pizza: I make pizza dough from scratch, but I am curious as to how to hand toss it because I am wanting to try it myself! Thanks for the replies, and have a great day! :)|||Tossing pizza dough is a kind of skill you have to practice at to become good. First, you have to make sure the dough is at room temperature, and in a round ball. Then take your fingers and go around the circle, making an indentation where the crust is going to be. It's up to you how big to make the crust. Then, you use the new indentations to push the dough out, enlarging the circle. Then, using a fork or a tool called a "Docker," poke the dough and get rid of the air bubbles. After this is done, the actual tossing begins. You position the dough in your hands like you are clapping with the dough in between your open hands. you kind of do a "rub-clap" maneuver. Its called "dough slapping." This link shows a Papa John's employee slapping and tossing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhcTKeslA鈥?/a> Tossing pizza is an art that must be practiced and perfected. Everyone has their own way of doing it. Good luck, and have fun with your pizza!|||I work at marco's pizza and they way we do it is messy, but it's pretty even. First, make sure your dough is round and flat. Then you "dock" it by pressing your finger tips into the dough all around to pop any bubbles. Then you slap it back and fourth between your hands until it's the size of your pan/tray. It's kind of hard to explain. You could throw and toss it if you wanted, but we're not allowed to do that. haha|||I make my own pizza dough all the time. I have never attempted to twirl it. I would probably have lots of holes and end up on the floor. My advice to you would be to start with making a small pizza maybe 6 inches in diameter. It would be easier than a regular size pizza. Good Luck. Have fun. Make sure somebody videotapes you trying to do it for the first time. lol It might go down into the family history.|||Throw it up in the air a few times just for show,then make it like you usually do.........