Autumns Inn's Scott Christie, Hand-Tosses Crust for His Popular Pizzas

Story and Photo shared by Joe Heinrich

When you order a hand-tossed pizza from Autumn's Inn Pizza and Ice Cream, it REALLY does get tossed!

You may think that tossing pizza dough is just a fancy way to shape and stretch the dough to fit the pan. There is actually much more to the act. Tossing the dough is one of the best ways a cook can form a good crust. Some pizza restaurants will use a machine press to form the crust. Although using a machine press is efficient, it causes the dough to dry out more.

Hand tossing the pizza dough keeps some of the moisture so the crust is softer. By spinning t...