Fail Proof Pizza Dough & Cheesy Breadsticks
You will never need another pizza dough recipe after this one!
Prep Time: 2 hours
Cook Time: 20 min (bread sticks)
Ingredients:
For the pizza dough | |
1 cup | warm water |
2 1/4 teaspoons | , active dry yeast |
1 tablespoon | honey (or sugar) |
2 teaspoons | salt |
2 tablespoons | olive oil |
3 cups | bread flour (give or take 1/2 cup) |
For the Cheesy Garlic Bread | |
1/2 | pizza dough, recipe , from above |
2 tablespoons | , softened, salted butter |
2 cloves | garlic, finely minced |
1/4 cup | grated Parmesan cheese |
1/4 pound | , grated mozzarella cheese |
salt and pepper , , if desired |
Directions:
For the pizza dough--In a large mixing bowl, preferably that of a stand mixer, stir yeast and honey into warm water. Sit for 5-10 minutes or until bubbles form and mixture starts to foam. This tells you that the yeast is alive and kicking. Pour in salt, oil and half the flour and mix. Once that flour is incorporated, start adding flour in bit by bit until you get the pizza dough to the consistency you want: slightly tacky, but when you touch it it doesn't stick to your hands. Once you reach this stage, knead for 6 minutes. Turn a timer on and walk away! Resist the temptation to stop earlier than 6 minutes! That seems to be the magical number. The dough should be smooth and easy to work with. And the bowl should be clean! {*This is the point when you could freeze your dough!! Divide into portions, place into freezer bags, seal removing all air and freeze. To use, remove from freezer and let sit out to get to room temperature and double in size; 6-8 hours. Then use as you'd like.} Lightly grease the bowl & the dough so it doesn't dry out, cover with plastic wrap and let it rise 1-2 hours. That's it! Use as desired.
For the Cheesy Garlic Bread Sticks- Preheat oven to 500 degrees with pizza stone inside. {If you don't have a pizza stone, use an upside down cookie sheet}
Mix butter and garlic in a small bowl and set aside.
Spread pizza dough out into a 12-inch circle on parchment paper. {This makes it easier to transfer to the pizza stone.}
Spread the butter and garlic mixture over dough and top with parmesan and mozzarella cheeses. Top with a light sprinkling of salt and pepper, if desired. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until done.
Source: https://www.laurenslatest.com/fail-proof-pizza-dough-and-cheesy-garlic-bread-sticks-just-like-in-restaurants/