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Pizza Dough Recipe

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By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 6/10/23Updated: 10/29/24

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Pizza Dough Recipe

This easy pizza dough recipe gives you a crust that is crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside for the perfect slice of pizza!

pizza dough recipe

Why You’ll Love This Recipie

What is pizza without the pizza crust?  This is the homemade pizza dough recipe that we have been using for years.  The crust can make or break the pizza.  This recipe is perfect for a medium thickness of crust, not too thin and not too thick, and crisp on the bottom.  No soggy crust! 

I grew up in the midwest, an hour north of Chicago in a very Italian town.  We had lots of amazing pizza restaurants and I ate a lot of great pizza.   Over the years I have come to learn a thing or two about making the best pizza dough recipe.

Pizza Dough Recipe

Ingredients Needed

  • Bread Flour. You can also use all purpose flour but bread flour give you a more tender crust.
  • Active Dry Yeast.
  • Sugar
  • Olive Oil
  • Kosher Salt
  • Warm Water
Pizza Dough Recipe

How To Make Pizza Dough

  • Combine yeast and sugar with warm water and allow to sit for 5-10 minutes until bubbly
  • Using a stand mixer with a dough hook, add flour, salt, and olive oil into the bowl. Pour in the yeast mixture and knead until smooth. It will still be a little sticky.
  • Place dough in a greased bowl (use olive oil), cover with a towel or plastic wrap and allow dough to rise for at least one hour at room temperature. Longer is better.
Pizza Dough Recipe

To Bake:

  • Place pizza stone in the oven and preheat to 450 degrees. You want to do this about 30 minutes before the pizza goes into the oven. You want that stone nice and hot! If you do not have a pizza stone, just preheat your oven.
  • Cover pizza peel or a pizza pan with a light layer of cornmeal.
  • Roll out dough on a floured work surface with a rolling pin and place on a pizza pan or a pizza paddle if using a pizza stone.
homemade pizza dough
  • Add sauce and favorite pizza toppings to dough. I highly recommend my homemade pizza sauce.  It goes great with just about any topping.
  • Slide pizza onto hot pizza stone or place pizza pan in oven.
  • Bake for 10 – 12 minutes, until edges are golden brown.

Tips

  • Let the dough dough rise for at least an hour.  A couple of hours won’t hurt either. I’ve even been known to let it rise for most of the day!
  • Use bread flour. All purpose flour will work, but it will not give you the same results. You will get a more tender crust and better texture with bread flour.
  • If you enjoy making homemade pizza, a wooden paddle and a pizza stone are must have items.
  • Put a light coating of cornmeal onto the pizza paddle before you roll out your dough.  It helps prevent the dough from sticking and gives it a great texture.
homemade pizza dough

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I use instant yeast instead of dry active yeast?

Yes, you can. If using instant yeast or rapid rise yeast, just add the yeast in with the dry ingredients and then add wet ingredients. There is no need to proof the yeast.

Can I freeze pizza dough?

This recipe makes enough dough for two 12-inch pizzas. You can divide the dough in half after the dough has risen and freeze half of it to use later. After the pizza dough rises, divide it in half and form into a ball. Lightly cover the ball of dough with olive oil. Place in a zippered freezer bag and remove as much air as possible. Then place in freezer and freeze for up to 3 months.
To thaw pizza dough, place in the fridge overnight. Let it rest at room temperature for 30 minutes before rolling out.

Can I freeze baked pizza?

A baked pizza can be wrapped airtight in plastic wrap and then foil and kept in the freezer for up to 3 months. Bake frozen.

Check out some of my favorite pizza recipes:

  • Breakfast Pizza
  • Fruit Pizza
  • Rosemary Chicken Pizza
  • Strawberry Pizza
  • Hawaiian Pizza

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pizza dough recipe

Pizza Dough Recipe

Recipe From: Leigh Anne Wilkes
Pizza at home starts with this perfect pizze dough recipe.
serves: 2 pizzas
Prep:10 minutes minutes
Cook:10 minutes minutes
Rising Time:1 hour hour
Total:20 minutes minutes
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup warm water
  • 3 tsp yeast
  • 1 Tbsp sugar
  • 4 cups bread flour
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil

Instructions

  • Preheat oven and pizza stone to 450 degrees
  • Combine yeast and sugar with warm water and allow to sit for 5-10 minutes until bubbly
  • Add flour, salt, and olive oil into the yeast mixture and knead until smooth, but a little sticky. Approximately 5 minutes with a stand mixer or 10 minutes by hand.
  • Allow dough to rise for at least one hour.
  • Cover pizza paddle or pizza pan with a light layer of cornmeal.
  • Roll out dough.  (You may need to add a little extra flour.) Place on pizza paddle or pizza pan.
  • Add sauce and desired toppings.  Slide pizza onto hot pizza stone.  Bake for 10 – 12 minutes, until edges are golden brown.

Tips & Notes:

  • Let the dough rise for at least an hour.  A couple of hours won’t hurt either. I’ve even been known to let it rise for most of the day!
  • Use bread flour. All purpose flour will work, but it will not give you the same results. You will get a more tender crust and better texture with bread flour.
  • If you enjoy making homemade pizza, a wooden paddle and a pizza stone are must have items.
  • Put a light coating of cornmeal onto the pizza paddle before you roll out your dough.  It helps prevent the dough from sticking and gives it a great texture.

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Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 555kcal (28%) Carbohydrates: 99g (33%) Protein: 17g (34%) Fat: 9g (14%) Saturated Fat: 1g (6%) Sodium: 1174mg (51%) Potassium: 182mg (5%) Fiber: 4g (17%) Sugar: 6g (7%) Calcium: 19mg (2%) Iron: 1.3mg (7%)
* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.
Course:Main Dish
Cuisine:Italian
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  1. Donna says

    Posted on 2/24 at 8:51 am

    This by far was the best tasting pizza dough — bread flour is the way to go!

    While making this I found the dough to be really dry, it worked my Kitchenaid so hard the bowl lifted from its moorings. I’m wondering if the water should be 1 1/3 or 1 1/2 cups. If you can advise I would appreciate it.

    Thanks for the most tasty pizza dough ever!

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  2. Katherine Hallsten says

    Posted on 10/21 at 8:06 am

    The water to flour ratio is off. I think it needs to be 1 1/2 c. warm water if you are going to add 4 cups flour.

    Reply
    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 10/21 at 8:12 am

      Did you make the recipe and find the quantities were off?

      Reply

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