Pizza Dough - Cuisinart

This is in here just in case we lose the manual. Getting this dialed in is still a work in progress. We have gotten lazy, and Trader Joe's frozen pizza dough has been our go-to for homemade pizza.
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Course Main Course
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • Cuisinart

Ingredients
  

  • 1 package dry yeast
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 2/3 cup warm water
  • 1-2/3 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • Vegetable spray for pan
  • Corn meal for pan.

Instructions
 

  • Stir yeast and sugar into warm water and let stand until foamy, about 5-10 minutes.
  • Insert metal blade, put flour and salt in the work bowl and turn on the machine.
  • Pour yeast mixture through feed tube and process about 45 seconds, until dough pulls away from sides of the bowl.
  • Add olive oil through the feed tube and process 60 seconds longer.
  • If dough sticks to sides of the bowl, add more flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, processing for 10 seconds after each addition, until dough leaves sides of the bowl but remains soft.
  • Roll dough on floured surface into a circle, rotating and turning dough often and using enough flour so it doesn't stick.
  • If dough resists rolling, let it rest for a few minutes and try again.
  • Oil pan lightly and sprinkle with cornmeal.
  • Fold dough in half loosely and then in half again.
  • Position point at the center of the pan and gently unfold. Press into place.
  • Fold the 1" overhang and shape it into a rim

Notes

Note: we found this rim somewhat dry, and now we baste on some butter and parmesan for softness and flavor.