Butter Garlic Pizza Crust Recipe

adapted from here

As you may know, we're pizza fans around here. I've been having a lot of fun trying to mix up the pizza every week so that it doesn't get old (even though I don't think pizza could ever get old). I've mixed up the toppings and the sauces, so I decided it was time to mix up the crust as well. I may never make it the old way again, the butter and garlic is soooo delicious. Like whoa.

Ingredients

1 cup water
1/2 tablespoon sugar
1 pkg active dry yeast
2 to 3 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon dry oregano (or 1 teaspoon fresh, finely chopped)
1/2 tablespoon olive oil
4 tablespoons butter
1/2 tablespoon garlic salt 

Directions: 

1) Mix the water and sugar. Pour in the yeast and give it a stir. Let it sit for 5 minutes to allow yeast to activate.

2) In a bowl (I used my stand mixer bowl) combine the flours, salt and oregano (I used fresh simply because I actually had it in the house for once). Pour in the yeast mixture and oil. Stir until a dough ball forms (I used my dough hook attachment). Knead for 5-6 minutes, until the dough cleans the sides of the bowl. At this point, my dough was still way too sticky, so I ended up adding almost another whole cup of flour (1/4 cup at a time until I reached the correct consistency). Place in a bowl with a little olive oil, turning to coat, cover and allow to rise for 1 1/2 hours.

  3) Punch dough down. Place on a pizza pan that has been lightly brushed with olive oil. Melt the butter and stir in the garlic salt. Brush the entire crust with the garlic butter mixture. I also sprinkled it with the remaining oregano because I chopped a little more than I needed for the crust (you could, again, also use dried). 

4) Bake at 450°F for 5 minutes. Brush with any remaining garlic butter and add your sauce, cheese and toppings. Bake for an additional 10-15 minutes.

The toppings this time were tomatoes and bacon, plus mushrooms on his side because he's weird and likes to eat fungus. Can you see the butter oozing out from under the cheese? Yeah. Not the healthiest way to eat pizza, but damn if it's not tasty.

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