Warm 1 1/3 cups water (about 315 ml.) to bath water temperature. About 35 seconds in the microwave.
Add a packet of active dry yeast (2 1/4 teaspoons) to the warmed water and...
a tablespoon of honey. The yeast needs food! Set this aside for 5 - 10 minutes.
Fit your mixer with the kneading hook attachment. Or: rub your joints and prepare to knead.
Add 3 & 1/2 to 3 & 3/4 cups of flour to a bowl. Fluff the flour with your measuring cup before you scoop.
Throw in a tablespoon of salt and...
2 tablespoons of olive oil. Time to check the yeast.
Awesome. Our yeast water is foamy and smells like bread. This is called proofing yeast.
Mix by hand or by machine (on low) until combined. Then knead by hand (8 minutes) or by mixer with dough hook ( 8 minutes). Until the dough is...
Smooth and elastic. If dough's too sticky, knead in 1 /4 cup of flour.
Transfer the dough to a bowl coated with olive oil. Roll that dough ball around to coat with oil as well. Cover with plastic wrap and since today, Monday, is a Day of Laundry...
I am going to let the dough rise on the dryer which is tumbling clothes dry at the moment. Dough likes a draft-free place like our garage and it really likes gyrating on that warm dryer. An hour and a half later...
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The dough is ready to be kneaded a few more times, wrapped in plastic wrap and ...
put in the fridge. Since I have six hours until dinner, the cool fridge will store the dough safely and slow the yeast down from rising out of control.
Time to pick up the boys...sauce is coming up next!
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