Yesterday I made a big batch of pizza dough for dinner last night. This was a new recipe that was given to me by a family member. I built this recipe in my kitchen aid mixer which is the best place to make a dough/ easiest.
      2lbs of Pizza Dough
         2 packets (1/4 ounce each) active dry yeast

         2 tablespoons sugar

         1/4 cup olive oil, plus more for bowl and brushing

         2 teaspoons coarse salt

         4 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled), plus more for work surface

         1 1/2 cups of warm water

 

     First I took my kitchen aid mixing bowl and poured the yeast and water into it. The dry yeast will desolve into the warm water which will creat a foam to rise to the top of the water. Let the water and yeast sit for 5 minutes before adding any other ingredients.

     Add the sugar to the mixure and mix this together by hand with a whisk.

     Add the flour to the bowl and place the bowl in the kitchen aid mixer with the hook attachment.

     Let this mix on a medium speed. Add the salt to the mixture at this time. Slightly add the olive oil ( a little at a time) around the edges of the bowl allowing the olive oil to get incorportated before adding more olive oil. The dough will start to pull away from the bowl and create a bowl around the hook.

      Take the dough off of the hook and place the dough back into the dough. Brush the top of the dough with alittle more olive oil and plastic wrap the top of the bowl. Allow the dough to sit for 1 hour/ until it has doubled in size

      Once it has doubled take the dough out of the bowl onto a lightly floured surface and divid it to your preferred size, I divided mine into thirds, so you may knead the dough.

       Once the dough is kneaded and has a round shape, you can either let it rest longer under plastic to allow it to raise some more or you may roll it out to make your pizza.