Basic Pizza Dough Using A Bread Machine

This recipe came from my friend, who got it out of The Italian Cooking Encyclopedia. You can make calzones, pizza, or any other variation with this wonderful dough. It is done in the bread machine, so when it comes out it has already risen, and is ready to press out into shape. This recipe serves 4.


1 package dry yeast
1 cup lukewarm water
pinch of sugar
1 teaspoon salt
3 to 3-1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour


Dump everything, water first, into the bread machine. Select dough cycle. When it is finished, oil your hands and spread out into a pizza pan, or make smaller circles and do individual calzones.