Many have pizza night once a week at their homes, but have you considered homemade pizza night?! It is our favorite and this homemade pizza dough recipe is easy and tasty!
"What do you want on your pizza?"
"Ummm, let me think about it."
"Well hurry up, we want to get the order in."
"Okay, I want sun-dried tomatoes, onions, and hot peppers."
"Fin-"
"Wait, do I want goat cheese instead of hot peppers? I mean, I can always add some spicy elements from home."
"I don't know, you decide!"
This usually goes on for half an hour before I tell Mr. TCW to surprise me. I am so indecisive when it comes to pizza toppings! We usually go for the deals where they state: One 3 topping pizza for $x.xx. But when I am limited to my number of toppings, I find myself overwhelmed with all the ingredients they offer! Then I start calculating how expensive the toppings are and what would be the best deal. I cannot believe many pizza places charge for toppings such as garlic or hot peppers. They are soooo cheap to begin with! To save myself the stress and decisions (as well as money!) I decided we were going to have homemade pizza nights again. I miss doing them. I can't find the pizza yeast I used to use to make my previous crust, so I can't remember the last time we had homemade pizza.
📖 Recipe
Homemade Pizza Dough
Pizza night is a fun experience, and it can be even better with homemade pizza dough! Your kids will love playing around with the toppings!
Ingredients
- 2 tsp. Fleischmann's instant yeast quick rise (or brand of your choice.)
- 1 ⅓ cup warm water (approx. 110F)
- 2 tsp. salt
- 2 tsp.granulated sugar
- ⅛ cup olive oil
- 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour + more for kneading
Instructions
- Add yeast and water to the bowl of your stand mixer. Agitate and allow to sit for 10 minutes, waiting for the yeast to bubble and get foamy. Add the salt, sugar, and olive oil. With the dough hook, add the flour ½ cup at a time, mixing until just combined. Dough will still be somewhat tacky/sticky.
- Grease a large mixing bowl with some oil and dump dough into bowl. Cover and allow to rise until doubled in size (can take about 1 hour depending on the temperature in your house.) Generously flour your counter and pour dough on top. Knead until dough is still elastic-like, but not too sticky. Begin to roll out with rolling pin. If dough is sticking, flour top of dough as needed.
- Place onto pizza pan or stone and assemble with appropriate toppings. Bake at 475F until nicely browned, anywhere between 13 and 17 minutes!
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 2 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 940Total Fat: 15gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 2339mgCarbohydrates: 173gFiber: 7gSugar: 5gProtein: 24g
Tips:
I read online that using all-purpose flour results in a chewier crust, whereas using bread flour will give your a crispier crust. I have not used bread flour to make my pizza, but I am thinking of giving it a shot next time.
This recipe makes enough dough to create one large pizza crust. You could probably split the dough and make two small/medium pizzas.
This dough needs at least 1-2 hours to rise, so make sure you give yourself plenty of time (as in, if you want to eat dinner around 6PM, do not start making this pizza crust at 5PM!)
If you are not planning to use the dough right away, after the initial rise (2 hours), place the dough into a container and store in the fridge for about a week.
If you want to freeze the dough, as soon as the pizza dough is completed in the mixer, do not let it rise. Cover the dough in some olive oil and store in a freezer bag. When ready to use, remove from freezer and bag, and allow to rise in bowl. Bake it like usual.
So of course, when it came time to decide on toppings for the pizza, I was overwhelmed. I decided we were having pizza two nights in a row so I could make two different pizzas (this one was balsamic mushrooms with caramelized onions!)
Ali @ Home & Plate
You make it look so easy. I usually pick up a crust from the grocery. But you have inspired me. Pinning for later.
Kacey
It is very easy! Of course, trial and error over the years but once you get the hang of it, it is fun to make 🙂
Kimberly @ The Daring Gourmet
So good! Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, beats homemade pizza dough!!
Kacey
I know!!!! There is just something about it...
Gerry @ Foodness Gracious
homemade is so much better 🙂
Becky Hardin | The Cookie Rookie
I've always wanted to make homemade dough! this recipe looks perfect.
ERIN
I'm always doing the math on pizza toppings when we order out! Ha. I usually just force cheese only. 😉
Kacey
Haha, I am not the only one! It is ridiculous how fast they add up!
Justine | Cooking and Beer
I love love love DIY posts like this, and your pizza dough sounds like something I need to try immediately! Pinning!
Kacey
Yay! Thanks, Justine!
Erin @ Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts
We love homemade pizza night. I am going to have to try your dough recipe next time, looks so easy!
Kacey
It is! Took me some time to get the consistency right but I am so happy where it is now.
Nutmeg Nanny
I'm totally guilty of buying my dough but this must change. It's so easy to make it from scratch!
Kacey
Haha, no worries, everyone is allowed to cheat 😉
Cathy Trochelman
I love making homemade pizza, but rarely do. You've inspired me!!!
Kimberly Ann @ Bake Love GIve
What a gorgeous dough! Balsamic mushroom pizza sounds divine.