Recipe - Chicago Deep Dish Pizza Dough

1 pack Yeast
1 teaspoon Sugar
1 cup Tepid water
2 1/3 cup Bread flour (up to 3)
One half cup Yellow cornmeal
1 teaspoon Salt
One fourth cup Oil

Dissolve yeast & sugar in One fourth cup of the water till foamy.Combine 2 3/4
cups flour, cornmeal, salt,oil and remaining Three fourths cup water ina bowl. Stir
in yeast mixture vigorously. turn out to a floured surface and knead smooth
and elastic, adding more flour if necessary to create a springy dough. Let
rise double in an oiled bowl. Punch down and push dough into a deep dish
pan or 12 to 15 inch pizza pan.The dough will rise as you are preparing the
toppings.

Top as desired. Bake in a preheated 500 degree oven for 15 minutes. Lower
heat to 375 and bake until bottom of crust is light brown about another 25
minutes or so. Serve Immediately

source: Real American Food

Note: for my abm I put in 1 cup water, One fourth cup oil( I like olive ) 3 cups
flour, One half cup cornmeal, 1 tsp salt, a tsp sugar, 2 tsp yeast and use the
dough cycle . Follow your manufactures instructions to make dough in your
abm . If you dont use the dough immediately you can freeze it or
refrigerate it in a large floured plastic bag overnight.Punch it doen now
and then in the bag when you think of it :)

Posted to Digest breadbakers.v096.n054

Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 06:42:43 0500 (EST)

From: LIR119@delphi.com