Mom’s Homemade Pizza

3/4 cup warm water
1/2 Tablespoon sugar
2 1/4 teaspoons dry yeast
1 1/2 Tablespoons oil
1 egg yolk
1/2 Tablespoon salt
2 cups allpurpose flour

Stir together the warm water, sugar, and dry yeast. Set aside for 5 to 10 minutes and allow the yeast to proof.

After the yeast has bloomed, add the oil, egg yolk, salt, and flour. Stir together until a dough ball is formed. Turn out onto your counter and knead a few times until the dough is smooth and elastic.

Lightly oil the bowl you mixed your dough in, place the dough ball in the bowl and move around to get it completely oiled, and flip it over to oil the other side. Cover the bowl lightly and place in a draft free, warm area for one hour to allow the dough to rise. (We turn on the oven to 170° for only 30 seconds, immediately turn the oven off and the light bulb on, and place the covered bowl in the warm oven for one hour.)

After one hour, remove the dough from the oven and roll out to the size of your pizza pan. (You can divide the dough in half and make two pizza crusts if you like thinner crust on your pizza.) Top your pizza crust with your choice of pizza sauce, a light, sprinkling of mozzarella cheese, your favorite pizza toppings, and then a generous layer of mozzarella cheese. Bake in a preheated 425° oven for approximately 20 minutes or until it’s to your preferred doneness . If you want the cheese more brown, turn on the broiler of your oven for just a couple of minutes.

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