Woody's Pizza Crust

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup water (hot)
• 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast (one packet)
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• pizza seasoning (oregano, basil, pepper)
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• cornmeal

Recipe

• 1 in a mixing bowl add yeast and sugar to hot water. then add oil, salt and pizza seasoning and mix thoroughly (add enough seasoning to cover the whole surface layer of liquid - or to your preferred taste. oregano and basil should be majority and pepper should be about 2-3 shakes).
• 2 add flour and mix up to 30 revolutions.
• 3 let rise in a warm and moist place for 20 minutes (i always put a cheese cloth over my bowl and put it in the oven with a pie plate of hot water below it.).
• 4 when dough is done rising, begin preheating oven to 425 degrees.
• 5 punch down dough and kneed in hands and bowl. keep moving. sprinkle cornmeal in a thin layer over pizza pan (circular with holes works well) and roll dough out on pan as thick or thin as you like. (dough will rise at the edges during cooking so you can roll out evenly.).
• 6 add desired sauce, meat, veggies and cheese (i like don pepino's the best - huge difference!).
• 7 bake in 425 degree oven for 15-20 minutes.