Easy Pizza Dough
Updated Feb. 14, 2024
- Total Time
- 20 minutes
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Ingredients
- 2teaspoons/5 grams dry active yeast
- 4½cups/625 grams all-purpose flour, plus extra for dusting
- 2teaspoons/5 grams kosher salt
- 2tablespoons/30 milliliters olive oil
Nutritional analysis per serving (8 servings)
317 calories; 4 grams fat; 1 gram saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 3 grams monounsaturated fat; 1 gram polyunsaturated fat; 60 grams carbohydrates; 2 grams dietary fiber; 0 grams sugars; 8 grams protein; 191 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Put 1¾ cups/420 milliliters lukewarm water in a mixing bowl (use a stand mixer or food processor if you prefer). Sprinkle yeast over water and let dissolve, about 2 minutes.
- Step 2
Add flour, salt and olive oil and mix well until flour is incorporated and dough forms, about 5 minutes. It may look a little rough or pockmarked.
- Step 3
Lightly dust a work surface with flour. Turn dough out onto surface and knead lightly until it looks smooth, 3 to 4 minutes. Cut dough into 4 equal pieces, about 8 ounces/225 grams each.
- Step 4
To use dough, form each piece into a smooth, firm ball, and place on a flour-dusted or parchment-lined baking sheet. (If you froze the dough, leave it at room temperature for several hours first, or defrost overnight in the refrigerator.) Flour lightly, cover loosely with plastic wrap and top with a kitchen towel. Leave to rise in a warm spot until doubled in size, about 30 minutes. Each dough ball will make a 10-inch diameter pizza.
- Step 5
If you'd like to refrigerate the dough, wrap dough pieces individually in resealable zipper bags and refrigerate for several hours or, for best results, overnight; you can also freeze it for future use. (You can skip this rise in the refrigerator and use the dough right away, but this cool, slow rise makes it easier to stretch and gives the pizza a crisper texture and more nuanced flavor.)
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Yes to this recipe! I'd like to clarify a few things for newer cooks for which some things aren't as easy to interpret here: -All-purpose flour is just fine to use -Once your dough is made you can immediately freeze what you won't use in the coming few days, OR put in fridge to slow rise(you'll need an hour @ room temp before oven), OR leave on counter covered in plastic and towel for use in 1/2 hr -Get your pan/sheet/stone hot as oven heats up -Oven temp 500, cook for 8-10 minute
At what temperature and how long do you cook this?
For those interested in learning more about making pizza, head to www.pizzamaking.com. There is also a terrific resource located at http://doughgenerator.allsimbaseball9.com/ which has recipes for several different styles of pizza with an interactive feature that changes the quantities depending on how many pizzas you want to make. Very handy!
I make this dough all the time. I routinely leave it in oiled ziplocks in the fridge for 5 days to a full week. It develops a nice fermented flavor and cooks a little bit crisper. I sometimes substitute up to 1/4 of the flour with whole wheat flour. Tastes good, but not as airy. Good recipe to have memorized.
I preheat a pizza stone at 450° for an hour. (The stone takes quite a while to heat.) Then the pizza cooks in maybe 5 minutes. But don't time it! look at the underside of the crust and at the cheese, and smell it. Overns vary a lot, and so does the thickness of the crust and the temperature of the ingredients. Cook with your body, not with a device! @Elizabeth
@Samir Khan two to two and a half hours, if its still springy when you try to roll it or toss it let it sit for a minute or two and try again.