Bread Machine Sourdough Pizza Dough

Roll out the dough to the desired size.

Bread machine sourdough pizza dough.

With a rolling pin flatten the balls into 12 to 13 inch rounds about 1 8 inch thick. Remove the dough from the bread machine and let it sit for about 15 to 20 minutes before shaping it into pizza crust. I ve my bread machine s dough setting or food processor s dough setting for this. Many bread machines have a dedicated pizza dough setting.

If you re machine does not you can use the regular dough setting but remove the dough after the rising cycle before it bakes. Divide the dough into 4 equal portions and form into balls. Let the ball of dough rest for 30 minutes. Set the machine on dough only cycle.

Put all ingredients except cornmeal in bread machine pan in the order recommended by manufacturer. Dissolve yeast salt and honey in warm water. You ll also need sugar salt olive oil and yeast. It s easy to do in your bread machine but you ll want to look for a pizza dough setting.

Mix together all of the ingredients and form a dough ball. Select dough cycle and start. Once your starter is bubbling you can make your sourdough pizza crust. Set the bread machine to the dough cycle.

For the best bread machine pizza dough you ll need a quality all purpose flour you can also use bread flour but we use all purpose and like it just fine. In a bread machine the order of ingredients matters and so follow what you re brand specifies. When the dough is done preheat an oven to 450 or higher. Place the sourdough starter into the bread machine along with the flour and the yeast water mixture.