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Tim Huff knows his pizza flour. As a Master Baker and Educator for General Mills , he teaches a Pizza Crust Boot Camp. This is put on for free for all of the professional pizza makers. He shows pizza makers how to get the best out of their flour. I had an opportunity to talk dough with Tim and he revealed the biggest pizza dough hydration secret I had ever heard. He explains many pizza makers make the a huge mistake in trying to mix water, dry ingredients and oil at the same time. If you do use oil in your dough recipe, make sure you mix the dry ingredients and water first.  allow the dough enough time to hydrate for about a minute or so. Then add your oil to the pizza dough. Oil and water do not mix. The oil will compete with the water to hydrate the dough and you will get a very inconsistent dough. The secret is  to allow the water to hydrate the dough before you put in the oil. Here is a video that explains everything: Honestly when I make my dough, I do not...

We are honored to present the second part of our exclusive interview with Gary Casper , creator of the Super Peel ... Gary Casper had a pizza problem. A BIG Pizza Problem. He was given a pizza stone, but he didn't know how to use it. He was able to make pizza alright, but getting the pizza on and off the stone proved to be a problem. Gary had been given a pizza baking stone similar to this one:  Old Stone Oven 4467 14-Inch by 16-Inch Baking Stone Here is Part 2: Albert:   You sell the    on amazon. How did you get Amazon to sell   the Super Peel for you?     That is an interesting question.  Several years back, Amazon opened up its   site to products other than used books and CDs.  This was a game changer for me and others with their own products to sell - Amazon exposure, WOW!!   Initially, we packed and shipped everything in house, but have gradually migrated most of this over to Fulfillment by Amazon.  P...

Making homemade pasta is easy, fun and very rewarding. Sure it takes a little time and effort, but the result is worth it. you to can make a great pasta with these easy follow directions. I've also included a how to video. Enjoy! Ingredients for the Easy Pasta Dough Recipe  2 3/4 Cups of flour (I recommend King Arthur Flour Flour White Bread, 5-pounds (Pack of 4). Bread flour is better for Pasta. All purpose will work)  1 teaspoon of salt  1 Tablespoon of olive oil (Optional)  1 teaspoon of salt 3 eggs at room temperature  Directions  In a bowl combine the flour and salt. Mix well with a fork until salt is well mixed.  Mound flour on the counter. In separate bowl whisk 3 eggs.  Add 1 Tablespoon of Olive Oil (Optional) In the middle of the mound of flour make a hole or moat. Pour in egg mixture and mix with flour until all egg mixture has been absorbed by the flour  Knead for 8-10 minutes until dough is barel...