Homemade Pizza Dough: Cooking 101

This is my go-to Homemade Pizza Dough recipe.  It is simple to make, and so delicious!  I even gave making yeast dough from scratch and try this week <insert applause>. I have had no real desire to make yeast dough from scratch, that is why I never have…before now.  I was pleasantly surprised.  It was nowhere near as hard as I had expected…..

I have had several people ask how to make dough without a bread machine, so I will do my best to explain.  The original recipe is written using a bread machine, but I will show you the steps in a collage.   Warning: this collage is actually sweet dough, NOT pizza dough, but it works the same exact way (just ignore the cup of milk in the picture).  I will eventually update the collage with actual pizza dough pictures 🙂

How to make Homemade Pizza Dough with a Stand Mixer:

In a microwave safe bowl, heat the water and honey to between 110 – 115 degrees.

Add the yeast, stir, and allow to sit for 5 – 10 minutes to allow the yeast to foam (proof).

Pour yeast into the bowl of a stand mixer.

Add the remaining ingredients and mix for 4 – 5 minutes, until fully incorporated.

Cover dough and allow to rise for 1 and a 1/2 hours, or until doubled.  You can also place dough in an oiled bowl and allow to rise covered in a draft free location.

The plastic lid was steaming up from the warmth of the dough, so I decided to just cover it with a towel and let it rise in the mixer bowl.

How to make Homemade Pizza Dough with a Bread Machine:

Pour hot water, honey, and oil into bucket/pan of dough machine…..

Add the salt and flour. Make an indentation in the center of the flour, and add the yeast….

This image is from the day I made a Chicken Tostada Pizza…ignore the cornmeal. 😉

Place bucket/pan into dough machine and close lid. Turn on the machine, and select the “dough” setting.

When the machine beeps, look thru the window and see how high the dough has risen. Do Not Open the lid, that will allow all of the heat to escape!

If the dough is not more than halfway to the top, unplug the machine and allow dough to rise for an additional 30 – 60 minutes…..

Remove the dough from the machine and roll into a ball. This will release the air bubbles…..

Cut the dough into 4-pieces for individual pizzas or into 2-pieces for medium pizzas…..

Set dough on a floured surface and allow to rest for 10 minutes. This will allow the dough to relax and roll out more easily. Roll dough to 1/4″ thickness in desired shapes…..

Place dough onto a cornmeal covered pizza peel or flat baking sheet and top as desired…..

The cornmeal keeps the dough from sticking if you are using a baking stone.

Now you are ready to make lots of pizzas!! These are some of my favorites…..

Steakhouse Pizza

Shrimp Scampi Pizza

Greens Pizza

So there you have it.  My favorite Homemade Pizza Dough prepared two different ways.  I still prefer making it in my bread machine, but at least now I know I have another option.

I also have a recipe for an authentic Italian Pizza Dough using “00” flour that is made by hand, no machines necessary. 😉

In case you are wondering, this is the newest version of the Bread Machine that I use. {affiliate link}

Enjoy!!

Pizza Dough

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Serves	4
Prep time	10 minutes
Cook time	1 hour, 30 minutes
Total time	1 hour, 40 minutes
Meal type	Main Course

Homemade Pizza Dough made super easy with a bread machine or stand mixer!

Ingredients

• 1 cup hot water
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 1 Tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 3 Cups all-purpose flour
• 2 1/4 Teaspoons active dry yeast (1 packet)

Directions

Pour hot water, honey, and oil into bucket/pan of dough machine.

Add the salt and flour. Make an indentation in the center of the flour, and add the yeast.

Place bucket/pan into dough machine and close lid.

Turn on the machine, and select the "dough" setting.

When the machine beeps, look thru the window and see how high the dough has risen. Do Not Open the lid, that will allow all of the heat to escape.

If the dough is not more than halfway to the top, unplug the machine and allow dough to rise for an additional 30 - 60 minutes.

Remove the dough from the machine and roll into a ball. This will release the air bubbles. Cut the dough into 4-pieces for individual pizzas or into 2-pieces for medium pizzas.

Set dough on a floured surface and allow to rest for 10 minutes. This will allow the dough to relax and roll out more easily.

Roll dough to 1/4" thickness in desired shapes; rectangle, circle.

Place dough onto a cornmeal covered pizza peel or flat baking sheet and top as desired. The cornmeal keeps the dough from sticking if you are using a baking stone.

Note

This dough is also perfect for making calzones or bread sticks.

 

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