Make Ahead Pizza's
Source of Recipe
BBR
Recipe Introduction
Posted by: babyblu927
Here is a recipe for pizza crusts that you can make ahead of time and assemble and keep on hand in the freezer.
List of Ingredients
2 cups very warm water (not hot)
2 packages yeast
3T flour
5 cups flour (can use all white flour, 1/2 wheat+1/2 white, or all wheat, if freshly ground)
3T. sugar
1 T salt
cornmeal (for dusting bottom of pizza)
1T. oil
Recipe
This recipe works best by preparing single batches. In a large bowl, combine warm water, yeast, and 2T flour. Sprinkle 1T flour on top of mixture. Wait until flour is totally absorbed, then add remaining ingredients.
Knead the dough:
By hand: 7-10 minutes or until very smooth and elastic, not stiff.
By electric (stand) mixer: Knead, using dough hook, until dough begins to clean sides of mixing bowl (6-12 minutes, depending on your mixer) Do not allow dough to get too stiff.
Divide dough in two. Roll out on cornmeal dusted surface. Brush crust lightly with canola or olive oil and prick with fork every 1/2-1 inch. Prebake 5-8 minutes in preheated 500 degree oven. Remove crust from oven and cool.
To freeze unfilled pizza dough shells. Stack pizza shells using plastic wrap or waxed paper between each shell or freeze individually.
To freeze topped pizzas. Top with desired ingredients. Freeze, using plastic wrap and foil.
Serving Day instructions:
Thaw slightly. Preheat oven to 450. If unfilled, add your favorite toppings. Bake pizza 15-20 minutes or until crust is nicely browned and cheese is melted.
NOTE: I like a little garlic in my pizza crusts so I would add about a teaspoon(depending on how much garlic flavor you like) of the minced garlic from the jar
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