Pizza Dough

Ingredients

• 4½ cups (20.25 ounces) bread flour. Can mix in up to around half whole-wheat flour if desired.
• 1¾ (.44 ounce) teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon (.11 ounce) instant yeast
• ¼ cup (2 ounces) olive oil (optional)
• 1¾ cups (14 ounces) water, ice cold (40°F)
• Cornmeal

Directions

Day before

• Combine flour, salt, and yeast and mix well.
• Stir in water and olive oil.
• Knead for about 10 minutes. The dough should be pretty sticky, so use a wetted spoon if necessary (rather than your hands).
• Put dough in refridgerator.

2 hours before baking

• Take out dough and separate into 3-6 disks, and lay out to rise.
• Sprinkle with flour and cover with plastic wrap.

40 minutes before baking

• Preheat oven to 550°F (or as high as it will go). If you have a pizza stone, put it in the oven to heat up.

Finally...

For each pizza:

• Sprinkle a pizza slider or parchment paper with cornmeal.
• Gently stretch out to full size and put onto cornmeal.
• Top with whatever you want to put on. When choosing toppings, be aware that they'll only cook for 3-8 minutes, so size and/or pre-cook accordingly.
• Slide into oven and bake for 3-8 minutes.