Cooking like music takes practice, DougR; what's the worst you're going to do with that crust but toss out about a buck's worth of paste if it doesn't work? Surprise yourself and whip up a great pizza tonight!

Here's the full recipe I use:

1 tablespoon yeast
3 cups flour (you can mix in a little whole wheat if you want, but not much)
a small handful of cornmeal, in your palm, don't cup your fingers
2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
pour in some olive oil (I'd guess somewhere around 3-4 tablespoons)
a big sprinkle of garlic powder and a tablespoon or so of dried oregano
1 cup warm water, add a little more if needed

This is put in the bread machine on the manual setting. If you're making it by hand, mix your yeast thoroughly into half of your flour, add the rest of the dry ingredients, add the oil, then the water. Beat it with a blender for a couple of mintues, then work in the rest of the flour by hand. Of course if it ends up too wet, add a little flour back in to make the consistency right. Knead it for several minutes, let it rise double, punch it down, and make your dough with it. It'll rise when it bakes, don't worry about a second rising.

I use a pizza stone, heat the oven to 500(F). The stone is preheated, and after I've rolled out my pizza dough I get the stone out of the oven, lay the dough on it, pierce it with a fork in many places so it doesn't turn into a huge loaf of pita, and proceed to quickly put on sauce, toppings, and my soy cheeses. Bake for about 6-8 minutes. If you use meat toppings that need to be cooked cook them ahead of time then put them on the pizza.