Recipe - California Pizza Kitchen Pizza Crust

1 teaspoon Yeast
One half cup Plus
1 tablespoon Warm waterm 105110 degrees
1 One half cup Bread flour, or allpurpose
2 teaspoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Salt
1 tablespoon Extra virgin olive oil
Plus 1t for coating

Recipe By: The California Pizza Kitchen Cookbook

To prepare dough: Dissolve yeast in water and set aside for 5 to 10 min..
Be sure that water is not too hot: Temps over 120 will kill the yeast.

UPRIGHT ELECTRIC MIXER: Use mixing paddle attachment because batch size is
too small for the dough hook. Combine all other ingredients. Add dissolved
yeast. Use the lowest 2 speeds to mix dough. Mix 23 min. until dough is
smoth and elastic. Overmixing will produce tough, rubbery dough, and
friction will cause dough to rise too fast.
IF USING FOOD PROCESSOR: Use dough blade.proceed as in preceeding
instructions.

IF MIXING BY HAND: Place dry ingredients in a 46 qt mixing bowl , make a
well in the middle and add liquids. Use a wooden spoon to combine. Lightly
oil hands and knead for 5 minutes. When done the dough should be slightly
tacky.

LIGHTLEY OIL THE ball and the interior of a 1 qt. glass bowl. Place dough
ball in bowl and seal bowl airtight with clear food wrap. Set aside at
room temperature to rise until double in bulk: 1One half 2 hrs.

The dough could be used now BUT it would be NOTHING SPECIAL!

To obtain that wonderful, chewy, flavorful dough that it will later become,
punch down dough, reform a nice round ball and return it to same bowl;
cover again with clear plastic wrap. Place bowl in refrigerator overnight,
covered airtight. About 2 hours before you are ready to assemble pizza,
remove dough from fridge, use a sharp knife to divde dough into 2 equal
portions. Roll smaller dough into round balls on a smoothe surface; seal
any holes by pinching . Place the dough balls in a glass casserole dish,
space far enough to allow each to rise until doubled in size (about 2
hrs.). They should be smooth and puffy.

To stretch and form dough for pizza, sprinkle flour on smooth surface. Use
a spatula to carefully remove dough ball from casserol dish . Be very
careful to preserve its round shape. Flour the dough liberally. Use your
hand or rolling pin to press dough down forming a flat circle about 1/2"
thick. Pinch dough between your fingers around edge forming a 1/4" rim.
Continue this outward stretching until you have reaached a 9" diameter
pizza dough.

Yields ennough dough for 2 9" pizzas.

After topping pizza transfer to pizza stone in preheated oven. The stone
should be preheated at 500 degrees for 1 hour.

Bake 8 to 10 min.

NOTE: I was really sorry I did not double this recipe the first time I made
it!!!!!! It is sooo delicious we ate more (and wanted more)! For
something diffrent (and quite good) try " The Original Bbq Chicken Pizza".

Posted to MMRecipes Digest V3 #190

Date: Mon, 08 Jul 1996 23:12:15 +0000

From: Cheryl Gimenez clgimenez@earthlink.net