Homemade Pizza Dough Recipe
- Author: Heather McCurdy
- Prep Time: 1 hours 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hours 30 minutes
- Yield: 16 slices 1x
- 2 and 1/4 cups warm water (approx. 105-110°F)
- 2 TBS. active dry yeast
- 1 TBS. sugar
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 6–7 cups flour
- Mix warm water, sugar, and yeast in mixing bowl.
- Let set 5 minutes or until it has a nice bubbly look to the top.
- Add oil.
- Mix in 1 cup of flour and the salt.
- Add flour 1 cup at a time until you have added 5 cups total, mixing after each addition. At this point add flour 1/2 cup at a time until dough is just slightly sticky.
- Set your mixer to 2 and let it knead the dough for 3 minutes or by hand until it is nice and elastic. Add a little flour as need be so your hands don’t stick.
- Dough will be slightly sticky.
- Cover dough with a paper towel or light weight towel and set on back of stove until dough doubles – 45 minutes to 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 450°F.
- Coat hands in oil, punch down dough and divide in 2 for 2 large pizzas.
- Oil a pan or use a baking stone without oil.
- Spread dough across pan, patching holes if they appear.
- Lightly brush crust with oil.
- Add favorite toppings.
- Bake at 450 until top is golden brown. Usually around 15 minutes.
- Pull the pizza out of the oven and let sit a few minutes. I know it is tempting to bite right in but the burnt tongue always ruins it for me. Plus, the toppings stay on better if it sets a few minutes.