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Anyone make their own Pizza Dough?

Kelemvor

Kelemvor

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I've always wanted to try this but it just seems so time consuming. But then I realized that our Bread Maker has a Pizza Dough setting so I thought maybe I'd give that a try.

Anyone make their own dough from scratch or in a bread maker and care to share your experiences?

I have a recipe I got from an Alton Brown show he did and also have the one that came with our bread maker as well. I guess it can't hurt to try...

Also, share your recipes if you have a good one.
 
I worked at Little Caesars for 6 years. We made all of our dough from scratch. I am willing to bet that I can still roll dough faster than anyone out there.

Its not hard. Mix ingredients, roll, let rise, flatten, bake, eat!
 
ive never made what i'd consider to be a good homeade pizza
from scratch or from appian way box to boboli they all were subpar to lousy.
 
I make mine from scratch and it's not that bad. I don't have a bread machine, I just use a decent stand mixer. All you do is bring the dough together, put it in the mixer and let the hooks knead it. Once it rests and rises you're good to go. It's very inexpensive and absolutely delicious.
 
I started making my own pizza dough a year ago. Since then I have made it every week and have NEVER ordered pizza or even went to a pizza place (when it was my decision). It's that good.

Of course you need a pizza stone. Crank the oven as hot as it will go. It should take less than 10 minutes to cook.
 
I do all the time.

Its not that time consuming. The actual making takes maybe 15 - 20 mins. I let the dough rise for about an hour before rolling it out.

I made up my own recipe:

3 cups of flour
1 packet of yeast
1 teaspoon of salt
1 tablespoon of sugar
2 tablespoon of oregano
2 tablespoon of basil
2 tablespoon of garlic powder (more if you want it stronger)
1 teaspoon of fresh ground pepper
add as much water as needed to make a good dough ball.

makes 2 14 diameter pizzas or 2 panzeroties.
 
Originally posted by: wiredspider
I done it by hand once, but it's easier to spend 60 cents at the market for a packet and add water.
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Eww, the stuff I make (as simple as it is) is miles ahead of the dry mix you buy at the grocery store.
 
Originally posted by: KillerCharlie
Originally posted by: wiredspider
I done it by hand once, but it's easier to spend 60 cents at the market for a packet and add water.
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Eww, the stuff I make (as simple as it is) is miles ahead of the dry mix you buy at the grocery store.
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Flour, instant dried yeast, salt...?
 
I made it once. Then I found out that my local pizza place sells dough balls for a buck (enough to make a large pizza). Tastes better than the stuff I made too!
 
Originally posted by: Howard
Originally posted by: KillerCharlie
Originally posted by: wiredspider
I done it by hand once, but it's easier to spend 60 cents at the market for a packet and add water.
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Eww, the stuff I make (as simple as it is) is miles ahead of the dry mix you buy at the grocery store.
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Flour, instant dried yeast, salt...?
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It's not what's IN homemade dough, it's what ISN'T in it. This is the ingredient list of a common packaged dough mix:

INGREDIENTS: WHEAT FLOUR, ANIMAL SHORTENING (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: LARD, HYDROGENATED LARD, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED LARD), YEAST, contains less than 2% of each of the following: WHEY, SALT, DEXTROSE, LEAVENING (SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA), SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID.
CONTAINS: WHEAT, MILK
 
Originally posted by: NSFW
I worked at Little Caesars for 6 years. We made all of our dough from scratch. I am willing to bet that I can still roll dough faster than anyone out there.

Its not hard. Mix ingredients, roll, let rise, flatten, bake, eat!
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dude i've been killing some of those $5 pizzas lately.
 
I worked at a local mom-and-pop pizza shop for a few years as the only guy making pizza. I love homemade pizza, and we would do everything from scratch, even making our own meatballs, bread, and getting all veggies fresh from a local supplier. Flour, wet yeast, water, and salt. Easiest dough. I don't feel like converting down, but it was 50 pounds of flour, 2 oz wet yeast, 13.4-14.4L of water, and 1.33 cups of salt.
 
I make my own pizza dough, probably will be doing so tomorrow. Recipe came from allrecipe.com with some minor modifications. Takes 45 minutes to make the dough, and about 5 minutes to eat it.

Also make my own sauce too. Good times, goooooood times.
 
Originally posted by: Kelemvor

Also, share your recipes if you have a good one.
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4 cups of bread flour.
1 1/2 cups warm water.
1/2 to 1 teaspoon salt
generous drizzle of olive oil
1 package of yeast

That's about all you need. Adjust salt to taste, I like my dough on the salty side and use a full teaspoon. Start with half a teaspoon the first time and go from there.

Bread flour beats all-purpose flour and if you can find it pizza flour beats bread flour. Higher gluten content helps. But don't stress out if all you have is all-purpose flour. The dough will still be yummy, just not as chewy as dough made with better flour. Mix it, knead it, rest it, let it rise, serve.
 
Originally posted by: NSFW
I worked at Little Caesars for 6 years. We made all of our dough from scratch. I am willing to bet that I can still roll dough faster than anyone out there.

Its not hard. Mix ingredients, roll, let rise, flatten, bake, eat!
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I'd be willing to take that bet... 20+ years in the pizza business. The number of slices I've served or made is measured in millions.
 
Oh, I'd share my recipe if I could, but it's a company secret. I used that recipe for a charity pizza dinner & received rave reviews of my pizza.
 
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