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Pizza Dough Recipe

Homemade pizza dough is way easier than you think. Combine the flour with dry yeast and olive oil and see the dough rise! Any night can be pizza night!
Course How To, Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword dough, pizza
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 4 pieces
Calories 875kcal

Ingredients

Instructions

Dough

  • Combine yeast, salt, sugar, olive oil and water in a large 6 quart bowl, you can use a wooden spoon or stand mixer.
    yeast with liquid in a bowl with yeast
  • Add the flour. There is no need to knead the dough, just be sure that all the flour is mixed in well.
    pizza dough in a mixing bowl
  • Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough rise for about two hours.
    Pizza dough in a mixing bowl

Freezing Pizza Dough

  • Because this recipe makes four pizzas, I prefer to freeze part of the dough for later.
    Pizza Dough rolled in placed wrap and being placed into a ziploc bag
  • After the dough rises, cut it into four pieces and wrap it tightly in plastic wrap. Place the wrapped dough inside a ziploc bag; remove air out the the bag, seal and freeze.
    Pizza Dough wrapped in plastic wrap and placed into ziploc bags

Nutrition

Calories: 875kcal | Carbohydrates: 159g | Protein: 22g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Sodium: 1757mg | Potassium: 232mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 10mg