1. Pre-Heat oven to 500 degrees at least 30-60minutes prior to baking dough. If I have time I let the oven heat on for 1-2hours prior to baking, you want it extra hot so the dough will be nice & crispy.

2. Mix warm water, sugar, salt & yeast, mix well. Let set for 5 minutes.

3. Add Olive Oil to yeast mixture & again mix well.

4. Add Flour to yeast mixture & knead for 5 minutes.

5. Set dough in warm place, cover with a tea towel (same as a cotton towel)  & let rise for approximately 10min, if it sets there longer it’s ok.

6. Punch dough down. Put thin layer of EVOO onto pizza pan & your hands, this helps prevent the dough from sticking onto the pan while you are spreading it onto the pan. If you have a rolling pin, use it to roll your dough out evenly onto the pizza stone. Otherwise just spread it out evenly with your hands.

7. Pizza Dough rolled out onto the stone pan.

8. Bake at 500 degrees for approximately 15 minutes, I bake it till it’s a nice light-medium brown color.

9. Next lightly brush melted butter over crust, sprinkle small amount of cheese onto crust. Last add your pizza sauce & favorite toppings. See my next post for one of my favorite Pizza Sauce Recipe.

10. My pizza stone has a diameter of 15 inches & makes 2 pizzas. I usually divide the dough & store the leftover dough in the refrigerator for a later meal. Wrap it in plastic to keep from drying out & it stays fresh for a few days. ENJOY!