Easy Homemade Pizza Dough
By Heather McDougall
Serves: 3-6 pizzas
Prep Time: 10 min
Cook Time: 8 min
Ingredients
7 1/2 Cups
All-purpose flour or whole wheat flour
1 Tsp
Active dry yeast
1-4 Tsp
Salt
3 Cups
Water, plus more if dough is too dry
Directions
1
In a stand mixer with dough hook, add flour, yeast and salt and mix on low speed until combined. Slowly add water until combined, then knead with dough hook for 2 more minutes, or until dough starts to pull away from bowl and form a big ball on hook. If the mixture seems too dry, add a bit more water. Sometimes I need to do this, other times I do not.
2
Put this mixture in a large clean bowl, cover with plastic wrap or silicone cover, (I cover it with a towel too, not sure if that makes any difference, but it makes me feel better) and place in a draft free area for 18-24 hours.
3
The next day, turn mixture out onto a floured work surface. Shape into a long oval shape and cut into 6 even sections, or 3 if you like your pizza thicker. Next, take each section and fold the ends towards the middle, flip over, shape into a ball and place on a baking sheet with parchment paper. Do this with all pieces. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and a towel and let sit for one hour.
4
After one hour, take each ball and roll out on a floured surface until it is the thickness you like your pizza. You can also roll the dough out very thinly with a rolling pin or stretch it out with your fingertips, if you prefer. I like to use a large wooden pizza spatula with parchment paper on it, then a sprinkling of cornmeal, then crust. Next, I top the pizza with various and just place the crust (including the parchment paper) on a preheated pizza stone on our outdoor gas grill that has been preheated to the highest temperature, close the cover and it’s ready in about 8 minutes. If you don’t have a BBQ, preheat your oven to 500, with a pizza stone inside and cook for 8 minutes.
Some of our favorite pizzas:
Mexican: “refried” beans, black olives, onions; topped with lettuce, tomatoes and salsa after cooking.
Thai: peanut sauce, red peppers, baked tofu, onions; topped with cilantro and/or greens after cooking.
Veggie: tomato sauce, red peppers, mushrooms, black and green olives, onions, pepperoncinis.
Note: If you don’t want to use the dough right away, simply place in ziplock bags and place in the freezer. May be kept frozen for up to 6 months. To thaw, remove from freezer and let rest on counter until thawed, about 2 hours.
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