Easy Homemade Pizza Dough

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This easy homemade pizza dough takes minutes to prepare and is the only pizza dough you need for all kinds of homemade pizza!

two balls of unbaked homemade pizza dough on wooden board ready to be rolled and made into pizza

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Why we love this basic pizza dough recipe
Pizza Dough Ingredients
How to make pizza dough from scratch
This dough can be made by hand, stand mixer or in a bread machine:
Serve with:
My Tips for success
How to bake pizza dough
Easy Homemade Pizza Dough

This easy pizza base recipe is one I have been making for years and I thought it about time I shared it with you!

Why we love this basic pizza dough recipe

This pizza dough can be made in the bread machine, stand mixer or by hand.
Cook it in the oven, barbecue or air fryer.
Easy – it takes just minutes to prepare (especially if you make it in the bread machine or mixer with dough hook!)
Make ahead – keep it in the fridge overnight, or freeze as a pizza for a quick family dinner.
It makes a soft, chewy pizza base.
Just 5 ingredients!
It’s vegan.

Pizza Dough Ingredients

Plain Flour – You can sub bread flour if you prefer, but you will also need to add 1-2 tablespoon more water. You can use AP flour too.
Yeast – Instant dried yeast (also known as quick-rise yeast or fast-acting yeast).
Salt – Adds flavour!
Water – Use warm water – not too hot.
Olive oil – I like to use EVOO as it adds a lovely flavour to the dough, but you can use any neutral flavoured oil.

Shot showing ingredients for making pizza dough: Bowls of water, flour, olive oil, salt and dried yeast

How to make pizza dough from scratch

Add all the ingredients to the bowl.
Mix to a soft dough, adding a little more water if needed.
Knead for 5 minutes in a mixer, 7 minutes if making by hand.
Place in lightly greased bowl.
Cover with clingfilm/clingwrap for an hour.
Once risen, it’s ready to use!

A collage of 6 images showing the process of making the pizza dough: mixing, leaving to rise and it risen

This dough can be made by hand, stand mixer or in a bread machine:

Making the dough by hand:

Knead on a floured board for 7 minutes until soft and smooth.

Making the dough with a stand mixer:

Knead for 5 minutes, stirring down the side of the bowl with a spatula after 3 minutes.

Making the pizza dough in a bread machine:

Place all the ingredients in the bowl of the machine and use the setting for kneading and rising (on my machine it takes an hour and a half)

Serve with:

Homemade Pizza Sauce.
Pesto: homemade or bought pesto, use a dairy free pesto for a vegan pizza or broccoli pesto to pack more veggies on your pizza!
Red lentil veg sauce (great for getting extra veggies and protein on your pizza!)

One ball of dough has been rolled out on a wooden board and is topped with tomato sauce, ready for the other pizza toppings and to be baked

What flour is best for pizza dough?

I use a baking plain flour, but you can use bread flour or AP flour. High protein flours like bread flour produce a chewier crust. I have found that flours differ from country to country, so if the dough is not as chewy and fluffy as you want, then try another flour.

What else can I do with pizza dough?

Breadsticks, flatbread, calzones, garlic knots and cinnamon rolls are just some of the delicious recipes you can make with pizza dough!

My Tips for success

Make sure yeast is not old/inactive.
Different baking trays/sheets can be the difference between having a crisp pizza base or soft pizza base. We have two trays which cook cookies exactly the same, but when it comes to making pizza on them, one produces a far crispier base.
This dough can be left at room temperature for up to 6 hours.
If storing the dough in the fridge, or freezing it, it will make a crispier pizza base.

How to bake pizza dough

Heat the oven to 200˚C fan / 220˚C / 392˚F Convection / 428˚F. Lightly grease a baking sheet, roll out your dough and transfer to the baking sheet, stretching the edges out with your fingers once on the tray.
Top with your favourite toppings and bake for 10-15 minutes until golden.
If baking from frozen: Allow an extra 5 minutes to cook.

finished cooked pizza using the pizza dough recipe, with tomato sauce, mozzarella and fresh basil

Easy Homemade Pizza Dough

Author: Robyn

This easy homemade pizza dough takes minutes to prepare and is the only pizza dough you need for all kinds of homemade pizza!

5 from 11 votes

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Rest Time 1

Course dinner, Lunch

Cuisine Italian

Servings people (2 Large pizzas)

Calories 356 kcal

Ingredients

350g (2⅓ c) Strong Plain Flour, plus extra for dusting ($0.70 /£0.30p)
2 teaspoons Dried Yeast ($0.15 /£0.11p)
1 teaspoon Salt ($0.02 /£0.01p)
220 ml Warm Water ($0 /£0)
2 teaspoons Olive Oil ($0.06 /£0.03p)

Instructions

Add the flour, yeast, salt, water and olive oil to a bowl.
Gently mix to a soft dough.
Add a splash of water if the mix seems too dry – it shouldn't feel hard and dry.
Knead on a floured surface for 5 minutes, or if using a stand mixer knead for 5 minutes.
Transfer to a clean lightly oiled bowl, cover with cling film and leave for 1 hour.
When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 200˚C fan / 220˚C / 400˚F convection / 475˚F.
Lightly grease two baking trays/sheets with olive oil.
Scoop the dough out onto a well floured surface and cut into 2 equal size pieces. Place one piece back into the bowl.
With a floured rolling pin, roll out the dough to your desired shape – around 25cm – 30cm diameter.
Place the dough on to the greased baking sheet, pressing out at the edges with clean hands if it's shrunk a little on moving.
Repeat with the other half of the pizza dough.
Top each base with toppings of choice, and bake for 10-15 minutes until golden.

Notes

Estimated costs: Australia $0.93. Per serve = $0.24

UK £0.45. Per serve = £0.12p

America – I am yet to calculate the estimated ingredients costs to make this recipe in the US. If you would find it useful please let me know and I’ll get calculating 🙂

Plain Flour – You can sub bread flour if you prefer, but you will also need to add 1-2 tablespoon more water too. You can use AP flour too.

Yeast – Dried yeast.

Salt – Adds flavour – if you don’t add it your pizza dough won’t be as flavoursome.

Water – Use warm water – not too hot, it should feel warm but comfortable on your wrist.

Olive oil – I like to use EVOO as it adds a lovely flavour, but you can use any neutral flavoured oil.

Freezing the dough: I tend to make up pizzas when I have the tomato sauce/pesto and cheese and then freeze them as a whole pizza. Place the dough on a lightly oiled freezable plate or tray, top with toppings and freeze until solid. Once solid wrap well in clingwrap and freeze for up to 6 weeks. Cook from frozen at the same temperature (200˚C fan / 220˚C / 400˚F convection / 475˚F) it will take an extra 5 minutes to cook.

Nutrition

Calories: 356kcalCarbohydrates: 69gProtein: 11gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 589mgPotassium: 151mgFiber: 4gSugar: 1gVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 17mgIron: 4mg

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