Chicago deep dish pizza dough

Chicago deep dish pizza dough recipe

Ingredients:

3 1/4 cups flour
1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
1 1/2 teaspoons table salt
2 teaspoons sugar
2 1/4 teaspoons instant or rapid-rise yeast
1 1/4 cups warm water
½ cup olive oil
Mix yeast ¼ cup of warm water, ¼ cup of flour and sugar in a bowl cover and let stand in a warm place for 15~20 minutes then mix in all the other ingredients mix well and let stand covered for about 1.5 hours, punch down and knead until the correct texture is achieved (add a bit more flour so it’s not sticky) split into two dough balls and roll out for two pizzas!

A variation (along with a butter ‘laminate’) is located at:
http://sallysbakingaddiction.com/2014/12/31/how-to-make-chicago-style-deep-dish-pizza/