Wheat flour, water and yeast rise to every recipe you'd want for bread, pizza or pita!
Course Bread
Cuisine Mediterranean
Keyword Homemade Yeast Bread
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Resting time 1 hourhour
Total Time 1 hourhour40 minutesminutes
Servings 6servings
Equipment
Large mixing bowl
Sheet pan
Ingredients
2tspYeast
2tspSugar
1tbspSalt
3-4cupsFlour extra as needed
1 1/4cupsWater lukewarm
Optional Extras on topegg wash, coarse salt, any seeds
2tbspOlive oil
Instructions
Pour the water into a large mixing bowl. Sprinkle the yeast and sugar on top. Let it sit for 5-minutes to form a foam. Sprinkle the salt and add a little flour. Stir. Slowly add flour and stir until it becomes difficult to stir and begin to press added flour into the dough by hand, adding more flour as needed until the dough is no longer sticky.
In a clean bowl, pour a little oil to glaze the bowl. Place dough ball in the oiled bowl, cover and let it sit in a warm (not hot) place to rise. It will rise in about one hour. A little longer in a cooler climate.
Once it rises, sprinkle a little flour on top, and punch it down. On a floured surface, roll into a long log, and transfer to a baking sheet pan.
Preheat oven to 400 - Once the dough is on the pan, the time it takes for the oven to get hot, is a perfect amount of time for the dough to rise a little more again. If you are using an egg wash, now is when you can brush it on top of the dough, sprinkle with coarse salt, or seeds. A brush of water or milk can be done instead of egg wash but the egg wash gives it a golden shiny finish.
Bake for 18 - 20 minutes, until golden on top.
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Notes
Once the dough rises the first time, it can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for later use. If using for pizza, simply roll out the dough into a round and transfer it to your pizza pan. If stuffing; simply roll out the dough, toss cheese, tomatoes, salami or anything else you might want, roll it into a log and transfer to baking sheet to bake.