Basic Pizza Dough

Basic pizza dough recipe can be used to make bread rolls, hazelnut chocolate bread, pizza base, stuffed bread, or any bready creation your palette yearns. My recipe is an amalgamation of & experimenting with different bread recipes. The key is to ensure yeast is active.

Serves: makes 2 large pizzas 

Ingredients:

Egg: 1
Instant yeast*: 1.5Tbsp
Salt: 0.5tsp
Powder Milk: 3Tbsp
Oil: 0.25cup
Flour: 3.5cups
Water: 0.5cup; lukewarm

*If instant yeast is not available, then put 1Tbsp of yeast in a cup, add 1tsp of sugar, pinch of salt & 2Tbsp lukewarm water; keep mixture in a warm place till it becomes frothy.

Directions:

1. In a large mixing bowl, add 1 egg, 1.5Tbsp instant yeast, 0.5tsp salt, 3Tbsp powder milk, 0.25cup oil to 3.5cups of flour.
2. Slowly add in 0.25cup - 0.5cup lukewarm water; enough to make soft pliable dough. Knead well. 3. Keep covered in an oven (or warm, dark place) for 45 minutes or till dough doubles in size.
4. Preheat oven to gas mark 7.
5. Remove dough from mixing bowl and beat dough on counter, knead again.
6. Roll out (with a rolling pin or using your hands) on flat pizza pan.
7. Bake for 10-12 minutes in preheated oven (Gas mark 7).