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Homemade pizza dough

Easy Homemade Pizza Dough

A fun and engaging recipe to make with your kids to take your pizza night to the next level.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Resting time 2 hours 10 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 30 minutes
Course dinner
Cuisine American, Italian
Servings 8

Equipment

  • Measuring spoons
  • Measuring cups
  • Mixing bowls
  • Pizza pan

Ingredients
  

Homemade Pizza Crust

  • 4 cups Flour
  • 4 1/2 tsp Active dry yeast or 2 packets
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 2 tsp Sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups warm water
  • 1/4 cup Olive oil

Garlic Oil

  • 1/4 cup Olive oil
  • 1 tsp Garlic powder
  • 1 tsp Italian seasoning

Instructions
 

  • Combine warm water and yeast in a bowl.  Let sit for five minutes while yeast activates and foams. 
  • Whisk salt, sugar, and oil to water and yeast.  Add flour, mixing until sticky dough forms.
  • Pour roughly 1-2 Tbsp olive oil into a separate bowl.  This is to keep the dough from sticking to the bowl. Transfer pizza dough to oiled bowl, cover with plastic wrap or clean dish towel.  Set aside to rest until it doubles in size, roughly 2 hours.
  • Just as your homemade pizza dough is done resting, preheat your oven to 500 degrees F or the highest it goes, with your pizza pan in the oven as it preheats.
  • Lightly flour your surface and knead dough two times.  Form pizza crust using hands to spread as thin as you’d like.  The thinner the pizza, the less time it needs to cook. 
  • Once you have your pizza crust spread out, transfer to a piece of parchment paper.  Lightly brush on olive oil to the pizza crust.  Add your pizza sauce, cheese and preferred toppings making sure not to add too many toppings or your pizza will not cook thoroughly.
  • Carefully transfer the parchment paper lined pizza to your preheated pan in the oven.  Bake for five to ten minutes depending on how thick your crust is or until the crust is golden brown.
  • Add another layer of the olive oil mixture to the crust for extra flavor.

Garlic Oil

  • Mix together olive oil, garlic powder, and Italian seasoning in small bowl.

Notes

Ingredient options for Homemade Pizza
  • Pizza sauce 
  • Mozzarella cheese 
  • Vegetables of choice - bell peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, spinach, banana peppers, broccoli, zucchini, onion
  • Olives
  • Pineapple
  • Pepperonis
  • Italian sausage
Keyword pizza