Deep Dish Pizza Crust Recipe

Ingredients:

* 3 cups all-purpose flour
* 1/8 cup olive oil
* 2 jumbo eggs -- room temperature
* 2 tablespoons thyme
* 1 cup warm water
* 1 package rapid rise yeast
* 2 teaspoons sugar

Directions:

Whisk together water, yeast and sugar in a bowl
and set aside to proof for 10 minutes. In a large
bowl sift together flour and salt and sprinkle in
thyme. Mix eggs into yeast mixture. Pour liquid
into dry ingredients and mix until a soft sticky
dough forms. remove dough to a lightly floured
surface and knead 5 minutes, until dough is no
longer sticky.

Place in a well oiled bowl, turning to coat all
sides, cover and allow to rise until doubled in
bulk 2 - 3 hours.

Punch dough down and place into a well oiled 12"
pizza pan. using your hands, move dough around the
bottom of the pan and 2/3 the way up the sides. Set
aside and let rise 10 minutes. Brush crust lightly
with olive oil and add toppings.


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