Bread Machine Pizza Crust

Do you and your family love Pizza, but hate the cost of it at the store or for the greasy delivery pizza? If you said yes to either of those questions then you have come to the right place! My family loves Pizza, but when we eat the delivery pizza it makes us all feel really sick. After searching high and low for a yummy dough recipe for the crust I found one about a year ago! I am sorry to say I have no idea what site I found it on...if you happen to find this exact recipe please contact me so I can link back to where it came from! 

Things You need:

1 1/4 cups warm water

3 TBSP Olive Oil 

1 TSP Salt

4 Cups Unbleached Flour

2 TSP Active Dry Yeast (bread machine) 

Now I have tested this recipe a few different ways...using different yeast and flours and I think it has come out best with the above types! I use a bread machine on dough cycle to mix everything! You put everything in your machine in the above order...and when you put your flour in make a little bowl at the top of it for the yeast as you do not want it to mix with the wet ingredients! Once I put it in my machine I hit the dough cycle, and for me I let it mix and I check on it to make sure it is forming a nice some what moist dough ball....Once it looks mixed (20 minutes or so later) I stop the machine I and I wrap my dough ball in plastic wrap! 

 

Then toss it in the fridge for 24 hours! You can use this bread right away if you just let the dough cycle complete, however I have found placing it in the fridge for 24 hours to rise give the best crust! 

Then the next day when you are ready to make pizza, your dough ball will be  a lot bigger! Before you begin to roll the dough make it as best as you can into a "ball" shape! You will now need a rolling pin, and some extra flour....Clean your table and toss a little flour on it, slap your dough ball down and put flour on top of it! Now start rolling it out! 

After you roll it out you will want to pick it up and just hold it up a few times to let it stretch out.

 

Once you have it to the size of your pan you will want to get some olive oil and rub it all over!

 

 Now put the Olive oil side down onto the pizza pan! This helps so much once its done baking...if you skip this part it will be a pain to get it up from the pan and then when you have to clean the pan you have a bunch of dough spots to scrub! 

 

 Now make your pizza! I make my own sauce...but you can easily buy some pre-made sauce! Then any topping you and your family like! We buy our cheese and peperoni from Sam's Club and we freeze it for later! It is so much cheaper and you get way more! Once you have all your topping bake it on 350 for 30 Minutes! Cut and enjoy! 

 

TIP: IF YOU LIKE THICK CRUST USE THE FULL DOUGH BALL

IF YOU LIKE THIN CRUST CUT DOUGH BALL IN HALF AND YOU CAN MAKE TWO THIN CRUST PIZZAS