How to Make Pizza Dough

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    If you don’t know how to make pizza dough, you’re missing out one of the more satisfying aspects of making pizza at home. While pre-made dough gets the job done, you can’t always be sure how fresh it is or whether it was frozen before it arrived at the store.  Spend the afternoon making pizza dough to use or freeze ahead or follow a recipe for quick pizza dough that tastes great and still gets dinner on the table in a hurry.

    Basic Pizza Dough
    (makes two 12-inch pizzas)

    1 1/3 cups warm water (105 to 110 degrees)
    1 package active dry yeast (2 ¼ tsps.)

    Pour the water into a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a heavy duty mixer with a dough hook. Sprinkle in the yeast. The yeast should stand for a couple of minutes while you mix the other ingredients: ...
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