Pizza Dough
- 1 envelope active dry yeast or 1 cake yeast
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 cup warm water
- 2 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/4 cup johnnycake meal (see note)
- 3 tablespoons whole-wheat flour
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, plus oil for greasing and brushing
- 2 1/2 to 3 cups unbleached white flour
- In a bowl dissolve the yeast and sugar in the water.
- After 5 minutes, stir in the salt, johnnycake meal, whole-wheat flour and oil.
- Gradually stir in enough white flour to form a soft but not sticky dough.
- Knead until smooth.
- (The dough can also be made in a food processor.)
- Place the dough in an oiled bowl, brush the top with oil, and cover with plastic wrap.
- Let the dough rise in a warm place for 1 to 2 hours or until doubled in bulk.
- Punch the dough down.
- Let the dough rise again for 40 minutes or until doubled in bulk.
- Punch down.
- If the dough is sticky, knead in a little more flour.
active dry yeast, sugar, water, kosher salt, johnnycake meal, wholewheat flour, extravirgin olive oil, unbleached white flour
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/4545 (may not work)