Cookbook:Thick-crust pizza

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[edit] Ingredients (makes 2 pizzas)

• 1 can of tuttorosso tomato sauce (12 oz)
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon parsley
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1 tablespoon crushed garlic
• 1/4 teaspoon oregano
• 2 packets yeast
• 6+ cups flour
• 2-3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• Mozzarella cheese
• Various topics - pepperoni, onions, peppers

Sauce preparation (makes 2 pizzas)

1) Pour can of tomato sauce into a mixing bowl

2) Add 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, 1 teaspoon parsley, 1 teaspoon basil, 1/4 teaspoon oregano, and 1 tablespoon crushed garlic to bowl

3) Stir, and set aside

Dough preparation (makes 1 pizza)

4) Mix 1 packet of yeast with 1 1/4 cups lukewarm water. Stir

5) Pour yeast/water into bowl containing 2 1/2 cups flour. Stir

6) Spread out wax paper. Sprinkle with flour. Pour dough out of mixing bowl onto wax paper. Knead. Repeatedly add more flour until dough feels fairly dry and consistent.

7) Sprinkle bowl with flour. Roll dough into a ball, sprinkle outside with flour, and put into bowl.

8) Cover bowl with a towel. Let stand for 2 hours.

Cooking

9) Preheat oven to 350-375 degrees.

10) Coat bottom and sides of aluminum pan with vegetable oil (about 2-3 tablespoons)

11) Lay out wax paper, and sprinkle a layer of flour on top.

12) Flatten dough on wax paper using rolling pin

13) Put dough in pan

14) Make ridge around outside of dough

15) Add sauce, mozzarella, toppings

16) Cook in oven for 30 minutes