Classic Pizza Dough - 365 Days of Baking

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Classic Pizza Dough

Pizza Dough. When making homemade pizza, you want an easy pizza crust that
makes everyone ooh and ahh with every bite! This pizza dough recipe is without a
doubt, the BEST, EASIEST and MOST DELICIOUS I have ever made.

4.88 from 8 votes

Course: Dinners Cuisine: American, Italian Keyword: Pizza Dough

Prep Time: 15 minutes Rising: 2 hours 20 minutes Total Time: 2 hours 35 minutes

Servings: 3 half-sheet-pan-size pizzas


Calories: 1287kcal
Author: Lynne Feifer

Ingredients
8 cups all-purpose flour (1 kg by weight), also *see note
2 teaspoons kosher salt (12 g)
2 ½ teaspoons active dry yeast (10 g)
2 ⅔ cups lukewarm water (630 ml)
1 tablespoon olive oil (15 ml) plus extra for bags if you plan to save dough for
later

Instructions
1. Whisk together the flour, salt, and yeast in a large mixing bowl or the work
bowl of a stand mixer. Pour in the water and olive oil. Stir together with a
sturdy spoon until a shaggy dough forms. Knead with floured hands or by
stand mixer for 10 minutes on medium or until the dough is smooth, elastic
and stretchy.
2. Return the dough to the bowl. Cover the bowl with a clean shower cap, plastic
wrap or a damp tea towel and let it rise in a warm, draft-free place for 1-2
hours., or until approximately doubled in size and puffy.
3. Divide the dough into your desired size (see note). Use your hands to roll each
piece of dough into a tight ball and allow it to rise for 20 more minutes before
baking.
4. This dough can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 6 days or in the
freezer for up to 3 months before using.
5. To store: label a zipper-top freezer bag with the size of the pizza. (Use one
bag per round of dough you wish to use later.) Drizzle 2 teaspoons of olive oil
in each bag, rub around with your hands to make sure the inside is well
coated, and insert one dough ball into each prepared bag.
6. To use refrigerated dough: place the dough in its bag on the kitchen counter
and allow it to come to room temperature and rise for an hour before you
want to use it and bake it.
7. To use frozen dough: transfer the bag of dough to the refrigerator the day
before you plan to use it, then onto the counter to come to room temperature
and hour before you wish to bake it.

Notes
This recipe will make 3 half-sheet-pan-size pizzas, 8 (12-inch) or 10 (10-inch)
pizzas.When using the dough for sheet pan pizzas, preheat oven to 425°F, and
bake for 25-30 minutes until crust edges are a light golden brown.This recipe can
also be made using 9 ½ cups "OO" flour (1 kg by weight) - an Italian-style flour.

Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 1287kcal | Carbohydrates: 258g | Protein: 38g | Fat: 9g |
Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 1573mg | Potassium: 452mg | Fiber: 12g | Sugar: 1g |
Calcium: 56mg | Iron: 16mg

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