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How to Make Pizza Dough

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How to Make Pizza Dough

How to Make Pizza Dough.

It should come as no surprise that I fell in love with GOOD pizza while living in Italy. Did you know that all you need to make your own pizza dough are 5 simple ingredients. I’m betting you probably already have them in your pantry. If you have a stand mixer  it will take you about 10 minutes to pull this pizza dough together. Then you walk away while it does it’s thing. It doesn’t get much easier than that.

The hardest part will be deciding what you’re going to top your pizzas with, and in case you’re having a hard time deciding we have a few recipe suggestions for you.

How to Make Pizza DoughHow to Make Pizza Dough.

Once you’ve made your own dough you’ll probably not want to pick up takeout or frozen any longer. What in the world will you do with all that money I just saved you ; )

Pizza Dough Ball with Ingredients

I like to make my pizza dough in the morning so it has plenty of time to rise and is ready when I’m ready to bake. You can also make it the night before and put in the refrigerator if you’re running low om time. Just take it out the following morning so it has time to rise again. Making your own also means you can make smaller more personal size if you will pizzas. This way everyone gets to pick their own toppings so you don’t have to worry about sharing. Maybe it’s just me that likes my pizza all to myself.

Once you’ve made your pizza dough here are a few of my favorite pizza recipes to get you started:
PIZZA MARGHERITA
GRILLED SAUSAGE PIZZA
PESTO PIZZA!

How to Make Pizza Dough

Pizza Dough Ball with Ingredients

Homemade Pizza Dough with just a few simple ingredients.

Ingredients

  • 4 cups flour - plus additional if needed (I prefer 00 flour)
  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil - plus additional to drizzle
  • 2 teaspoons instant dry yeast
  • 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 cups warm water

Instructions

  1. Into your stand mixer's bowl add: flour, oil, yeast, kosher salt.
  2. Using the dough hook turn mixer on low. GRADUALLY drizzle the water in until it forms a ball.
  3. Continue kneading for approximately 8-10 minutes. The dough ball should be tacky but not sticky to the touch.
  4. Cover your dough ball with a kitchen towel and allow it to rise until it's twice it's size.

Notes

NOTE: If your dough is too "wet" add a little more flour. If your dough is too "dry" add a little more water.

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© Paula Jones

Comments

  2. Sandi says

    I would like to make a whole wheat pizza. If I used 2 cups white flour and 2 cups whole wheat flour, would it come out ok or would it be too heavy?

    • Paula says

      Hi Sandi! I have experimented with gluten free pizza dough but not whole wheat. I’m guessing though that it would turn out just fine. If you try it be sure to let us know how it turns out : )

      • Carolyn says

        I’ve tried crust using “white whole wheat” flour (the regular whole wheat flour can be more difficult to bake with). It’s drier than white flour so you’ll need to add more olive oil. I’ve found that the wheat crust is close to the regular crust, but just not the same. Go for the real thing!

    • Paula says

      Hi Libby, I knead it in my mixer for 8-10 minutes. If you’re doing it by hand it would be longer : )

  6. Heidi @foodiecrush says

    Really, you can never have too many pizza dough recipes. And we must be thinking alike, I did a post today on what to do with leftover pizza dough. Yumm-meee.

  7. Aggie says

    If I could get over my fear of yeast, I will make this. 🙂 Will you hold my hand??

    I love all your recipes!!!

  8. Kankana says

    I recently got out of my phobia for yeast and I have been experimenting a lot with it. Will try your dough recipe next time.

  10. DessertForTwo says

    Ok, I need to tackle homemade pizza dough. I’ve tried a few times with OK results. But YOU, my lovely, will solve all my problems 😉

  12. jenjenk says

    oh jiminy…my achilles heel!! [ok, so I’ve got many!] i can’t wait to try this dough!! Love, Love, Love pizza!!!

    • Paula says

      Hi Leslie, YES you can mix the dough and knead it by hand. Just put a little muscle in and you’re all set ; )

  14. Fuji Mama says

    I love an extra excuse to make pizza dough…and a new recipe that I MUST try out is definitely an excuse!! This looks fantastic!

  17. Tim says

    Hi, when you say ‘yeast’, do you mean fresh, dry active or dry fast action? Thanks 🙂

  22. triciaw says

    I’ve tried making a pizza dough with another recipe I have but the recipe I used also called for honey. Have you ever added honey to your recipe?

  23. Sarah says

    I know you’ve experimented with gluten free, how would you alter this to gluten-free? I’m new to the gluten-free diet, specifically for my son and this would be helpful to have.

  24. lynn says

    Paul, thanks for sharing your pizza dough recipe. With the great veggies that arrived in this week’s CSA package I’m planning to oven roast the veggies and an onion to make a delish pizza. Appreciate the link to your recipe. Best!

  25. Biscuit says

    I used your recipe tonight but added some wheat flour and some vital wheat gluten… It’s INCREDIBLE!!! Oh my goodness, the chewiness was absolute perfection! YUM!

  26. Basil E. says

    How can I be one of those girls who whips up a pizza dough Sunday & refrigerates it for Wednesday night?

  28. vegantester says

    2 questions:

    – roughly how long the dough take to double? i’m considering making this tonight, so i would just like to figure out if i have time

    – i’m thinking about making the dough in my food processor, because hand-kneading is the WORST and i don’t own a stand mixer: stupid idea?

  29. Heather says

    So you don’t have to add the yeast to water first and let it get bubbly or whatever? You just add it dry to the flour and other ingredients?

  33. Heather says

    I love making pizzas. I am considering trying different flours such as quinoa flour. Ever try it??

  34. Yang says

    Would this work with all types of flour? I would really love to make pizza dough with gluten-free flour.

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