Pizza Dough

I loooooooove pizza. It's probably one of my favorite things ever. But I'm kinda picky about it. I like a thin crust on the bottom that's bigger and chewy on the outside. And since I just moved away from my favorite pizza place ever (sad!) I have to make my own until I can find a replacement. Unfortunately, without a mixer, I have to hand knead my dough. Which can take a while. So I don't do it often. This recipe is Alton Brown's, and the first time I made it I thought I was in heaven. I have tried to find easier recipes, but nothing has been as good as his (with all the kneading...). There are certainly simpler recipes out there, but this one's worth it to me. The recipe makes 2 pizzas, and I have tried to make that 2 meals, but it's just not. One pizza is for one person.

Pizza

2 Tbls sugar
1 Tbls kosher salt
1 Tbls, plus 2 tsp olive oil
3/4 cup warm water
2 cups bread flour
1 tsp instant yeast (it doesn't need to proof)
Toppings

Pour (in this order) sugar, salt, 1 Tbls olive oil, water, 1 cup flour, yeast, 1 cup flour into a mixing bowl. Mix it (I started with a spoon then moved to my hands) until the dough forms a ball. Flour a work surface and knead the dough until you can pull off a little piece and stretch it thin without any holes (called a baker's windowpane). It will take about 20-30 minutes. Roll the pizza into a smooth ball on the counter. Place in a large bowl with 2 tsp olive oil and shake to coat the whole dough ball. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight (or until the ball doubles in size). Let the dough come to room temperature and then separate the dough ball into 2 balls. Flatten them and then roll them back into balls. Preheat oven, with pizza stone in it, to 500 degrees. Let them sit under a kitchen towel for about 30 minutes. Then flatten them out with your hands. Once it's big enough to get both your hands under it, use your knuckles to stretch the dough to 12 inches in diameter. I just try to get it as thin as I can, but if you have holes be careful cause they're hard to repair if they get big. Make sure your dough isn't sticking before you decorate it (I go ahead and put an extra sprinkle of flour down anyways). I just went with sauce, mozzarella and red peppers, D went a little crazy (but then again he is). He had sauce, mozzarella, pepperoni, red peppers, jalapenos, and cantaloupe. Yes, cantaloupe! He wanted to counter the heat of the jalapenos. He said it was good. I didn't try it though.