Homemade Pizza Dough
Easy, no mixer required 30 minute pizza dough recipe that gives you delicious pizza in a flash!
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 - 2 1/3 cups flour (either all purpose or bread flour) divided (250- 295g)
- 1 packet or 2 1/4 tsp instant yeast
- 1 1/2 tsp sugar
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder (optional)
- 1/4 tsp dried basil (optional)
- 2 tbsp olive oil (+more for coating the bowl and baking)
- 3/4 cup warm water*
Instructions
- 1
Combine 1 cup of the flour (125g) with the yeast, sugar, salt and garlic powder/basil if using in a large bowl.
- 2
Add olive oil and warm water and use a wooden spoon to combine thoroughly.
- 3
Add in another 1 cup of flour, and stir. If dough is still too sticky and unmanageable, keep adding flour gradually while stirring until a maximum of another 1/3- 1/2 cup is added. The dough will begin to pull away from the sides of the bowl.
- 4
Coat another large bowl with some olive oil and transfer dough to this greased bowl. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and allow to rise in a warm place for 30 minutes or until puffy and expanded to double in size.
- 5
If baking crust right after rising, preheat the oven to 220 C (425) while dough is rising.
- 6
Once dough has risen, coat your hands and a work surface lightly with flour and remove dough from the bowl and knead gently just a few times until dough is deflated and smooth.
- 7
Using hands or a rolling pin (I find it easier to do this directly in the pizza pan) either roll or stretch dough into a 12 inch circular shape.
- 8
Brush the dough circle all over with olive oil (about 1 tbsp). Prick the dough all over with a fork to prevent bubbling in the oven.
- 9
Add desired sauce and toppings and bake in the very hot oven for 13-15 minutes or until toppings are golden brown.