Have you ever planned on making homemade pizzas as a fun family dinner on Friday night, only to run out to the grocery store last minute for some ready made pizza dough and find them sold out? This recipe is a great tasting and quick to make pizza dough.
30 Minute Pizza Dough
This recipe will make one generous large pizza or 2 medium thin crust pizzas, which is what I usually do.
Equipment
- Pizza stone
Ingredients
- ¾ cup warm water ideally between 105-115℉
- 1 pkg instant yeast
- 2 cups all-purpose flour divided, more as needed
- 1½ tsp sugar
- ¾ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Optional Seasonings
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp rosemary
- ¼ tsp thyme
- ¼ tsp oregano
Instructions
- Proof yeast in a bowl of warm water while prepping the dry ingredients
- In a bowl combine 1 cup of the flour, sugar, salt, and any seasonings.
- Add olive oil and the water with the yeast. Mix with a wooden spoon until dough is fully incorporated and soupy.
- Gradually add the 2nd cup of flour, mixing until the dough forms a sticky ball and pulls away from the side of the bowl. Add more flour as needed, a handful at a time, until the dough is manageable with your hands. It will still be sticky.
- Drizzle olive oil into a separate bowl for rising and use a pastry brush or paper towel to coat the sides.
- Dust your hands with flour and transfer dough to the rising bowl, rolling it to coat the ball with olive oil. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside to rise for 30 minutes or until doubled in size.
- During rising, preheat oven, with a pizza stone in it, to 500℉
- Once the dough has risen, uncover, deflate with your hands, and transfer to a floured surface. Knead the dough slightly and shape into a tight ball. If you are making 2 pizzas, you can cut it in half with a dough knife and shape into 2 separate balls.
- Roll out the dough to the desired size and thickness. Lightly coat with olive oil. Dough can be par baked for 3-5 minutes in a 500° oven if desired or can be simply topped and baked. Timing usually varies for me between 8-10 minutes, with the crust rim indicating when its done.