How do you keep pizza crust from getting hard?

Chef's answer
If it's "just" dried out, a single layer of water might dry right off it in the oven - but adding layers of water while baking (just before and/or halfway through) should retard the crust's baking just a bit (much like the sauce does for the center), and brushing water on after it has been taken out of the oven can ....
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