Tyler Florence's regular and reduced carb pizza dough

3 Pizza Crusts

1 package active dry yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
1 cup warm water
1 tablespoon kosher salt
Extra-virgin olive oil
3 cups 00 flour, plus more for dusting ( for low carb replace 3 cups of flour with
1 1/2 cups of White Flour,1 cup Soy Flour, 1/2 cup Flaxseed Meal)

In the bowl of a standing electric mixer fitted with a dough hook, combine the yeast, sugar, and warm water; stir gently to dissolve. Let the mixture stand until the yeast comes alive and starts to foam, about 5 to 10 minutes.

Turn the mixer on low and add the salt and 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Add the flour, a little at a time, mixing at the lowest speed until all the flour has been incorporated. When the dough starts to come together, increase the speed to medium; stop the machine periodically to scrape the dough off the hook. Get a feel for the dough by squeezing a small amount together: if it's crumbly, add more water; if it's sticky, add more flour - 1 tablespoon at a time. Mix until the dough gathers into a ball, this should take about 5 minutes.

Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and fold it over itself a few times; kneading until it's smooth and elastic. Form the dough into a round and place in a lightly oiled bowl, turn it over to coat. Cover with plastic wrap or a damp towel and let it rise in a warm spot (i.e. over a gas pilot light) until doubled in size, about 1 hour. This is a good time to stick a pizza stone in the oven and preheat them to 500 degrees F.

Once the dough is domed and spongy, turn it out onto a lightly floured counter. Roll and stretch the dough into a cylinder and divide into 3 equal pieces. Cover and let rest for 10 minutes so it will be easier to roll out.

Roll or pat out a piece of dough into a 12 inch circle, about 1/8-inch thick. Dust a pizza paddle with flour and slide it under the pizza dough. Brush the crust with a thin layer of olive oil, and top with your favorite flavors. Slide the pizza onto the hot stone in the oven and bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until the crust is golden and crisp. Repeat with the remaining dough.

Basic Pizza crust by Vickilynn Haycraft

Makes:
TWO 15 inch thin crust pizzas
TWO 12 inch thick crust pizzas
TWO 9 x 13 med-thin rectangular pizzas
FOUR 10 inch personal pizzas
SIX 8 inch thin personal pizzas
SIX 8 inch thin calzones
TWO dozen small breadsticks

1 1/2 cup warm water (100-110 degrees)
1 œ teaspoon SAF yeast
1 tsp. honey
1 1/2 tsp. olive oil
1/2 tsp. salt
3 tablespoons vital gluten (optional)
4 cups freshly ground hard whole wheat flour
Additional flour if necessary

Place warm water in a mixing bowl and add yeast and honey. Stir until dissolved. Let stand 5 - 10 minutes until foamy. This is "proofing" your yeast. (If using SAF yeast, you may skip this step and add all ingredients together)

Add oil, salt vital gluten and 2 cups of flour. Mix well.

Add more flour, one cup at a time mixing well after each addition until dough clings together and you can turn out on a floured surface and knead until dough is smooth and springy about 10-12 minutes by hand or until smooth and springy.

Place dough in a bowl. Rub a little olive oil over the dough, turning to get all sides. Cover the bowl and let dough rise 30 minutes. Punch down, take dough out on a floured surface and divide into desired pieces depending on what size pan and how many pizzas you choose.

Preheat oven to 450 . Roll out pizza dough out on the floured surface one inch wider than your pan. Turn the extra inch over towards the center to form a crust and press down to seal. Prick lightly with a fork over the surface of the crust. Bake empty in a 450 for 5 minutes or until just lightly golden, but not brown.

Take pizza crust out of oven. If freezing, place on a cooling rack and allow to cool completely before wrapping and freezing.

If using right away, spread sauce evenly over crust, BE CAREFUL not to use too much sauce as this can cause the crust to become soggy. Add toppings and cheese if desired. bake at 450 for about 10 minutes or until the crust is brown and the toppings are cooked.

***Note, if you prefer and thicker, "breadier" crust, let the dough rise on the stone after shaping until puffy, then pre-bake and finish as directed.

***If you have 2 stones, you can piggy-back rolling, pre-baking and baking your pizzas.

***This works better if you get the metal handles for the pizza stones, it is easier to grab and not squash the crust.

If using a cake pan, jelly roll pan, round metal pizza pan or pizza screen, you may need to brush lightly with olive oil and dust with cornmeal to prevent sticking.

If desired, divide the dough into "personal" size pizzas ( 6 - 8 inches) and allow each family member to create their own pizza with different toppings.

You can also make this dough in an autobakery bread machine. Place ingredients in the bread machine baking pan in the order according to your machine�s manufacturer. Use 4 cups of whole grain flour. Choose "DOUGH" cycle. Check the dough after 5 minutes to make sure it is forming a ball. Adjust with water or flour as needed. and when the machine beep, remove the dough and shape and bake as described above.

Whole Wheat dough for Flat Bread or Pizza

Pizza Dough from bon appetit

You can also use this versatile dough to make pizza dough, buns, or foccacia-style bread.

(Makes two 12-15 inch pizza crusts)

3 cups 100% whole wheat flour
1 tsp sugar
2 tsp salt
2 tbsp olive oil
1 packet active yeast
3 tbsp vital wheat gluten
1 - 1.5 cups warm water (about 100F)

Into a food processor bowl add all the dry ingredients.
With the motor running, first add the oil and then the water. It helps if you add the water in small amounts, literally let it trickle in.
You may need to push down any ingredients that may stick to the sides of a bowl.
Run the food processor till the dough all comes together and moves around as one entity. Transfer the dough to a work area and keep kneading till you get a soft and smooth dough.
Transfer the dough into a lightly oiled bowl, cover with a wet towel and place it in a warm place. The dough will double in about 2-3 hours.
At this point you could punch down the dough and let it rise once more. Preheat the oven to 400F.
Gently knead the dough once more. Spread the dough in a lightly oiled 13x9 pan. Let it rest for 10-15 minutes. Drizzle olive oil and sprinkle some salt.
Bake for about 15-20 minutes (time will vary for each oven) till the bread is brownish-reddish. Remove from the oven and let it rest for a couple of minutes.

Mark De Levie's Low Carb Bread

2 cups organic soy flour
6 tablespoons organic flax seeds, ground to a fine meal
5 tablespoons yeast (new, fresh yeast)
1.5 tablespoons organic wheat gluten
Wet ingredients:
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1.5 cups tepid water

Mix the dry ingredients together, then add the oil and water. Oil a bread pan with virgin olive oil, then spread the mix into the bread pan. Set in a sunny window or some other warm place to rise. Once during rising, press down in several places to collapse the larger CO2 bubbles, then return to warm spot for more rising. Bake in 350F oven for 35-40 minutes. The resulting loaf has a beautiful dark-brown crust, is light brown inside, has a very nice nutty flavour (you taste the flax more than the soy). It's quite dense, and holds its shape when sliced as thin as 1/4". This isn't wonder bread. I sliced it into 16 slices of about 3/8".

OR

2 cups soy flour
4 tbsp. sesame seed (from a suggestion on a.s.d.l-c)
1.5 tbsp. wheat gluten
2 tbsp. yeast (new, fresh yeast)
10 tbsp. flax seed, ground fine
A few shakes of salt
4 tbsp. olive oil
1.5 cups water

Same directions as before. (By the way, no kneading is required. Just mix and spread in bread pan)
The sesame seeds made a big improvement. This loaf still didn't rise as much as I want, so I'll increase the amt. of yeast next time.