Basic Foley Pizza Dough

I have been making this pizza dough for many years in the food processor.  Recently, Olive and I made it using the Kitchen Aid mixer with the dough hook attachment.  It turned out great!

1 package active dry yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
7/8 cup warm water (105 - 115 degrees F.) Usually very warm (not hot) to the touch on the wrist.
2 1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon olive oil

Stir the yeast and sugar into the water in a small bowl and let the mixture stand for 10 minutes, or until it is foamy.

Metal Blade:  Put the flour and salt in the work bowl and turn on the machine.  with the machine running, pour the yeast mixture through the feed tube.  Process until a ball of dough forms.  Add the oil and process the dough for 40 seconds, or until it is smooth.

Transfer the dough to an oiled bowl and rotate it to coat the entire surface with oil.  Place in the oven covered with a kitchen towel. (Do not turn the oven on, it is warm enough  and draft free for the dough to rise). 

Let dough rise for 1 hour, or until it is double in bulk.  After rising, punch down down roll into a disk and keep rolling until desired size or throw it in the air the way Olive did!  I use a 14" pizza pan with holes but this would be great on a pizza stone too. 

Put all your topping on except cheese.  Bake in a hot oven, 425 degrees, for about 15 minutes, add cheese and bake until cheese is melted and crust is light brown.