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Whole Wheat Dough

Ingredients:

1 Tbls. sugar or honey
1 1/4 cups warm water (110 degrees)
1 pack (1/4 ounce) dry yeast
1 1/4 cups white flour
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup olive oil

Preparation:

Dissolve sugar in water and add yeast. Stir gently until disssolved
(about 1 minute). Let stand until the yeast foams slightly
(about 5 minutes) to insure that the yeast is effective. Combine
3 cups of the flour and salt in a large bowl. Pour in the yeast
mixture and oil if you are using it. Begin kneading the mixture,
gradually adding enough of the remaining 1/4 cup flour so that the
dough is no longer sticky. Continue kneading until the dough is smooth
and elastic (another 10.15 minutes by hand). Shape dough into a ball
and put in an oiled bowl, turning the dough to coat it with the oil.
Let rise until doubled in bulk (45 minutes to 1.1/2 hours, depending
on the yeast and the temperature). Punch down the dough and shape
into 1 or 2 pieces. The entire recipe will make two 12 inch pizzas.
Shape the dough either by hand or with a rolling pin, stretching out
as necessary to achieve a thin dough. For a lighter crust, let the
dough sit for a half hour after shaping before constructing pizza
and baking.

source:E-cookbooks.net

NY Style Dough-Pizza

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups warm water (105F)
4 1/2 cups flour
1 Tbls. olive oil
2 1/2 teas. sugar
2 1/2 teas. salt
1/2 teas. yeast

Preparation:
In a large bowl, mix water with sugar and salt until dissolved. Add oil, and then flour. Stir with heavy spoon for 1 minute. Turn out to a floured board and press into a circle (it will be quite dry). Sprinkle yeast evenly over dough and knead for twelve minutes.
Divide dough into portions: 6 oz. for Calzones, 10 oz. for 9 inch, 18 oz. for 12 inch, 25 oz. for 15 inch (This recipe makes about 34 oz. Adjust ingredient amounts for your purposes)
Shape each portion by sliding your palms across the top portion of dough while curving your fingers inward toward each other and "tucking" the dough into the center. You want a dough ball without visible seams except the bottom. Set formed dough balls on plate, cover with plastic, and allow to proof for 1.2 hours at room temperature to use the same day, or store in refrigerator to use the next day. To stretch dough, place dough ball on lightly floured surface, and lightly flour the top. Use fingertips to evenly flatten out the dough ball. Work from the edges to the center. Place both hands within the shell edge and stretch with fingertips and palms maintaining an even pressure. Or, use a lightly floured rolling pin to stretch to desired shape.

Cooking pizzas with this dough should be done on a baking stone. Using a pan will produce a very soft "doughy" crust. The stone in the oven should be preheated to 500F for an hour prior to baking, and should be placed in the middle of the oven. After stretching the dough, liberally sprinkle cornmeal or semolina on pizza peel (a wooden paddle with a handle to slide the pizza in the oven) or a cutting board. The cornmeal allows the pizza to slide onto the stone easily. After topping the pizza, when you are ready to cook it, pick up an edge of the dough and lightly blow air underneath. This will loosen any sticky areas under the dough and redistribute the cornmeal. Shake the peel or cutting board to make sure none of the dough is sticking. Carefully slide the pizza into the oven.

source:E.cookbooks.net

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