HERBED PIZZA DOUGH

Steps:

• Bloom the yeast in the warm water to ensure it is active. (The mixture should become bubbly at the surface and smell fragrantly "yeasty" within five to ten minutes.) Combine yeast mixture with the remaining dough ingredients in the bowl of a stand mixer with a dough hook attached. Mix on medium low speed for at least 10 minutes until the dough forms a somewhat dry mass around the dough hook. If the dough is too sticky to the touch, add flour by heaping tablespoons until the dough is more dry. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead by hand for one minute. Drizzle 1 teaspoon of olive oil into a glass bowl. Form the dough into a ball and roll to coat in the olive oil. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough rise at room temperature until double in size, at least one hour. Punch the dough down and cut in half, wrapping one half in plastic wrap to freeze for later use if not making two pizzas.