Dough “Pizza Hut styleâ€
I obtained the recipe online and modified it:
1 1/3 c - Water (120 degrees, 44%)
2 tsp - Sugar
1 ¼ tsp - Salt
2 T - Olive Oil
2 c - All-purpose flour
1 c - Bread Flour (Gold Medal)
1 tsp - Baking Powder
¼ tsp - Garlic Powder
1 ½ tsp - Instant Dry Yeast (brand?)
Omitted: ¼ tsp Onion Powder, 2 T Cornmeal, 3/8 tsp MSG.
Variables: Much less sugar, higher water content, added some bread flour, baking powder, less proofing time, no retarding time, no balling, sauce applied hot.
Mixed ingredients in order with bread maker. Allowed to rise for about 80 minutes. Dough was very wet and sticky. Removed dough and rounded it. Patted with flour to keep from sticking to table. Flipped and patted other side. Dough was too floppy to use peel. Oiled large cookie sheet with olive oil and stretched dough into pan. Dough had some elasticity, but stretched fairly well. Blank was approx. ¾ inch thick in pan.
Sauce was “Papa Johns†style obtained online and modified:
1 lb 8 oz - Tomato Puree (Furmanos)
½ c - Water
2 T - Sugar
2 tsp - Olive Oil
½ tsp - Lemon Juice
½ tsp - Salt
½ tsp - Oregano
¼ tsp - Basil
¼ tsp - Thyme
¼ tsp - Garlic Powder
Amounts were not exact because I used almost a whole large (1 lb 12 oz) can of Furmano’s Puree by mistake (amounts above are shown doubled from original recipe). Makes enough sauce for 2 cookie sheet sized pies. Sauce was sweet and even, thin.
Oven preheated to 480. Spread sauce while still hot onto blank. Covered with pepperoni and hand shredded mozz (from broad st market). Placed pizza, in pan, on lower rack (pizza stone was still in oven on middle rack). Cooked for 10 minutes, cheese golden brown. Crust was somewhat white with brown spots.
Crust cooked to be about 1 inch thick with large air voids. Chewy, soft with very slightly crisp outer layer. Not greasy, very flavorful, medium chewy (not cakey, but not cosmos chewy). Everyone loved the crust. Sauce did not taste like Papa John’s. Mikayla liked the sweet taste of the sauce. Jenn said sauce wasn’t spicy enough. Pizza reheated very well 1 day later.






