Annette Tuckers Pizza Dough

Here is why I love this dough.. Its fast. Its easy. It turns out great. I love to make this pizza on nights when I really don't feel like cooking, because it just doesn't feel like I'm doing a huge production. The kids love to decorate their own mini-pizzas. I can eat as many veggies as I want and the hubs can eat as much pepperoni as he wants. Best part..EVERYONE is HAPPY!! and that makes me happy. Therefore I love the dough. 

Here you go..

Pizza Dough

1 cup hot water
1 Tbsp sugar
1 Teas salt
1 Tbsp shortening
1 Tbsp yeast
3-4 cups flour

Starting with 1 1/2 cups of flour, Mix all ingredients until well blended and sticky. (When combining the ingredients put the yeast on the flour so it doesn't touch the hot water until everything is mixing).  Slowly add flour until dough forms a ball and pulls away from the side of the mixer. Let rise for a few minutes. Oil surface and roll out dough, place on greased pizza pan. Prick holes in the dough with a fork before adding the sauce. I also like to add my favorite garlic seasoning to the edges of the dough after brushing EVOO all over. 

Then decorate the dough how ever your lil heart desires! Best part of the whole process! (eh hem. excuse me, eating it is the best part.)

Bake at 375 for 15 to 20 minutes

If you have a baking stone, I highly recommend using it! So hard to burn anything on one of those. If you don't, its time you do! 

If you have any extra dough, make a dessert pizza! Brush some butter on with cinnamon sugar. And snap! SO good. Another best part.. dessert. 

The dough thickness you witnessed above turned out to be a nice deep dish. But if you like a thin crust make it really thin, the dough rises a bit while baking. 

And just a note,

The trickiest part is the flour, the more flour you put in the dough the tougher it will be, but if you don't get enough
flour, the dough is too sticky.


I have never used 4 cups of flour.  It usually seems a little over 3 cups.  I add the flour 1/2 cup at a time after the initial 1 1/2 cups.  

Annette Tuckers Pizza Dough

Pizza Dough

1 cup hot water

1 Tbsp sugar

1 Teas salt

1 Tbsp shortening

1 Tbsp yeast

3-4 cups flour

Instructions

Starting with 1 1/2 cups of flour, Mix all ingredients until well blended and sticky. (When combining the ingredients put the yeast on the flour so it doesn't touch the hot water until everything is mixing).  Slowly add flour until dough forms a ball and pulls away from the side of the mixer. Let rise for a few minutes. Oil surface and roll out dough, place on greased pizza pan. Prick holes in the dough with a fork before adding the sauce. I also like to add my favorite garlic seasoning to the edges of the dough after brushing EVOO all over.

Then decorate the dough how ever your lil heart desires! Best part of the whole process! (eh hem. excuse me, eating it is the best part.)

Bake at 375 for 15 to 20 minutes

Recipe from Amy Tucker from her MIL Annette! Updated 9/23/12 By Aubrey Pin It