Original Pizza

Ingredients

• 1 cup lukewarm water
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ⅛ oz yeast
• 1 tbsp white granulated sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• to taste vegetable
• to taste cornmeal

Steps

1. Mix the water, yeast, flour, and salt in a large mixing bowl.
2. If the batter is thin and runny like pancake batter, knead in a little more flour to get a sticky dough.
3. If you can touch the batter with your finger and it does not stick, that is too dry, so knead in a little water.
4. Set the mixing bowl so it is sitting in warm water, or place on top of a warm oven.
5. Let rise for 20–30 minutes.
6. Do not worry if it only rises 10% or 20%—it will still work.
7. Grease a baking sheet with some oil.
8. Then sprinkle cornmeal on the oil.
9. Use your fingers to press the dough out until it is about ¼ inch thick all over, with the edges ½ inch thick.
10. Sprinkle flour on top of the dough so it does not stick to your hands.
11. Top the dough with pizza toppings as desired—see pizza article.
12. Bake at 425°F for about 15–20 minutes.
13. Rotate every 5 minutes and move to upper or lower shelves as necessary.
14. After 10 minutes, slide a large knife under the crust.
15. If it is dark brown, move it to a higher shelf so it does not burn while the top finishes cooking.
16. If it is white or light tan, move to a lower shelf.
17. This gives you a crispy crust before the cheese starts turning brown on top.