75-Minute Pizza Dough

Name: 75-Minute Pizza Dough
Yield: 2 large, 4 medium or 8 individual pizzas
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups, water, warm (about 105 degrees); 1 envelope, rapid-rise dry yeast; 1 tablespoon, granulated sugar; 2 tablespoons, olive oil; 4 cups, unbleached all-purpose flour, plus extra as needed; 1 1/2 teaspoons, table salt; , Vegetable oil (or cooking spray) for bowl

Main Courses
Italian
Pizza

Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 1995

Make your dough with bread flour, stretch it instead of rolling, and line your oven with quarry tiles for the best, easiest homemade pizza.

SERVES 2 large, 4 medium or 8 individual pizzas

TIME 35 minutes, plus 40 minutes rising

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