Pizza Dough

Ingredients

• 1 ½ teaspoons (tsp) of salt
• 6 cups of all purpose flour
• 1 pound (lb) of warm water
• ½ tablespoon (tbsp) + 1 teaspoon (tsp) of active dry yeast
• 1 ½ tablespoons (tbsp) of granulated sugar
• ½ cup of olive oil

Directions

1. Place the salt in the bottom of a mixing bowl.
2. Add the flour.
3. In a second bowl, mix the water, yeast, and sugar.
4. Mix the oil into the second bowl.
5. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients.
6. Mix for 7 to 10 minutes on low speed until smooth and elastic.
7. If you can stretch the dough and see light through it without the dough breaking, it's ready. If not, mix a little longer.
8. Divide the dough into pieces weighing 8 ounces (oz) each.
9. Wrap each piece and freeze.
10. When you're ready to use, thaw out a piece of dough and roll it out to the thickness you like.