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Ingredients:

• 6 tablespoons warm water (may need up to 1 or 2 tablespoons more water)
• 2 tablespoons white wine
• 1 teaspoon active dry yeast
• 1/2 teaspoon honey
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 1/2 cups flour

Directions:

Whisk wine, water (1/2 cup total liquid) and yeast in the bottom of a mixing bowl until yeast has dissolved. Add honey, salt and olive oil and stir. Add flour and turn mixer (fitted with a dough hook) to low. Knead for 5 minutes. Add more water one tablespoon at a time if you need, but in my experience, this is almost never necessary.

Put the dough in a clean bowl that is coated with oil, cover it with plastic wrap, and let it rise for an hour or up to two, until it is doubled.

Once the dough has doubled, turn it out onto a floured counter and gently deflate the dough with the palm of your hands. Form it into a ball and let it rest on a floured spot with either plastic wrap over it (sprinkle the top of the dough with flour so it doesn’t stick) or an upended bowl. In 15 minutes, it is ready to roll out.

Use according to specific recipe.

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Makes about 1 pound of dough - enough for a thin crust pizza.

Recipe courtesy of Mario Batali.