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Heat milk in the microwave for about 30-40 seconds or until it reaches a lukewarm temperature.
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Combine in a small or medium bowl your milk and lukewarm water.
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Add the liquid honey and stirr until dissolved.
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Sprinkle the yeast into the lukewarm liquid and honey mixture.
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Let the yeast bloom for about 5 minutes.
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*To bloom yeast means to let it activate and become frothy or foamy looking*
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In a large bowl combine your dry ingredients including your choice of dry herbs and/or spices.
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Then make a well or hole in the middle of the dry mix.
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Add your now bloomed yeast mixture to the well in your dry mixture.
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Also add your oil to the well and gently stir the mixture until the wet and dry are incorporated.
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Using some of the additional flour, lightly dust a clean counter and drop your dough mixture onto the floured counter.
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Dust a little more flour on top of the dough and onto your hands so they don't stick.
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Begin kneading or slowly massaging and rolling your dough to incorporate more flour.
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As you need it dust more flour on the counter and your hands so the dough does not stick.
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Continue kneading until the dough becomes smooth and elastic.
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(About 2-5 minutes)
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In a large bowl use oil to grease the entire inside of the bowl or use an oil spray.
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Put your kneaded dough into the greased bowl and cover with plastic wrap leaving a small opening.
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You may also use a damp kitchen towel to cover the bowl as well.
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Put your bowl into a warm spot in your kitchen so your dough can rise for about an hour.
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Once your dough has doubled in size, punch it down and knead again on the counter to incorporate more flour.
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Return dough to the bowl, recover, and return to the warm spot in your kitchen to let rise again for 30 minutes.
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For the 30 minutes, you can preheat your oven to 450F and prepare your pizza toppings.
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Once your dough has doubled in size again, punch down once more and return to the floured counter to work the dough into its final shapes and sizes.
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*If you wish, you can turn your dough into buns, mini pizzas, garlic sticks, or any other creation you'd like to make.
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Grease your baking pan or sheet with oil or spray.
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Place your dough onto the pan and work your dough to fit the pan and work into desired thickness.
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Place your sauce and toppings onto your dough and place into the oven on a middle rack.
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Keep and eye on your creation, but after about 10-15 minutes your pizza should start to form a crust.
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At this time if you wish you can slide your pizza off the baking sheet onto your oven rack to get a crispier crust.
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Bake until toppings brown and bubble.
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(Another 5-15 minutes depending on size and doneness preference)
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To remove from oven, place back onto baking sheet before removing from the oven.
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Cut into slices and enjoy!
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