Make-Ahead Homemade Pizza Dough – the BEST tasting homemade pizza dough recipe! Super easy to make and easy to roll out. Only 5 ingredients – flour, salt, olive oil, yeast, and water. Make the dough at least 24 hours in advance and will it keep in the refrigerator for 3 or 4 days. We make this at least once a week! It is our go-to weeknight pizza! #pizza #dough #homemade #yeast
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Pizza is my all-time favorite food. I could eat it every single day and never get tired of it. I love the ease of delivery pizza, but I definitely prefer homemade pizza. This Make-Ahead Pizza Dough is one of my favorite homemade dough recipes. It is super easy to make and tastes great! The best part is that you can make it 3 or 4 days before you bake it. I like to whip up a batch on Sunday night for an easy weeknight meal later in the week!
How to Make Homeade Pizza Dough
This dough is very easy to make and super easy to work with. Unlike some doughs, this dough is very easy to roll out! To make the dough, combine flour, yeast, salt, olive oil, and warm water in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix until it forms a dough. Place the dough in an oiled bowl or ziplock bag and refrigerate until you are ready to bake.
- It’s best to make the dough at least 24 hours in advance, and 3 or 4 days is even better.
- You can shape the dough into any shape you prefer – circle, square, oblong.
- This recipe will make one 14-inch thin crust pizza. You can cut the dough in half and make two personal pizzas if you prefer.
- Feel free to double the recipe if you want to make two pizzas.
- Here is our recipe for Homemade Pizza Sauce: https://www.plainchicken.com/easy-homemade-pizza-sauce/
- Can pizza dough be frozen? Yes! You can freeze it immediately after baking or after it has been in the refrigerator 24 hours. The dough can be frozen for up to three months and just needs to be thawed in the fridge overnight before you use it.
What to Serve with Pizza
This pizza has been on repeat at our house. I make this almost every week. We usually serve the pizza with a salad and some breadsticks. It is also delicious with pasta salad!
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Make-Ahead Homemade Pizza Dough
Ingredients:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp instant yeast
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- 3 Tbsp olive oil
- ¾ cup very warm water
Instructions:
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine flour, yeast, and salt. With the mixer running on low speed (with paddle attachment), drizzle in olive oil until combined with flour. Next, pour in water and mix until just combined.
- Coat a separate mixing bowl with a light drizzle of olive oil, and form the dough into a ball. Toss to coat dough in olive oil, then cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator until you are ready to bake.
- T make the pizza, preheat the oven to 500ºF.
- Shape the dough into a circle and top with sauce, cheese, and your favorite toppings.
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes, or until crust is golden brown and the cheese is bubbly.
Notes:
- It’s best to make the dough at least 24 hours in advance, and 3 or 4 days is even better.
- You can shape the dough into any shape you prefer – circle, square, oblong.
- This recipe will make one 14-inch thin crust pizza. You can cut the dough in half and make two personal pizzas if you prefer.
- Feel free to double the recipe if you want to make two pizzas.
- Here is our recipe for Homemade Pizza Sauce: https://www.plainchicken.com/easy-homemade-pizza-sauce/
- Can pizza dough be frozen? Yes! You can freeze it immediately after baking or after it has been in the refrigerator 24 hours. The dough can be frozen for up to three months and just needs to be thawed in the fridge overnight before you use it.
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I dont have a paddle attachment for my mixer. Can I still make the pizza dough?
You can mix it well by hand or with a hand-mixer.
I am excited to try this pizza dough recipe! Do you just use warm tap water?I feel like I get my water too warm or not warm enough. Love your recipes and have got my daughter and daughter-in-law hooked on them too!!
Yes – I just turned the faucet on and let the water get hot. It worked perfectly.
I’m thrilled you are enjoying the recipes! Thanks for sharing the site with your family.
Do you have to let the dough rise in a warm environment? It looks like this is happening in the refrigerator.
Make it however you wish. I had success with the method I shared. I can not say how it works if you change it.
CAn you use regular yeast?