Pioneer Woman Pizza

I’m a fan of pizza.

I probably eat too much pizza, and I definitely spend too much money on pizza. 

Last year I took a pizza making class with my brother.  It was a lot of fun and the pizza we made in class was really good.  I haven’t found a dough since then that I really liked though (and since the class was taught by restaurant owners, they wouldn’t share their recipe.) 

Enter Pioneer Woman, Ree.

I checked her new cookbook out from the library.

It’s a cookbook that I would like to own.  I made a pot roast following the directions in the book and the whole house gave it two big thumbs up.  On New Year’s Eve, I made the hot artichoke dip.  It was good but it made a TON.  Over the weekend I made the pizza dough recipe:

It was good.  It was easy and it made enough for two pizzas – perfect for my family.  Bryan was gone the night I made it for dinner, so we made one pizza that night and saved the other half of dough and used it the next night. 

Pizza Dough from The Pioneer Woman Cooks

• 1 tsp yeast
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp kosher salt
• 1/3 cup olive oil, plus some for drizzling

Pour 1 ½ cups warm water into a bowl. Sprinkle the yeast over the water. Combine the flour and salt in a mixing bowl. With mixer on low, drizzle the olive oil until just incorporated. In a separate bowl, gently stir the yeast/water mix. Drizzle it into the flour/oil mixture. Mix until dough forms a ball. Drizzle a little olive oil into a clean bowl – toss the dough in the bowl and turn over to coat in oil.

Cover with a moist towel and let raise for 1-2 hours (or cover with plastic and let rise in fridge for up to 2 days).

Preheat oven to 500. Divide the dough in half. Drizzle oil in pan. Use hands to stretch the dough to desired shape. Top with sauce, cheese and desired toppings. Bake 8-10 minutes. (Dough can be frozen for up to 6 months.)

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I’m thinking we’re doing homemade pizza for the most part now.  Delicious!