Home Made Pizza Dough

2/3 cup water (warm from the tap is fine)

1tsp sugar

2 ¼ tsps. Active Dry Yeast or one packet Active Dry Yeast. (I prefer Red Star)

2 2/3 Cups All purpose Flour

2-3tsps kosher salt

1-3 tsps Olive Oil

Combine warm tap water and sugar in measuring cup. Sprinkle yeast over water and allow yeast to activate for 20 minutes prior to use. If no "Action" is observed after two minutes try again with warmer water and fresh yeast.

Pulse flour and salt together in the working bowl of a food processor. Add yeast mixture and pulse until dough comes together. Drizzle olive oil into the bowl and pulse 3-4 times. Remove from bowl and allow to rise in a warm draft free place and allow to double in size prior to rolling out or tossing by hand to create a tasty pizza dough. Top as desired and bake at 450 -500 degrees F for 8- 10 minutes. For thin crust divide dough in half to make 2 crusts.