• Measure your dry ingredients into your mixing bowl using a kitchen scale. Tare the scale after ever addition to get exact weights
• Warm your water to 100ºF, it should feel warm to the touch like a nice bath, not too hot.
• Pour half of the water into your dry mix and begin to stir. Add the water slowly. It may take more or less than a cup of water to hydrate your dough. It should form a shaggy mass. It should not be goopy (too wet) or flaky with left over dry ingredients in the bottom of the bow (too dry)l.
• Once all the ingredients are incorporated into a shaggy dough ball, cover with a tea towel and allow the dough to hydrate for 25 to 45 minutes. It will take a little bit longer if your kitchen is cold. If you live in a dry climate, opt for plastic wrap to cover your bowl instead of a towel so the dough doesn't dry out.
• Once the dough is puffy and hydrated (it will rise a little but shouldn't double), turn the dough out onto a clean, dry counter. Slap and fold, rotating the dough 90º on every slap, until the dough becomes smooth and stops breaking and sticking to the counter.
• Swirl the dough ball on the counter to form a tight skin and seal the bottom. Place dough ball back into mixing bowl. Cover and allow it to rise until it has doubled in size. Between 1 and 2 hours.

To Make Pizza

• Place a pizza stone onto the bottom rack of your oven, and preheat to 550°F (or as high as your oven will go) for half an hour.
• Sprinkle cornmeal on a pizza peel and set aside. Cornmeal will act like ball bearings so your pizza will slide easily from the peel to the stone.
• Flour your counter and press the dough out into a round of 14 inch diameter. Optionally, use a rolling pin to get the dough even.
• Move the dough to the pizza peel testing to make sure it does not stick.
• Top your pizza with sauce, cheese, and toppings. Jiggle the peel occasionally to make sure that the dough is not sticking. Work quickly; the cornmeal can become hydrated and sticky.
• Once topped, immediately move pizza from the peel to the stone (see video in notes for how to do this).
• Bake pizza for about 8 minutes or until cheese is browned and crust is cooked and bubbly. Turn on your oven light and watch it. Use the pizza peel to pull your pizza out as soon as it looks done to you.