Easy Homemade Pizza Dough Recipe (5 Ingredients!)
Forget store-bought! Whip up this simple homemade pizza crust recipe - crispy, chewy, & perfect every time.
Ingredients
- 3½ cups all purpose flour*
- 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
- ½ Tablespoon kosher salt
- 1½ cups lukewarm (100℉) water
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
Instructions
- Combine flour, yeast, and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook.
- Add water and olive oil.
- Turn on mixer and mix until all ingredients are hydrated and dough is shaggy, about 3 minutes.
- Increase speed to medium.
- Knead until dough is smooth and cleans the bowl, about 5-7 minutes.
- Place dough in a clean bowl and cover with plastic wrap.
- Allow to rise until dough is noticeably puffy, about 30 minutes.
Notes
*This recipe was written using an average of the dip and sweep method for measuring flour and the spoon and level method. If you are using a scale, you will need to add 3/4 oz or 22 g to the measurement for each cup of flour.
Tips to make the best pizza dough:
- Make sure your water is room temperature.
- If your mixer bogs down kneading the dough, you can finish kneading by hand.
- If the air is particularly dry, you may have to add a small amount of water to help the dough come together. If so, add it a teaspoon at a time.
- Don't over work the dough.
- If the dough is too elastic when you start shaping, cover it and let it rest for ten minutes.
- If you want to pre-bake the crust, roll it out, dock the top, and bake on a pizza stone in a 500 degree oven for 5 minutes, or until just starting to color. Take it out of the oven and let cool. You can wrap the crust in foil and freeze until needed.
- Making the dough a day ahead and allowing it to develop in the refrigerator overnight will yield a more flavorful dough.
- This dough will make three 10 inch pizzas or two 15 inch pizzas.
Nutrition
Serving: 1crustCalories: 579kcalCarbohydrates: 112gProtein: 16gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gSodium: 1173mgPotassium: 176mgFiber: 4gSugar: 0.4gVitamin C: 0.01mgCalcium: 27mgIron: 7mg
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.