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David's pizza crust recipe

makes 2 15" thin crust pizzas
bake at 400-450 degrees F 10-15 minutes

crust ingredients:

2.25 - 2.5 cups all purpose flour
0.5 cup semolina flour
0.25 cup fine corn meal or corn flour
0.25 cup polenta (coarse corn meal)
1 tbsp sugar
2 tsp instant yeast
2 tsp salt
1 cup water
0.25 cup olive oil

procedure:

- prepare dough in bread machine using ingredients above
- if possible, allow extra rising/resting time after normal dough cycle
- preheat oven
- sprinkle a small amount of polenta on aluminum pizza pans
- divide dough, roll out crust, put it on the pans
- brush crust with olive oil
- if using sauce, spread on crust
- spread about 8 oz grated mozzarella (or other cheese as desired)
  on the crust or on top of the sauce
- put pizza in preheated oven for 1-2 minutes to melt cheese
- add precooked toppings to pizza
- sprinkle with coarse salt
- spread a small amount of grated hard cheese (pecorino romano, parmesan, etc.)
  on top of the toppings
- bake for 10-15 minutes, until edge of crust is brown and crispy

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