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Name: Deep Dish Pizza Dough
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 ounce Yeast cake or 2 tsp dry active yeast; 1/4 cup All purpose flour; 1 teaspoon Salt; 1 1/2 teaspoons Sugar; 1/4 cup Warm water; 3 1/4 cups All purpose flour; 1/2 cup Extra virgin olive oil; 1 1/4 cups Water

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INGREDIENTS

1 ounce Yeast cake ; or 2 tsp dry active yeast
1/4 cup All purpose flour
1 teaspoon Salt
1 1/2 teaspoons Sugar
1/4 cup Warm water
3 1/4 cups All purpose flour
1/2 cup Extra virgin olive oil
1 1/4 cups Water

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INSTRUCTIONS

Mix yeast cake, 1/4 cup flour, salt, sugar and 1/4 cup warm water. Cover and let rise in a warm spot for 20 minutes.

Mix yeast mixture, 3-1/4 cups flour, extra virgin olive oil and water. Add flour or water until dough is not sticky. Press dough after mixing, but not more than 1 minute of pressing and 2 minutes of mixing.

Place dough in a bowl, cover and put it in a warm spot. Let it rise for at least 90 minutes or longer, but never more than 4 hours.

Spread extra virgin olive oil on a heavy, square pan (never a round one!) and dust with corn meal. Add pressed dough.

Add your favorite pizza toppings and bake at 425 F until you think it's done.

Enjoy!

NOTES

Use extra virgin olive oil, NEVER butter, corn, vegetable or other oils.

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Serving Size: 1 Serving (875g)
Recipe Makes: Servings

Calories: 2069
Calories from Fat: 508 (25%)

Amt Per Serving		% DV

	Total Fat 56.4g	75 %
	Saturated Fat 7.9g	39 %
	Monounsaturated Fat 38.3g
	Polyunsanturated Fat 7.2g
Cholesterol 0mg		0 %
Sodium 1776.6mg		61 %
Potassium 637.4mg		17 %
Total Carbohydrate 337.1g		99 %
	Dietary Fiber 14.1g	56 %
	Sugars, other 323g
Protein 47.3g		68 %
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Calories per serving: 2069

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