Description
Learn how to make delicious homemade pizza dough with this easy recipe. Perfect for creating your favorite pizza at home!
Ingredients
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Dough:
- 3½ to 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 packet (2¼ teaspoons) active dry yeast
- 1¼ cups warm water (110°F/45°C)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Prepare Yeast Mixture: In a small bowl, combine warm water, sugar, and yeast. Let sit for 5–10 minutes until foamy.
- Mix Dough: In a large bowl, mix 3½ cups of flour with the salt. Add the yeast mixture and olive oil, and stir until a shaggy dough forms.
- Knead Dough: Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead for about 8–10 minutes until smooth and elastic, adding more flour as needed.
- Rise: Place the dough in a lightly oiled bowl, cover, and let rise in a warm place for 1 to 1½ hours, or until doubled in size.
- Shape: Punch down the dough, divide if needed, and roll out to desired thickness for your pizza.
Notes
- This recipe makes enough for two 12-inch thin crust pizzas or one thick crust.
- Dough can be refrigerated for up to 3 days or frozen for up to 3 months.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: No-Cook (dough prep)
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/4 of recipe
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 250mg
- Fat: 4g
- Saturated Fat: 0.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3.5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 38g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
