Yesterday, I was in the mood to bake and cook…but then again, now that I think about it, how is that different from any other day? Do you ever wake up feeling that way?
As a result, I went to the grocery store and picked up countless ingredients in preparation for my cooking and baking marathon. After getting home from the store, I had a severe craving for pizza.
As ridiculous as this sounds, pizza wasn’t something that I had planned on cooking (go figure) so I looked through my cupboard and refrigerator to see what ingredients I had. Thankfully, I had all of the ingredients to make one of my favorite recipes for pizza dough.
Now, there are a lot of recipes out there for easy pizza dough but most of them require a bunch of different ingredients (that you’ll hardly ever use again unless you make the same recipe) and a long time to prepare. Now, how is that easy? This recipes only requires a handful of ingredients that you probably already have in your pantry. And even though it requires two hours to rise, the actual preparation time is approximately 15 minutes or so.
Easy Pizza Dough
Ingredients:
- 2 1/4 teaspoon active dry yeast (1 envelope)
- 1 cup warm water (around 105 – 110 degrees F)
- 2 1/4 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- extra virgin olive oil
Directions:
- Pour water in a small bowl and dissolve yeast in the water.
- In a large mixing bowl, stir flour and salt together.
- Add yeast mixture and stir ingredients until they are smooth.
- Allow the dough to rest for 10 minutes.
- With floured hands, knead the dough for 10 minutes, or until the dough becomes elastic and smooth. If the dough is too sticky, feel free to add some flour and work it in gradually until it is no longer sticky.
- Divide the dough into two balls and coat each ball with olive oil.
- Coat two medium bowls with olive oil and place one ball into each bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and let the dough rise in a warm place until it doubles in size (approximately 1 1/2 hours). If you only plan on eating one pizza, place the other bowl in the refrigerator (lasts up to 24 hours) or in the freezer (if you want to save it for a later date).
- Roll out dough onto a greased pizza dish and add your favorite pizza toppings.
- Place in the preheated oven for about 15 minutes, or until the crust turns brown and the toppings are heated and melted, at 500 degrees.
I love all kinds of pizza toppings. For this recipe, I used pizza sauce, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes and fresh mozzarella. What are your favorite pizza toppings?
I have Whole Wheat Pizza Crust in the bread machine right this minute. It couldn't be an easier and healthier dinner especially when u use bread machine & top with veggies. We are having spinach, ground turkey & mushroom topping. When the dough cycle is done, I will put it in fridge then take it out 40 mins b4 baking to let it come to room temperature.
Today is an excellent day to use the oven. In fact the last 10 days have been good for baking and hot cocoa.
Okay I want Pizza now lol Thanks for the recipe. Going to make it for dinner tomorrow I think.
Kitty: Your pizza sounds delicious! And I totally agree…it's been so cold here and when it gets this cold all I'm in the mood to do is bake and drink some warm tea!
Sharon: You're welcome! Like I said, it's super easy and is so tasty! You are going to love it!
thanks for this post, always wanted to try making my own… will try whole wheat flour perhaps with some basil. trader joe's had some and I really liked it. Beats eating gross tombstone!
I love King Arthur's Pizza Blend, it really makes a fantastic crust. Comes in a 3 lb bag, works out to about $1 per 14" crust.
Dan: That sounds great! And yes, homemade always beats the frozen stuff! I think you'll really like this recipe! :)
Peter (BurgerDogboy): I'll have to give King Arthur's Pizza Blend a try. What a deal! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, I am going to try this for dinner tonight. Now to go see what I have available for toppings….definitely not that asparagus you have in today's post:)
Nancy: You're welcome! I love this dough recipe because it's so simple and you can always change it up a bit by adding different herbs and spices. I hope you enjoy it!
One of these days I get brave enough to try making my own pizza dough. I'm so intimidated by yeast! :-)
I can always use a pizza dough recipe :) Yum!!
Love how simple this recipe is!
That beautiful looks delicious! This is very similar to the pizza dough recipe that I use, but I substitute some whole wheat flour for a little of the all-purpose flour.
Okay, that was supposed to say "That PIZZA looks delicious". And it truly does!
I love making homemade pizza!! Thanks for the dough recipe.
what type of flour do i use for the dough?
this is totally scrumptious! it was simple and easy! my kids loved it!
how many ppl does this serve?