I have been working on making my own pizza crusts. I am using the classic ratio of 10:6:1 (Flour, water, fat). My first crusts were OK but kind of flat and tasteless. I have been experimenting and have added kosher salt and olive oil into the dough. This has given the dough more taste but it's lack of leavening has disappointed me. I doubled the amount of yeast to the dough but the result was limited. I changed from active to instant yeast. Same lackluster result.
Finally, I tried making the dough 24 hours in advance and let the dough sit in the refrigerator overnight. The dough doubled in size and when baked achieved the leavening I was looking for. I love the moments when you know that you finally got something right. I suspect that I will be doing very little ordering from pizza delivery companies anymore! :)
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