Pan Pizza Dough

Ingredients

3/4 tsp Active Dry Yeast
1 1/2 cups Water
14 oz Bread Flour
2 tsp Kosher Salt
4 Tbsp Light Olive Oil

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, combine warm water and yeast.
  2. Weigh flour and mix in salt.
  3. Combine flour mixture with water and yeast. Stir until mixed.
  4. Spray long Tupperware container with Pam and spread dough in container and cover.
  5. Let rise/spread for about 4 hours or until doubled in size.
  6. Put two tablespoons olive oil in each cast iron pan and spread around.
  7. Oil hands and a spatula to divide dough and put each half into a cast iron pan.
  8. Lift and edge of dough and bring towards center. Repeat until a ball has formed. Press down dough and spread as far to edges as you can.
  9. Cover cast iron pans and let dough rise for about 1.5 hours. It should be spread to the edges and puffy and bubbly.
  10. Preheat oven as hot as you can make it with shelf in bottom third of oven. Use a baking stone or steel if you have one.
  11. Top your pizza, carefully without weighing it down too much with toppings.
  12. Bake for 9-12 minutes. Check to make sure bottom has browned nicely before removing.
  13. Let set in pan for a couple minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool a bit. Cut and eat!

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