When you’re ready for comfort food, have you thought of homemade pizza? It sounds fancy, but with this 10 minute pizza dough recipe, it’s easy! Pizza is a crowd pleaser with its customizable toppings. You’re going to love having this no-rise pizza dough!
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Ingredients
1 ½cupswaterwarm (not hot, warm to the touch)
1teaspoongranulated sugar
2 ½teaspoonactive dry yeastreplace with 1 packet, instant yeast may be used
Use a small non-reactive bowl*, add warm water, yeast, and sugar. Whisk and let it sit, about 8-10 minutes A yeasty froth will grow on top!
In your stand mixer** bowl, add the yeast mixture, flour, olive oil, and salt. Mix everything for 5 minutes until it combines. The soft, stretchy dough will pull away from the sides of the bowl when it’s ready. Split the dough in equal halves. Your dough is ready to go!
You can also store the dough with a little olive oil in a bowl in the fridge or freezer, see instructions for storage below. Roll out your dough to the desired thickness. Smother it with your favorite toppings. And pop it in the hot oven!
*Typically yeast does not like metal, but I have been successful every time proofing the yeast right in my mixer bowl, one less dish to wash.
**You can make without a stand mixer and J hook, be sure to mix until the dough is smooth and stretchy, then knead by hand on a floured surface for 8 minutes or so.
How to Make Homemade Pizza
Preheat the oven screaming hot, as hot as your oven will go--mine goes up to 550 degrees (and if using a pizza stone, or pizza steel, be sure to place those in beforehand to preheat with the oven. Roll out your dough as thick or thin as you like.
Top with your favorite pizza sauce and favorite toppings, place in oven and bake 8-10 minutes until crust is golden brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 8 minutes before slicing!
Notes
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Use fresh yeast | If you’re not getting a frothy top with your warm water, yeast, and sugar—throw it out. Keep your yeast fresh by storing it in the fridge or freezer. If it’s in the freezer, let it thaw for 30 minutes before using.
Baking stone | If you’re using a baking stone instead of a cookie tray, preheat it in your oven! A baking stone will give you a more authentic pizza crust.
STORAGEIf not using the pizza dough recipe right away, rub or spray with a little olive oil, place in a larger glass or ceramic bowl, cover in plastic wrap in fridge until ready to use. It will rise slowly in the fridge but it won't hurt it, when ready to bake, simply punch down and roll into desired thickness. Yes, I love recipes that you can make once and use at another time! Simply rub the pizza dough ball with a little olive oil and place in a freezer baggie. Remove as much air as possible and seal. Freeze up to 3-4 months.FREEZING & DEFROSTING PIZZA DOUGH When you are ready to defrost your pizza dough recipe, remove the baggie from the freezer and place in fridge to defrost overnight. When ready to use, remove from fridge and allow to sit at room temperature for 30 minutes before using. Bake as directed.For quicker defrosting and thawing of Italian pizza dough, remove from freezer and place pizza dough ball in a glass bowl twice it's size, rub all over with a little olive oil, cover with plastic wrap or a damp tea towel and let thaw and rise in a warm place for 2-4 hours until thawed and doubled. A good thawing location is in your oven with the lights on.
Variations
You can literally top pizza with anything that you love, and it will work! If you love olives, feta cheese, or even sunflower seeds, they can all go on your perfect pizza! It’s also a sneaky way to use leftovers!
Barbecue beef brisket pizza | This is great for a cowboy pizza. Check out my Oven Baked Barbecue Beef Brisket and try it as a pizza topping.
Mediterranean pizza | Here’s a way to give your homemade pizza a twist—use my Easy & Healthy Grilled Chicken Shawarma Bowls recipe for a topping instead of having the bread on the side. This also works as a calzone!
Mexican pizza | We all love our street tacos, so here you can bring them to your pizza with the Best Mexican Barbacoa Tacos recipe!