Pizza dough sticks to the stone.?

Question

I coat the pizza stone with cornmeal and still the pizza sticks to it.What am I doing wrong?

I also have not tried using a preheated stone...(hmmmm)

Answer 1

do you pre-heat the stone to 500F or higher or are you putting the pizza on the cold stone and putting in the oven?

I recommend pre-heating the stone (500F or hotter) and sliding the pizza onto the hot stone.

The reason I suspect you use a cold stone is that the dough has time to stick to the stone. If the stone was hot, the dough would start cooking when it touches the stone.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Have you tried oiling the pizza dough? When the dough is in a ball lightly coat it with oil -- then work it out into your crust. That might help -- or it maybe worth while to try another stone -- some may not be of the best quality. To keep the stone in the best cooking form, I've heard it's best not to use soap on it -- just water.

Answer 4

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Pizza dough sticks to the stone.?
I coat the pizza stone with cornmeal and still the pizza sticks to it.What am I doing wrong?

Answer 5

i agree with the earlier posts re: seasoning your stone & pre-heating the stone. cook a couple of really fatty foods (canned bisquits, frozen french fries or fish sticks should do the trick) on it or, simply wipe with a good quality vegetable oil and bake the stone by itself once or twice. and the stone must be preheated, as this is all part of what makes it do its job (make pizza crust crispier).

and, definately check your dough before rolling out & stretching - if it sticks to a wooden cutting board, its proably too wet, add more flour.

Answer 6

Your dough is too wet still. Let it sit in a warm place (I usually put it in the oven while it's preheating with the door open) for a few minutes longer to rise and the heat will help evaporate some of the liquid from it. Add some flour down as well as cornmeal, to soak up some of the moisture in it.

Answer 7

Get a better stone...or if you want to keep it then get a better recipe for dough. It is too sticky. Also season your stone better (try cooking some fish sticks or tater tots...they are nice a greasy and will season it better!)

Answer 8

sounds like your dough might be a little too wet...knead in some flour before stretching and throwing it on the stone

Answer 9

It sounds like your dough may be too sticky to begin with. Try adding more flour to it.

Answer 10

sounds like your stone isn't seasoned well enough. cook something really greasy on it. The stone will form like a protective non-stick layer on it and NOTHING will stick to it then.