
Classic thin-crust dough that folds just right. Chewy, crisp, and perfect for traditional New York–style pizza.
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups warm water (110
- degrees f/45 degrees c)
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 4 1/2 cups bread flour
- 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1/4 cup bread flour, or more if
- needed
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Directions
- Pour the warm water into the pan of a bread machine, sprinkle in
- the salt, and add the flour to the pan so the flour sits on top of the
- water. Make a hole in the top of the flour, and spoon the yeast into
- the hole. Let the mixture sit for 20 minutes to moisten the flour. Set
- the bread machine to the knead setting, and knead the dough for
- about 10 minutes. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface, and
- knead in 1/4 cup more flour or as needed, adding the flour about 2
- tablespoons at a time, to make a wet, sticky, but elastic dough. The
- dough should be "as soft as a baby's bottom." Form the dough into
- a round shape.
- Wipe the inside of a large bowl with olive oil, and place the round
- ball of dough into the bowl. Turn the dough over a couple of times
- so the dough picks up a thin coating of oil. Cover with a cloth, and
- refrigerate the dough for 10 hours or overnight.
- The next day, allow the dough to come to room temperature before
- rolling out on a floured surface and adding toppings as desired. Roll
- the dough out thin with a thicker edge before adding toppings.
- Place a pizza stone into oven, dust it with a little flour, and preheat
- oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C). Bake the pizza on the stone
- in the preheated oven until the bottom of the crust is browned, 6 to
- 8 minutes.