Regular Quick Pizza Crust

Regular Quick Pizza Crust

Ingredients:
1 package regular or quick active dry yeast
1 cup warm water (105º to 115º)
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour*
2 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions:
Olive or vegetable oil
Cornmeal
Prepare Pizza Crust. Spread pizza sauce over partially baked crusts.
Sprinkle with mushrooms and cheeses.
Bake pizzas at 425º about 10 minutes, until cheese is melted and pizzas
are bubbly.
Meat Pizza: Cook 1 pound ground beef, bulk Italian sausage or ground
turkey, 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning and 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped,
in 10-inch medium skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until
beef is brown; drain. Sprinkle beef mixture over pizza sauce. Decrease
Mozzarella cheese to 2 cups.
PIZZA CRUST:
Dissolve yeast in warm water in medium bowl. Stir in flour, 2 tablespoons
oil and the salt. Beat vigorously 20 strokes. Cover and let rest 20
minutes. Move oven rack to lowest position. Heat oven to 425º. Grease 2
cookie sheets or 12-inch pizza pans with oil. Sprinkle with cornmeal.
Divide dough in half; pat each half onto 11-inch circle on cookie sheet
with floured fingers. Prick dough thoroughly with fork. Bake about 10
minutes or until crust just begins to brown.
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Please note, if you should change this recipe it will no longer be an
approved Betty Crocker® Recipe.
Copyright:
"© General Mills, Inc. 1998."
Yield:
"2 Pizzas"
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