Friendship, Sauce and Pizza Dough

This past weekend I taught my bestfriend how to make pizza dough. I have the simplest, most easiest recipe ever, but for whatever reason, she was having a hard time with it. So we made a deal. When she came up this weekend with her husband, she had to bring her homemade tomato sauce, and I had to show here how to make my pizza dough. We would then make pizza with her sauce, and my dough- that she would make. Saturday afternoon (after a trip to our obnoxious mall), while I took care of Matthan, I told Ashley the ingredients, and what to do. Wouldn't you know it, Ashley made the best homemade pizza crust that I have ever tasted! It was so perfect I should have taken a picture of it and posted it here to my blog- but I missed the moment (sorry Ash)!

Anyway, for those of you who care, here is my pizza dough recipe that I got off of the internet a few years back ( I don't know where). But it is easy, and oh, so good!

Pizza Dough

1 package yeast (or 1 tablespoon)

1/4 cup warm water

1 tablespoon honey

2 tablespoons olive oil

3 cups flour (may need a little more)

1 tsp salt

3/4 cup water

Dissolve yeast in warm water in a small bowl.

In a large mixing bowl mix together three cups flour and 1 tsp salt.

Once yeast mixture is foamy, add honey and oil, and mix.

Add yeast mixture to flour, and stir with wooden spoon.

Add water slowly- (you may not need all of it), mix until forms ball.

Place dough on a floured surface and kneed for about 5 minutes, adding flour as needed, and until dough is soft, and elastic.

Pour a small amount of olive oil into a bowl, place dough in bowl, and coat. Cover and let sit for about 1 hour, or, until doubled in size.

Spread dough over pizza stone, or cookie sheet. Top with favorite toppings, and bake at 400 for about 30 minutes, or until crust is golden brown and center of pizza is warm. Enjoy