The Best Pizza Dough Recipe

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The Best Pizza Dough Recipe

It's important to have the best pizza dough recipe, as it serves as the base upon which all the toppings and sauce are added. This is a simple recipe that produces a high quality pizza crust!

Course Main Course

Cuisine Italian

Prep Time 35

Cook Time 16

Total Time 51

Servings pizzas

Calories 1036kcal

Author Whitney Wright

Ingredients

2 cups warm water
1/2 teaspoon honey
1 T yeast
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour may need more or less depending on your location, climate, altitude etc.
1 T. salt
oil for greasing the bowl

Instructions

In the bowl of a stand mixer, add the warm water. Then add the honey and yeast. Stir. Let the yeast sit for 10 minutes or until the yeast is bubbly (signifying it has been activated).
Add 3 cups of flour and the salt to the yeast mixture. Using the dough hook, mix until flour is combined. Add remaining 1 1/2 cups of flour. The dough should come away from the sides of the bowl but still stick at the very base. If the dough is really sticky, add flour 1 tablespoon of flour at a time to reach this consistency. The dough should be tacky, but not overly sticky.
Add about 1 tsp of oil (I use Canola oil) to a bowl. Using your hand or a paper towel, make sure the oil is covering the entire bowl. Place the pizza dough ball in the bowl. Then turn the dough ball over, so that the oil is lightly covering both sides of the dough.
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Let dough rise in a warm area for 45-60 minutes or until doubled in size.
Transfer the dough to a lightly floured countertop. Divide the dough in half. Roll out to your desired pizza size. (We like thin crust pizzas so I roll it out fairy thin).
When ready to cook, place in the oven, either on a olive oil greased pan, or a pizza stone, and bake at 500°F for 12-14 minutes. Or until the crust is cooked all the way through, and the cheese is melted and golden in color.

Notes

This recipe makes about 2 lbs 8 oz of pizza dough.

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