Easy Pizza Dough
This is my favorite pizza dough. It is so much better tasting and easier to work with than that canned stuff! I like to make mine up ahead of time and put it in the refrigerator until I make my pizza later that day or even the next day. You can even put it in the freezer. To use it after freezing it, let it thaw overnight in the refrigerator.
Source: Erika B. Dingeldein
Ingredients
Put your warm water (105 – 110 degrees)
into a small bowl. Add the sugar and
the yeast and stir until the yeast dissolves.
Set aside for 5 minutes. The yeast will
create a foam layer on top. If it
doesn’t then you have bad yeast.
Spray a medium bowl with cooking oil.
Whisk together the flour and the salt.
Put the flour mixture into a medium bowl.
Pour the yeast mixture into the flour mixture.
Use a wooden spoon and mix
together to make a dough.
Scrape the dough into the bowl that
you sprayed with cooking oil.
Turn the dough over so the cooking
spray coats both sides of the dough.
Cover with a towel and let sit for 20 minutes.
Usually I use a dish towel but this time
I just used a paper towel.
Punch down the dough and if it is too sticky
add a little flour so it doesn’t stick to your
hands. Knead it a couple of times and
form a ball. At this point it’s ready to be
rolled out and placed onto your pizza pan.
This makes a nice size crust. I put mine on
a large cookie sheet. You may get two
crusts out of it if you like it thin and smaller.
I like to make mine earlier in the day and
clean up. After I punch it down I wrap it
in plastic wrap and put it in a plastic bag
then place it in the refrigerator until I am
ready to make my pizza. It may continue to
rise in the refrigerator which is why I put
it in a plastic bag. I don’t want it
popping out and drying out.
Easy Pizza Dough
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Ingredients
- 1-1/2 cups warm water (105-110 degrees)
- 2 Tbsp sugar
- 1 Tbsp yeast
- 3-1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
Directions
- Combine water, sugar and yeast. Stir to dissolve the yeast and let sit for 5 minutes.
- Whisk together the salt and flour.
- In a medium bowl add the flour mixture and yeast mixture together using a wooden spoon.
- Spray a medium bowl with cooking oil.
- Pour the dough into the cooking sprayed bowl. Turn the dough over coating both sides of the dough with the cooking spray.
- Cover the bowl with a towel and let sit for 20 minutes.
- Remove the dough from the bowl and if the dough is sticking to your hands, add a little flour until it doesn’t.
- Knead a couple of times and roll out to your desired shape.
- Spray the pizza pan with cooking spray and form the dough to the pan.
- Add the pizza sauce and whatever other toppings you want including cheese.
- Bake at 400 degrees for about 20 minutes or until the bottom is golden brown.
- Change the oven to broil and broil the pizza until the top is completely cooked.
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Thank you drear friend I have tried many recipes but never seem to nail that base. Yours sounds good so will give it all my love and try. I have considered buying a plate dish thing for making it.I have seen even stone plates used but price was silly to my thinking so avoided firestone base .May hope this works with nice thing base with golden thick edge they call deep pan for some reason . It is useful for left over chicken with olives and Italian cheese.
Thank you dear friend I have tried many recipes but never seem to nail that base. Yours sounds good so will give it all my love and try. I have considered buying a plate dish thing for making it.I have seen even stone plates used but price was silly to my thinking so avoided firestone base .May hope this works with nice thing base with golden thick edge they call deep pan for some reason . It is useful for left over chicken with olives and Italian cheese.
I think I have every type of pizza pan there is and my favorite is the good old fashion cookie sheet…hahaha
Thank you for posting this!!
You are so welcome!
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Let me know how it turned out will you?
I made the pizza yesterday night and everyone loved it! I am going to do a post about it soon, please read it!
Wonderful! I can’t wait to read it!
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That looks so easy to make. I will have to give it a try. Thanks, Diane! 😊
You’re welcome it is a wonderful recipe!
Stun share 🍕
Thank you!
An easier way! I must try this pizza dough 😀
Thank you for the recipe!
Ciao
Sid
You’re welcome! This is very easy!
Good one Diane, will try this out!
Wait until you feel this dough! It is so smooth and easy to work with.
Looks yummy
Thank you!
We make ours with baking powder biscuit dough, give a nice texture change. Thanks for the recipe!
That’s interesting! I have never heard of that but it sounds great! You should get a good rise with the baking powder.
I will try this! Thank- you for sharing!!
You’re welcome! I posted the making of the pizza with this dough today on my blog.
Your recipe of the pizza base looks simple and easy… nice post for foodies like me😊
It is so easy! You don’t even need to roll the dough if you don’t want to. Just press it into the pan. Thanks!
This looks really easy. Thanks for posting. I’m going to show this to my mom.
You’re welcome Dan!
If you make the dough a day or two ahead of time and put it in a ziplock bag (put a little bit of oil in the bag so the dough doesn’t stick to it) and in the fridge, the dough gets better. Take it out a couple of hours before you want to use it to bring to room temperature.
Great idea! Mine was in the refrigerator for about 24 hours. I don’t have any problem getting it out of the bag but I do have to keep punching it down as it really continues to rise! I agree, bringing it to room temperature is a must! Thank you so much for you advice!
Reduce the amount of yeast and it won’t rise as much or as quickly. I only use about 1/2 tsp of yeast to two cups of water and about four cups of flour. It produces a really good thin crust that still has a nice edge. Here’s a post with pictures of my pizza on a day when I refrigerated the dough for two days before making: https://kingmidgetramblings.wordpress.com/2014/04/27/whispering-pizza/
Thanks your pizza looks delicious! I have noticed the dough tastes better when it sits a day. I bet it is even better after two days!
I would have loved to see a picture of the finished product!
Check out my post for today. I show the making of the pizza.
We prep it way different here in the Caribbean, we roll in the batter what we call (needing the flour) with our hands in a bowl or on the table. Then place it below our table cloth or just a kitchen cloth, leave it to raise and then…well make the pizza lol #islandlife
Yes we also normally knead the dough too. This is an easy dough recipe and doesn’t require kneading but if you want to you can. This rises in 20 minutes but when I leave it over night in the refrigerator it continues to rise. It is a fascinating recipe and a whole lot less work. Give it a try sometime and see what you think.
This sounds easy enough. It would be much better than using the canned or frozen stuff. Thanks for sharing this one.
Yes it is better tasting but so much easier to work with! Thanks!
Great recipe ! Thank you so much.
You’re welcome! This is a huge piece of dough.
Canned pizza dough? I didn’t know that existed. Maybe it is like the exploding biscuits or croissants?
I make my own also. I use 1 1/2 cup water for two round trays, adding flour until I can get it out of the bowl to knead. The yeast has been dissolved in the water, about 1 tsp., no sugar, but I add 2 Tbsp olive oil. Either whole wheat flour or half white. Wheat benefits from fermentation, that is why you find it better after a long rise.
Yes we have pre-made pizza dough in a can! You peel off the label and smack the can on the counter and it pops open with the dough inside. Makes it nice but doesn’t even compare to homemade! I think all dough is better the longer it sits. I like to make mine and refrigerate it. Thank you for sharing your way. I find it fascinating how differently food can be made.
Hi Diane, thank you for the like on my recent post and for introducing me to your blog!
You’re welcome and I look forward to reading more of your blog!
There’s a lot you can do with this! Biscuits, calzones, even sandwich bread… It’d be good to make and then freeze for future use.
Yes and it is really easy to work with and tastes good! Thanks for all of your ideas!
You made me think 😊
I’m yet to make a pizza from scratch at home and this recipe will definitely help.Thank you!
Once you do you won’t want to order out again..lol
Thank you so much for this ♥
You are very welcome!
this looks wonderful and easy – thanks!
It really is Beth, you’re very welcome!
bookmarked it 🙂
Enjoy it is an easy one.
Hubby and I love a good homemade pizza. I will have to give this dough a try.
I love this recipe Christy. It makes plenty and is easy to work with.
Good Morning, Diane….your photos and directions continue to inspire me….jackie
Awwwwww thank you Jackie! That is the whole point of my blog!
Great recipe. For your own information though, pizza dough also makes a great bread. And my grandmother used to roll out the dough, cut out circles, cut a donut hole in the middle and then fry the dough in oil. They would puff up. Then she would drain them, cool them just a bit and roll them in brown sugar and cinnamon. Best donuts ever!
Thank you I REALLY appreciate that!!!!!!!! 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
I will definitely try this! We make homemade pizza regularly but I buy Naan bread. I have not been able to find/buy yeast since late February ☹️ I really want to make my own.
I don’t know why they don’t put more in the stores. I bought mine at an Amish bulk food store before the virus hit. I store it in the freezer and it keeps longer. Good luck I hope you can find some.
Well, I think I will make this dough for my cast iron pizza. Perfect.
You will probably be able to make two. If you don’t need two freeze one for later.
Nice and simple! Thanks
You’re welcome, simple is always best.
Always.
I’ve never made pizza dough before, but your recipe sounds pretty easy. Even I might be able to do it. Thanks, Diane!
Yes you can do this, super easy! You’re welcome Kellye!
This is sure worth a try!
It makes a nice sized dough ball and tastes great.