New York-Style Pizza Dough Recipe

This recipe makes enough for one 12"-14" pizza.

Ingredients:

1 cup - Lukewarm water
2 tablespoons - Milk
2 teaspoons - Brown sugar
1 teaspoon - Salt
1 tablespoon - Shortening
1 tablespoon - Corn meal
1 tablespoon - Extra virgin olive oil
1 package - Yeast
3 cups - All-purpose flour or unbleached white flour

Preparation:

In a large bowl, mix water, milk, brown sugar, salt and shortening with an electric mixer on a low speed for about 1 minute.

Add corn meal, olive oil and yeast, and continue mixing it for one minute. Let it rest for 5 minutes.

Add the remaining flour and mix it with your hands.

Turn the dough out on a lightly floured surface and knead the dough about 8 to 10 minutes.

Form the dough into a ball and place it on the table around a warm place. Let it rest about 45 minutes to 1 hour.