Bread machine / pizza dough question

[tarwatersghost]

I don't have a kneading setting on my freecycled bread machine.  So, if I want to make pizza dough with it, should I turn it off after the second or third rise?  How long should it take?  I'm guessing that I need it to go through two "risings" (e.g. in my booklet, it states that it kneads for 10 minutes, rises for 5, then kneads for 15 and rises

Comments

[dragonflym]

Remove the dough after it's finished rising 20 minutes. The first 5 minutes it isn't really rising, it's just resting, giving you time to add any goodies like raisins or other things that you might add to dough that you don't want all beat to a pulp during the initial kneading process.

[tarwatersghost]

Thanks! Someone in the vegancooking LJ community had suggested that it would take longer, so out of complete impatience, I opted to try this yeast-free recipe instead: http://community.livejournal.com/vegancooking/1352750.html.

I hope that it works out. I'm famished. :-)

[dragonflym]

That looks good! I'm saving that recipe.

[tarwatersghost]

It seems to have worked out well so far. It spread nicely on the cookie sheet I used -- not too thick and not too thin, although it leaned towards being quite thinner than thick. Next I added the toppings then baked it another 13 minutes or so and then grilled it for 4-5. It looks good.

[tarwatersghost]

The final verdict is that it was a little too thin/hard. Maybe the grilling was a bad idea. In the future I'll use a bit less herbs in it and will roll it out just a little less. I'll be using this recipe again, though. Easy peasy!