Home-made Pizza dough

* Since today is a holiday we aren't doing meatless but we will tomorrow. Follow along and make the dough today( it takes about 30 mins) chill in the refrigerator over night and make greek pizza with me tomorrow and later in the week calzones.

Making pizza dough is economical, fun and healthful since you control the ingredients. This dough yields enough to make two pizzas or as I am doing one pizza and 4 large calzones.

1 pkg. active dry yeast
1 cup warm water
1 ¼ cups cold water
2 tbsp. olive oil
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. salt
26.1 ounces ( about 5 ½ cups) unbleached bread flour, divided
Cooking spray

1 Dissolve yeast in 1 cup warm water in a small bowl; let stand 5 mins. Combine 1 ¼ c. cold water, oil, sugar, and salt in a small bowl; stir with a whisk.

2 Lightly spoon 24.9 oz. flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, yeast mixture, and cold water mixture in a bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook. Mix on low 8 mins or until dough begins to form. Let rest 2 mins. Mix on low 6 mins or until dough is smooth.

3 Turn dough out onto floured surface. Knead until smooth and elastic (about 2 mins); add remaining flour ( about ¼ cup) a tsp. at a time to prevent dough from sticking to hands ( it will still feel sticky).

4 Divide dough in half, and place each portion in a large zip top bag coated with cooking spray. Seal and chill over night or up to 2 days. Let stand at room temp. for 1 hour before using.
You can freeze dough in freezer safe zip top plastic bag for up to 2 months. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator.

Happy cooking,
Chaeli