Sourdough Crispy Pizza Crust

For all intents and purposes, pizza crust is whatever bread recipe you like which has been flattened and pre-baked. Here is a very basic sourdough pizza crust. As with the Basic Sourdough Bread loaf, if you want it more sour, leave it in the fridge or on the counter overnight. This also makes it more airy.

Linden's Sourdough Crispy Pizza Crust

Ingredients:
3+ cups unbleached flour
1 1/2 cups sourdough starter (fed or unfed)
1/2 cup water
2 tsp yeast
1 tablespoon honey
1 tsp salt
(Optional Spices: garlic, oregano, thyme, basil, pepper)

Directions:
1) In measuring container dissolve honey in warm water and activate dry yeast for five to ten minutes.
2) Add enough starter to the activated yeast to make two (2) cups and mix together.
3) Sift the flour, salt, and spices together into mixing bowl.
4) Dig a well in the middle of the flour mixture and pour in the starter.
5) Use the hook attachment on mixer to mix ingredients then knead for five or more minutes until it passes the window-pane test (look up on YouTube for explanation).
6a) Let rise, covered in an oiled bowl, half an hour to an hour in a warm place until doubled.
6b) Alternatively, if you want more sourness, let first rise occur overnight in fridge, punching it down after the first hour or once it has sufficiently cooled.
7) Punch down and separate dough into 8-10 equal balls.
8) Roll each ball into a personal-sized pizza.
9) Place the dough onto an un-greased pizza pan and punch tons of holes into it by inverting a fork and tapping it all over.
10) Pre-bake the crust in a pre-heated oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for five (3-5) minutes.

Storage:
Let cool and store in air-tight freezer bag up to a month.

Baking:
1) Take crust from freezer. Let sit on counter five minutes until it flattens. No need to thaw further.
2) Add whatever toppings you prefer.
3) Bake in a pre-heated oven at 425 degrees Fahrenheit for 12 minutes or until cheese melts and crust is crispy.

Yield:
8-10 personal-sized pizza crusts.

Remember that this bread has no preservatives and requires refrigeration if you intend to keep it longer than a day. This bread freezes well and should taste fresh after a month.