Easy Homemade Pizza Dough

4.99 from 1053 votes

This is the best pizza dough recipe ever. It's easy to makewith 5 ingredients and doesn't need to rise - which means you can have a freshhot homemade pizza on the table in 30 minutes.

Prep Time5

Cook Time25

Total Time30

Course: bread, Main Course

Cuisine: American, Italian

Diet: Vegan, Vegetarian

Servings: Pizza (12 servings)

Author: Laura

Cost: $2

Equipment

Ingredients

1 cup warm water (105 degrees F)
1 Tablespoon granulated sugar
1 Tablespoon active dry yeast
1 Tablespoon olive oil
2 to 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour*
1 tsp fine sea salt

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 500 degrees Fahrenheit (260 degrees Celsius). Put a pizza stone in the oven while it preheats, and let it warm at 500 degrees F for at least 10 minutes.*

Make the Pizza Dough

Combine warm water, yeast and sugar in a large mixing bowl and stir to combine.
Let mixture sit for 5 minutes, or until it becomes frothy and bubbles form.
Gently stir in olive oil.
Add 2 cups of flour and salt and mix with a spatula until a ball begins to form (dough will still be slightly sticky). Add more flour as needed to form a dough ball.
Transfer to a floured surface and knead into a smooth dough, adding up to ½ cup extra flour if needed.
Optional. if desired, cover the bowl with a damp tea towel and let it rise for 10 minutes or up to 1 hour.

Assemble the Pizza

Roll the dough into your desired shape and put it on a piece of parchment paper.
Add pizza sauce, cheese and toppings of choice.

Bake The Pizza

Use a pizza peel to transfer the pizza to the preheated pizza stone in the oven.
Bake on the preheated pizza stone for 11-14 minutes, or until the bottom of the crust is golden brown.
Remove the pizza from the oven with the pizza peel and put it on a wire rack to cool for at 5-10 minutes before cutting and serving.

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Notes

No Pizza Stone? No problem.

You can preheat the pizza pan or baking pan you will be cooking the pizza on in the oven instead of the stone. You will need to bake the pizza slightly longer without a stone.

Ingredient Substitutions

All-purpose flour. you can replace up to ½ cup flour with whole wheat flour. You can also use a 1:1 gluten-free all-purpose baking flour for a gluten-free pizza crust.
Sugar. honey is a great substitute for sugar.
Olive oil. Any neutral tasting oil works perfectly in this recipe, I suggest olive oil, avocado oil or canola oil.

Double or Triple this Recipe

This pizza dough recipe is easily doubled or tripled. Simply use 2x or 3x the ingredients and divide the dough equally in 2 or 3 portions.

You can also make the crust into small personal pizzas and let the kids put their own toppings on it, which is really fun.

Make Ahead (Prepare in Advance)

You can make this pizza dough in advance. Mix it together and form a ball, then place it in a bowl and tightly cover it with plastic wrap and a damp towel. Store it in the refrigerator until ready to use (up to overnight).

Freeze

Freeze the dough: Form the dough into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap and freeze in an airtight container or plastic bag. To use, thaw completely, roll and proceed with the recipe.

Par-Bake Crust, then Freeze: Pre-bake the crust for 5 minutes without toppings. Let it cool, wrap it tightly with plastic wrap and foil and freeze. To use, let it thaw, add toppings and bake according to the recipe.

Freeze Assembled Pizza: You can make your own frozen pizzas. Make this pizza dough, top it with sauce and toppings and flash-freeze it on a baking sheet. One it's hardened, wrap it tightly in plastic wrap and foil and freeze for up to 2 months. Bake the frozen pizza at 425 Degrees Fahrenheit (218 degrees Celsius) for 15-20 minutes.

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