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Pizza Dough Recipe

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By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 6/10/18Updated: 10/04/21

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Pizza Dough Recipe

A very delicious homemade pizza starts with the perfect pizza dough recipe.

Because what is pizza without the pizza crust.  This is the pizza crust recipe that we have been using for years.  Crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside, this is just the pizza crust you are looking for.

pizza dough recipe

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 amazing pizza.   Over the years I have come to learn a thing or two about making great pizza crust.  And I am going to share my tips with you.

The crust can make or break the pizza.  I prefer a medium thickness of crust – not too thin and not too thick – just right and crisp on the bottom.  No soggy crust!  This pizza dough recipe is perfect for making just such a crust.

Pizza Dough Recipe

First tip, I 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!

Pizza Dough Recipe

Next tip, you can use all purpose flour, but bread flour is best for making homemade pizza dough.

When making homemade pizza, there are two pizza making tools that come in handy.  A wooden paddle and a pizza stone.  They are not essential, but they make the job easier and the crust crisper.  Remember, these are my tips for the perfect pizza crust!  If you don’t have a pizza paddle use the backside of a cookie sheet.

Pizza Dough Recipe

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.

You can just use your hands like they do at the pizza place but I prefer a rolling pin to roll out my dough.

homemade pizza dough

About 30 minutes before you want to cook your pizza place your pizza stone into the oven and heat the oven to about 450 degrees.  You want that stone nice and hot!

Once you have rolled out your homemade pizza dough, add the sauce and topping you prefer.  I highly recommend my homemade pizza sauce.  It goes great with just about any topping.

homemade pizza dough

Then slide it in the oven and bake for about 10-12 minutes until the edges are nice and golden brown.  And enjoy your delicious homemade pizza!

Some of my favorite ways to use homemade pizza dough:

  • Pesto Chicken Pizza
  • Proscuitto, Blackberry & Basil Pizza
  • Hawaiian Pizza

My favorite kitchen tools I use to make HOMEMADE PIZZA DOUGH:
6 PIECE MEASURING CUP SET – Everyone needs at least one set of measuring cups, I have 4 sets!

MAGNETIC MEASURING SPOONS – I love these things.  They are magnetic so they stay together in the drawer!

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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
Cook:10 minutes
Rising Time:1 hour
Total:20 minutes
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Ingredients

  • 1 C warm water
  • 3 tsp yeast
  • 1 Tbsp sugar
  • 4 C 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 backside of a cookie sheet with a light layer of cornmeal.
  • Roll out dough.  (You may need to add a little extra flour.)
  • Add sauce and desired toppings.  Slide pizza onto hot pizza stone.  Bake for 10 – 12 minutes, until edges are golden brown.

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.

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    • 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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