Pizza Dough

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INGREDIENTS
3 ¼ C flour
1 packet of instant rise yeast
¼ cup dry white wine, at room temp
1 cup warm (almost hot) water
A dap of olive oil
A few pinches of salt
A few pinches of sugar
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DIRECTIONS
1.) Mix flour, yeast, salt , and sugar in a bowl.

2.) Make a well in the mixed dry ingredients.

3.) Pour wet ingredients into the well, stir together with a wooden spoon. When it is too hard to stir anymore mix with your hands.

4.) When dough peels away from sides of bowl and makes a ball, move it to a floured work surface and knead for 5 minutes…don’t be afraid to make sure the work surface is really floured...if it starts to run out add more. Kneed for another 5 minutes. Oil the inside of a clean bowl. Place the dough in that bowl and cover with a dish towel. Let sit for an hour in a warm place.

5.) After an hour punch the dough down, separate into two or three pieces. Let those stand for a few minutes by themselves. Roll out the dough balls on a well floured work surface into your pizza shape…round if you are lucky. Tossing works too if you know how.

6.) Cook on a hot pizza stone. You can cook the dough a little bit (2 min first side, 30 seconds second side) before you put toppings on, or if you have a pizza paddle you can topping-up the dough and slide it onto the already warmed up pizza stone….of course that is difficult and might take some practice.