The Best Pizza Dough Recipe

Anyone can make it! With a few simple ingredients, the Best Pizza Dough recipe is perfect for pizza night in your home!

Every Friday night is pizza house in the Russo household. My love for pizza runs pretty deep. There is nothing like a slice of homemade pizza pie. My love for pizza started way, way, WAY back when my mom would make this easy recipe when I was a child. I loved it then, and I love it now!

Let me get one thing off my chest.

PIZZA DOUGH IS NOT HARD TO MAKE.

When people hear that yeast is the main ingredient in a recipe, they get a little skittish. Embrace the yeast friends and don’t be intimidated! Plus, this recipe only has five ingredients and it doesn’t get more basic than that.

In order to create a light an airy pizza dough, you will need to let the yeast bloom for about five minutes. Bloom is a fancy term for “let’s get the party started.” By adding the yeast to warm water, no hotter than 110 degrees, it will start to activate and bubble. If the water is too hot, you will “kill the yeast!” (not to be confused with Kill The Beast sung by that evil Gaston).

Once the yeast starts moving and shaking. No, it really will not do that and if it does….”Houston, we have a problem.” Add your flour, salt and olive oil to your mixer. Using the dough hook, combine on low. Slow pour in the yeast and mix just until all the flour is incorporated. Pour a little olive oil into a large bowl and coat the sides. Add pizza dough to the bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let the dough rise for about an hour.

I get two nice sized pizzas out of this recipe. This dough freezes really well too. Just wrap in plastic wrap and store in the freezer up to three months.

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The Best Pizza Dough Recipe

Prep Time

15 mins

Total Time

1 hr 15 mins

 

With a few simple ingredients, the Best Pizza Dough recipe is perfect for pizza night in your home!

 

Servings: 2 pizzas

Author: Melissa Russo

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup warm water 100-110 degrees
• 2 1/4 teaspoon active dry yeast
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup olive oil

Instructions

1. In a small bowl, add warm water. Sprinkle yeast over warm water and let bloom for 5-10 minutes until bubbly.
2. Add flour, salt and olive oil to a mixer. With the dough hook attachment, mix ingredients together.
3. Slowly pour in yeast and mix just until flour is incorporated.
4. Place dough in a large greased bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for one hour.
5. Makes 2 large pizzas.
6. Pizza dough can be frozen too.

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