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Monday, January 26, 2009

Pizza Dough

I used to avoid yeasted breads because I thought they were difficult and temperamental to work with. Would the yeast rise? What's the right water temperature? After many attempts, some successful, some not, I feel much more comfortable working with those little magical granules.

Pizza is something I make almost every week. Having a good pizza dough recipe makes all the difference. A bad recipe can frustrate you to no end but a good one means limitless pizza possibilities. The one I use is easy to work with and does not shrink when I roll it out. I substitute some whole wheat flour in for the all-purpose to make it healthier.

You can use it as a pizza base, for cheesy soft breadsticks or Middle Eastern flatbread (Manakeesh Bil Za'atar) as I did.

Recipe: Pizza Dough

4 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:13 PM

    Looks DELISH! Thanks for posting.

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  2. I have always wanted to make my own manakeesh, I always have some Za'atar in the cupboard. I never had much luck with pizza dough, but this recipe looks excellent, will give it a shot for sure. Thanks for sharing :D

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  3. Anonymous11:15 PM

    I can't wait to try this. Take a look at my Grilled Pizza blog and let me know what you think.
    It is in a summer post.
    http://acanadianfoodie.spaces.live.com
    Thanks for sharing - it looks exotically delish!

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