No Knead Pizza
Crispy pizza crust using no knead bread dough. Simple preparation with pizza stone creates a delicious golden brown crust.
Servings: 2 pizzas
Ingredients
- 3 cups bread flour or all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1/4 teaspoon instant dry yeast
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 3/4 cup pizza sauce
- 10 oz cheese
- favorite toppings
Instructions
- Mix flour, salt and yeast in a bowl. Use only 1/4 teaspoon yeast (1/9 of a packet).
- Mix in 1 1/2 cups water until flour is moist. Cover with plastic wrap and let sit 12-18 hours at room temperature.
- Flour counter and turn dough out. Divide in half and form two dough balls. Cover with towel and let rise 2-4 hours.
- Preheat oven to highest setting (550°F) with pizza stone on lowest rack.
- Cover pizza peel or upside down cookie sheet with cornmeal or semolina.
- Form one dough ball into a pizza shape and top with sauce, cheese, and toppings.
- Place pizza on stone and bake 10-14 minutes until crust is golden brown.
- Cut and serve.
Notes
Pizza stone is required for this recipe to achieve proper browning and crispy crust. Do not overload with toppings to avoid a soggy crust. A pizza peel or upside down cookie sheet works to transfer dough to stone.