Pizza Dough

I can have a pizza ready from start to finish in less than 30 minutes with this recipe, plus it tastes better than anything I could buy in the store or order, so we have this fairly often in our home. This recipe makes enough dough for three pizzas. You can read my note below about freezing the dough.

Ingredients
3 C warm water
3 tsp sugar
3 tsp salt
1/4 C vegetable oil
7 1/2-9 C flour
3 TB SAF instant yeast
Desired toppings

Directions
Combine the warm water, sugar, salt, and oil in a mixer with the dough hook until well blended. Add the flour and yeast (no need to mix them together in a separate bowl, just add a few cups of flour, then the yeast, then a few more of flour). You know you have added enough flour when the bowl begins to clean itself with the dough, and when you can touch the dough with your finger and have it come away clean.

Mix for a few minutes (or knead by hand for five minutes if you don't have a mixer). Roll out and press down onto a greased pizza pan dusted with cornmeal or flour. Add desired toppings, and bake at 450 degrees for 12-15 min or until the crust is crispy and lightly browned.

Freezing the dough
I cut the dough in thirds, make one up for that night, and then store the other two in separate freezer bags. I open one can of spaghetti sauce and put 1/3 on the pizza I'm currently making, then fill 2 bags with 1/3 of the sauce in each that go in the freezer as well. Then when I want to make pizza, I pull out a dough and sauce the night before and let them defrost in the fridge. Two super cheap and easy freezer meals done in no time. :)