Then, press the dough on your work surface to create the perfect shape before you hit it with the pin. Use this shaping technique to your advantage and experiment with baking new shapes.

Once your dough has been kneaded and rested just enough so that it's well-hydrated (even 15 to 20 minutes is acceptable), then you're going to want to go right into shaping it before you let it ...

Gear Up for the 6 Essential Steps to Elevate Homemade Pizza From weighing and shaping dough to slicing the final pie, here's how to prepare better pizza at home with the right equipment.

First dough shaping: One hour before baking pizza, adjust oven rack to second highest position (rack should be about 4-5 inches below broiler), set pizza stone on rack, and heat oven to 500 ...

Stir together flour, 1/4 cup sugar, and salt in a medium bowl; set aside. Stir together 2/3 cup warm water, yeast, and remaining 1 teaspoon sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough ...

Sure, shaping dough takes practice, but the right recipe and technique make the job that much easier. We can also help if you would rather your pizza be whole-wheat or even gluten-free.

It's hard to resist eating raw cookie dough because it's so delicious, but it can be harmful to do so. Here's how to make safe, edible cookie dough.

A few months ago, I answered some of the most common questions readers have about homemade pizza. As the comments under that piece filled with great tips and insights from home cooks, I realized ...

First rolling Right away, the dough needs to undergo some folds, so break out your pasta maker. It can be a hand-crank variety, but I'm a fan of the attachment for my electric mixer: it frees both ...

And then as the yeast and bacteria and the microbes do their job, it completely transforms into a tender, smooth, soft, airy, jiggly thing in your hand, and I love handling the dough.

For decades, Richard Bourdon’s been shaping dough — and the way we view bread By Kevin Koczwara Globe Correspondent,March 26, 2018, 1:24 p.m. 3 ...