insert the dough hook; pour olive oil and 2 cups flour mixture to the yeast (reserv ½ cup). Mix on speed 2 for 2 minutes. Increase to speed 3 and continue mixing by adding 1 tbsp. of remaining flour at a time until dough ball forms and cling to the dough hook, cleaning the sides of the bowl. Increase speed to 4 and kneed for 4 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, lightly coat a large bowl with olive oil; set aside. Transfer dough to the work surface and form a ball by folding under. Place it to the prepared bowl and turn to coat with oil from the bowl; cover with a tea towel. Transfer bowl to an unheated oven for 1 hour until doubled in volume.
5. Punch dough to deflate, form a ball by folding under, turn it over and transfer back to the oven for another rise of 1 hour, covered with tea towel.
6. Punch once again and transfer onto a work surface sprinkled with flour. Divide dough into 2 equal pieces and form 2 balls by folding under. Place one ball on the floured mat, flour the rolling pin and roll into a 14-inch diameter.
7. Preheat oven to 500ºF. Transfer each rolled dough onto a corn meal dusted pizza pans. Add pizza sauce, leaving about 1-inch around the edge and adding toppings of your choice. Transfer topped pizza to preheated oven and bake for 7-12 minutes or until dough is lightly browned and crisp.
8. To view this recipe on YouTube, click on this link >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnZcKc_-WeU