Oh dear glory ! This is it! You must try this pizza crust! It is the perfect combination of sweet, crunchy and chewy texture.
Have you ever been to Mellow Mushroom? My husband and I fell in love with this pizza restaurant in Franklin, Tennessee. We seek these out when we travel. We love the atmosphere and how you can build your own pizza.
We took that concept to the next level and recently had a party with a build your own pizza bar theme.
This recipe yields 4 personal pizzas
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons molasses
1 1/2 tablespoon yeast
1 1/2 cup warm water (like bath water)
3 1/4 cup Bread Flour
1/4 cup whole wheat flour
2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon olive oil
Cornmeal for dusting and rolling (freshly ground)
Directions:
1. Place the first three ingredients in a small bowl and allow the yeast to proof.
2. In the meantime, place the flours, salt,and oil in a stand mixer and mix the ingredients on low.
3. Pour the yeast, molasses and water mixture into the mixing bowl with the mixer on low, then turn it to medium low and mix for 5 minutes
4. Cover the bowl and let rise at room temperature for one hour. Punch down the dough and allow it to rise again for about an hour then place it in the fridge overnight to allow it to ferment.
5. Preheat the oven to 500 and place the pizza stone in the oven. Allow the stone to get hot for about an hour at 500 degrees. At this time bring the dough out of the refrigerator to come to room temperature.
6. Dust the surface with a good amount of cornmeal. Remove the dough and cut into 2 or 4 pieces of equal size depending on how many pizzas you want to make. This will make 2 medium pizzas or 4 nice size personal pizzas
7. Roll dough into a circle about 12″ around with a rolling pin and continue dusting with cornmeal as it gets sticky. Poke a lot of holes in the dough with a fork or similar utensil so it does not bubble too much in the oven.
8. Place the dough on a pizza piel and place the dough on the stone in the oven for 4 minutes to par bake the dough
9. Remove the dough to cool on a rack and get ready to place your toppings on your crust
10. Put your favorite pizza ingredients on your crust and return the pizza to the oven for 4-5 minutes
11. Cut your pizza into as many pieces as you would like and enjoy!