Recipe: Pizza or Breadstick Dough

PIZZA OR BREADSTICK DOUGH

"This is the best recipe for pizza dough I have ever found, especially if you double the recipe. Recipe also makes breadsticks." - Joli/1997

1 1/4 cups hot (120 to 130 degrees F)
1/4 oz packet rapid rising active dry yeast
1 tsp salt
3 tbsp toasted wheat germ
3 cups all purpose unbleached white flour, leveled but not sifted plus additional flour for kneading

Preheat oven to 500 degrees F.

Pour water into medium bowl, sprinkle in yeast. Stir with wire whisk to dissolve quickly. Add salt and wheat germ, whisk again. Add 3 cups flour stir until dough forms mass and leaves sides of bowl. Knead dough briefly in bowl, sprinkling in extra flour until dough is smooth and not sticky but still soft, about 3 minutes. Set bowl in pie pan. Pour two cups hot water into pie pan.

Cover with lightly oiled waxed paper, oiled side down, or damp kitchen towel. Let rise 15 minutes.

Turn out onto floured bowl (do not knead). Roll out into desired shape brush off excess flour place on lightly oiled pan. Spread with sauce and anything else but cheese.

Bake 12 minutes, top with cheese and return to oven till cheese bubbles.