Best Homemade Pizza Dough Recipe
Homemade pizza dough is the best thing to make on a Friday night! This pizza dough recipe only has a few ingredients and is easy enough for your kids to make!
How to Make Homemade Pizza Dough
- First get your yeast going- it should look nice and bubbly after about 5-10 minutes.
- Mix your oil, salt, and flour in with the yeast mixture. I let mine knead with a dough hook in my KitchenAid for about 5 minutes. If you don’t have a mixer, knead your dough on your counter with a little flour until the dough isn’t sticky.
- Place it in an oiled bowl and cover. Put it in a warm place to let it rise.
- Let it rise for about an hour or until double in size.
- Punch it down and set it on your pizza stone or pizza pan. Let it sit for about 10 minutes.
- If you are just making one pizza, you can roll your dough out right on your pan. Roll your dough very thin. It will puff up a lot during baking, so if you don’t want a 4-inch thick crust, then roll it thin!
- Place on a stone or pan and bake at 425 degrees for 10 minutes (just the dough). Then add your toppings and bake for another 10-15 minutes until the cheese is melted and the crust has started to brown.
What are the Ingredients in Homemade Pizza Dough
Yeast.
Sugar.
Water.
Salt.
Oil.
Flour.
5 Tips for Making the Best Pizza Dough at Home
- Heat a pizza stone in the oven before you put your dough on it.
- Roll your dough as thin as you can possibly get it. It will rise a lot and become too thick and bread-like if you don’t roll it thin (especially when using whole wheat flour).
- Use a dough docker (or a fork) to prevent your dough from bubbling. This also helps your dough to rise evenly.
- Make sure your don’t skip pre-baking your dough before you put the toppings on.
- Brush the edges of the crust with a little olive oil before baking with the toppings.
Our Favorite Homemade Pizza Toppings
There is something about a classic pepperoni pizza, but if you make pizza every Friday night then it is fun to switch it up! These are some of our favorite pizza topping combos:
- Chicken Pesto: Grilled chicken + Pesto Sauce + Mozzarella
- Margherita: Plum Tomatoes + Fresh Mozzarella + Basil Leaves
- Fall Veggie Pizza: Sweet Peppers + Carmelized Onions + Oven Dried Tomatoes + Pesto + Mozzarella
- Hawaiian Pizza: Natural Ham + Pineapple Chunks + Mozzarella
- BBQ Chicken Pizza: Shredded BBQ Chicken + Sautéed Red Onion + Mozzarella Cheese + Cheddar Cheese + BBQ Sauce/Ranch Sauce
- Classic Veggie: Tomatoes + Sweet Peppers + Mushrooms + Pineapple + Onions + Olives
Favorite Homemade Pizza Recipes
- Kale and Chicken Sausage Pizza
- Buffalo Chicken Pizza
- Greek Pizza
- Tex Mex Pizza
- Pump It Up Pizza
- Thai Pizza
Best Homemade Pizza Crust
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 teaspoon yeast, active dry
- 2 tablespoon sugar
- 1 1/2 cup water
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 3/4 cup flour, all-purpose
- 1 3/4 cup flour, whole wheat
Toppings
- 2 cup pizza sauce
- 8 ounce mozzarella cheese
- 2 ounce pepperoni
Instructions
- Add yeast, sugar, and water to a large mixing bowl. Let sit for 10 minutes.
- Stir in salt, oil and flour. Knead dough in mixer or on a floured surface just until no longer sticky. Put in a greased bowl and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour.
- Punch dough down and put on your pizza pan. Allow it to rest for a few minutes, then roll out. Let sit again for 10 minutes.
- Roll out on pizza pan. Cook at 425 degrees F for about 10 minutes.
- Spread sauce over crust. Add pepperoni and sprinkle with grated cheese. Return to the oven for 10-15 minutes.
- Allow to cool for 5 minutes before serving.
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does this dough freeze well
You can freeze the dough, but it takes some experimenting to get it just right in my opinion! Let us know if you try it!!
I will freeze after rolling out and topping the dough. Worked fine in the past.
Terrific!
Is it possible to make this dough a day ahead of time? thanks
Yes! Keep it in the fridge and you can let it rise when you are ready to use it!
Wow!! very nice recipe and your pics are beautiful…….
Hi I love this idea for my kids. What are the measurements in g please I’m uk and I don’t use cup measure. Think I may invest in some soon though :0)
I make this dough at least once a week. Mostly for pizza but it’s so versatile. Love this recipe. Pinned. Thank you!
Kids and pizza are the best combination. Even when the kids are a bit older…
Hi. Can’t wait to try this. A few questions:
I only have whole wheat flour. Any way I could use just whole wheat? If so, how much?
Also. If I make this and place in air tight containers…how long will it last in fridge? 2 to 3 days?
Would you recommend freezing final product? Or better if eating that day only?
Yes you can use all whole wheat flour. We only keep in in the fridge from 1-2 days at the max. I would only store or freeze after the entire pizzas are made. Then, they freeze very well!
How many does this make?
Do you know if this recipe work with spelt flour?
Do be honest, I haven’t used spelt flour much and so I am not sure.
It makes one large crust.
Can this be made without the sugar?
The sugar is just to help the yeast grow, and so I am sure it would work without it!
Can I know the nutritional information about this recipes
I make two large crusts every week with this incredible recipe. I guess we like it thinner.
Is it plain flour??
Just plain flour.
Is it plain or self raising flour ?
Plain flour.
I’ll definitely show this to my wife. We are trying to get our kids to eat healthier. The problem is that they absolutely hate anything that isn’t junk food. However, if we can figure out a way to disguise the food as junk food, they just might go for it!
Oh my goodness, those heart cut outs are the cutest idea! I’m totally going to try that, I think my kids would get a kick out of it. I’m like you, I love bread dough. I feel like if you can make decent bread dough, you’ll never be in a pinch; you’ll always have something simple and great to cook! Thanks for the recipe.
Can I use this without yeast?
No – the dough will not rise without yeast.
Can this dough be made in a bread machine on the dough setting?
made pizza crust for the first time and it was just
delicious. Thanks for all your yummy recipes.
hi can you explain 21/4 yeast? you mean 2 spoons measuring 1/4each ? I am little confused. Thank you
It’s 2 teaspoons plus 1/4 of a teaspoon.
Does the brown sugar make this sweeter than usual pizza dough? I’ve only ever seen white granulated sugar in pizza dough recipes before. White granulated sugar doesn’t make the dough overly sweet..so I’m assuming this doesn’t either. Just looking for you opinion on the matter 🙂
I don’t think it makes it any sweeter. You could use either kind and probably wouldn’t notice a huge difference.
Recommendations for gluten free?
A delicious recipe. Looks yummy both from the pictures and videos. Thank you for sharing this delicious food recipe with us!
It was so good I love how I got to make a home made pizza dough
it is so good i loved it so match
Can’t wait to try this dough out! Thanks for the recipe 🙂
Have you split the dough into individual pizzas? If so, how many did it make?
Hi Amanda! I haven’t made individual pizzas with this recipe personally, but I would expect it to make about 4 personal pizzas if you split the dough.
My kids weren’t crazy about the dough, but it was my first time making it and I made it pretty thick. I think this recipe could make enough dough for at least 2-3 pizzas, especially if you are looking for a thinner crust like us. My husband and I like the flavor of the crust and we will try it again portioning it out for 3 pizzas.
This recipe is perfect! My husband is a harsh pizza critic and he loves this crust. Plus it’s soft enough for my 15 month old to eat! Thank you for this awesome pizza dough!
So glad to hear it! Thanks for sharing!!
Great Recipe! i just wrote on my blog about “Why Does Takeout Pizza Taste Better Than Homemade”.
although i prefer homemade pizza (: