Pizza Bread (and the magic of old dough)

A day-by-day demo of how pizza dough gets more awesome as you age it in the fridge. Thanks to Squarespace for sponsoring this video! Go to Squarespace.com for a free trial, and when you’re ready to launch, go to http://squarespace.com/ragusea and add code “RAGUSEA" at checkout to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. **RECIPE, MAKES FOUR BREADS** 1 teaspoon active dry yeast 1 teaspoon sugar ¼ cup warm water 2 cups water 1 tablespoon sugar 1 tablespoon salt ¼ cup olive oil 5 cups bread flour, plus more as needed pepper garlic powder coarse salt additional olive oil Bloom the yeast in a bowl with the teaspoon of sugar and ¼ cup water. When it’s frothy, add the rest of the ingredients, mix and knead until you can stretch the dough out thin without it tearing. It should be as wet and sticky as you can handle — add additional flour sparingly. Divide dough into four equal parts, roll each into a smooth ball and place in its own, well-oiled bowl. Age in the refrigerator for at least 24 hours or up to a week. Preheat a pizza stone on the top rack of your oven at 550 F (or maximum temperature) for a half hour (convection setting, if you have it). Take one of your doughs out of the fridge, peel it out of its bowl and lay it on a plate, bottom-side-up. Stretch it into a rough oval and coat the top (which used to be the bottom) well with olive oil, pepper, garlic powder and salt. Drop the bread directly onto the hot pizza stone and bake until brown, 7-8 minutes.