Simple Homemade Pizza Dough
This simple homemade pizza dough will elevate your Friday night pizza game!
Ingredients
- 5 tsp. active dry yeast
- 2 1/4 cups warm water
- 6 tbsp avocado or olive oil
- 7 c organic all-purpose flour
- 5 tsp kosher salt or pink salt
Instructions
- Start with getting your water warm, but not too hot. Put the water into the bowl of your stand mixer or mixing bowl and top with the yeast
- Allow the yeast to bubble, about 10 minutes. If the yeast doesn't activate, don't move on. You need new yeast! I keep mine in the refrigerator once opened.
- Now that the yeast and water are combined and happy, add the remaining ingredients. Stir on low with a bread hook for 2-3 minutes then increase to medium for about 8-10 minutes. You want the dough soft and workable.
- Place plastic wrap over the bread and allow to rise for 2 hours. Punch it down and allow to rise 1-2 more hours.
- When you're ready to bake you'll want to separate the dough into 4 sections and roll out the dough. Don't overwork it! We topped ours with simple tomato sauce, herbs, mozzarella, and garden tomatoes.
- Place your assembled pizza on the pizza stone and bake for 7-12 minutes depending on size and heat! I like to bake it around 425/450 degrees and check after 10 minutes. The dough could dry out if you work it too much or it sits too long so be careful about that.
Notes
You can bake this betweeen 400-450 for 10 minutes, until bubbly and golden. Depending on how many toppings you place your cooking time may vary!
I like to cook pizza on a pizza stone, and this time we tried it on the pizza stone in the big green egg too!