The Essential Pizza Dough
This pizza dough recipe that comes together quickly and tastes great. Makes 2 or 3 pizzas. Roll it out thin and bake it immediately for a thin crust pizza. Or roll it out thicker and let it rise for 10-30 minutes after adding the toppings for a thicker crust.
Ingredients
- 1 cup warm water
- 1 ½ teaspoon active dry yeast
- ½ cup warm milk
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 4 cups bread flour approximately
I always use Kosher salt in my kitchen! If using table salt, start with half the amount and adjust to taste, as it is much "saltier" by volume.
Instructions
- In your mixer, mix together the warm water, yeast and warm milk and allow to sit for a few minutes so that the yeast has time to bloom.
- Mix in the honey, salt, olive oil and half of the flour. Using the dough hook on its lowest speed, start to knead the dough. Continue kneading the dough and start adding 1 cup of flour at a time, only using enough flour for the dough to come together. You may or may not need all of the flour.
- Once you have added as much flour as it needs, turn the speed up to the next setting and knead the dough for approximately 10 minutes. The dough should be soft and tacky, not sticky. Remove the dough hook, cover the bowl with a towel and set aside to proof until it doubles in size, 1 ½ to 2 hours.
- Now for the fun part! Gently deflate your dough, separate into 2 or 3 portions. Using a little olive oil, to prevent sticking, roll each dough out. You can roll them thin or leave them a little thick. Transfer them to a lightly oiled pan and gently stretch back out if it shrinks a little.
- Next sauce them up and add the toppings. From here you can bake them immediately in a 425° F oven or you can choose to cover them and let them rise for about 10-30 minutes then bake them. Bake each pizza for approximately 15 minutes.
Notes
This recipe yields 2-3 pizzas.
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