Pizza Dough With Yeast And Bread Flour

This Easy Bread Flour Pizza Dough recipe quickly comes together using just 5 ingredients. The best choice for Italian-style pizza, bread flour always produces light, chewy, and irresistibly soft homemade pizza dough. You’ll never go back to all-purpose flour again!

Making homemade pizza dough using bread flour is easy and so delicious! My Easy Bread Flour Pizza Dough recipe can be tackled by anyone; from experienced bakers to average home cooks! All you need are 5 ingredients and a little bit of time.

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Light and finely ground bread flour is the supreme choice when it comes to creating a soft and chewy pizza dough from scratch. Compared to thick and heavy homemade pizza dough usually made with all-purpose flour, you’ll find the results from this recipe to be much more appetizing, lighter, and softer (so you can eat more pizza!).

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This is the best homemade pizza crust recipe to always keep in your back pocket. It stores well in the fridge or freezer so you can always be prepared when it’s your turn to host make-your-own-pizza nights or use it to make fresh Dinner Rolls and indulgent Khachapuri (Georgian Cheese Bread).

There are endless amounts of flours available nowadays – all-purpose, bread, cake, almond, oat flour… the list goes on! To make the best homemade pizza dough, you have to choose wisely.

When making homemade pizza dough, Tipo “00” Extra Fine Bread Flour is the best you can use. “00” flour is so finely ground and produces a pizza crust that’s airy, chewy, and soft. This flour also gives the finished crust an 11-12% gluten level which keeps it from being overly heavy or dense. But if you can’t find it or don’t want to order the flour online, grab a bag of Bob’s Red Mill Bread flour at your local grocery store or order some online.

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A Kitchenaid mixer is the secret to an easy pizza dough recipe. You don’t even need to get your hands dirty or knead the dough! It does all the mixing and kneading for you.

When it comes to pizza night, I can’t recommend the Ooni pizza oven enough. We got one a few months ago and have been hosting pizza-making nights with friends weekly. It speeds up the cooking time and cooks homemade pizza beautifully, just like a real wood oven!

No room for a pizza oven? No problem! A pizza stone not only makes your homemade pizza dough so crisp, but it speeds up the cooking time. Keep the stone in your oven as it’s preheating as this is how it retains heat and cooks the dough evenly.

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Make your pizza dough up to a month in advance! Store it in a sealed ziploc bag and keep the dough in your freezer until your next pizza night. If you plan on using it sooner, keep it in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 3 days.

To thaw, keep the frozen dough in the fridge overnight. Let it sit on the counter (covered in a damp towel) so it can come down to room temperature before baking.

Did you try this Easy Bread Flour Pizza Dough recipe? Don’t forget to tell me what you think in the comments below, or share a picture on Instagram! I love to share all of your recreations on my page.

No Yeast Pizza Dough Recipe (5 Ingredients)

Defrosting: To defrost, place dough in the fridge for a day, then let it come to room temperature on the counter with a little flour, covered with a damp towel for at least 30-60 minutes.

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To make homemade pizza: Stretch the dough for your pizzas by hand. To bake, add sauce and toppings, then bake at 500 degrees for 9-12 minutes, depending on how thick your pizza is.

Homemade Pizza Dough: Fear Not Bread, Part Iii

If you’re uncomfortable working with yeast or making your own pizza dough at home, I’ll walk you through every step of the process in my video just below the recipe. You’ve got this!

It’s a little silly how excited I am to share this recipe with you today. It’s pizza dough, not exactly glamorous or sexy and it was honestly pretty boring to photograph (how do you make a ball of dough look fun and appealing in pictures, please tell me!).

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But as someone who has struggled with baking even the most simple recipes with yeast, perfecting this pizza dough was definitely a triumph for me and I’m really happy to announce that

Yeast baking isn’t all that scary or hard, and you too can make your own super simple pizza crust at home in a matter of minutes, no fancy ingredients required.

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I kept this pizza dough recipe as simple and approachable as possible. It’s made with all-purpose flour (and notes on how to substitute that flour, in case you want to get fancy 😉), no stand mixer needed, and only the most minimal amount of kneading required.

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Below I’ve tried to ask some of the most frequently asked questions about making your own pizza dough. Let’s get to it.

I rarely keep any flours in my pantry that are more exotic than all-purpose flour, so when I was working on this recipe I first and foremost made sure that it worked perfectly with regular old all-purpose flour.

Of pizza last week) with bread flour and it works very well when made that way, too. I find that the biggest difference is that using bread flour gives my pizza dough a crispier crust, while the all purpose flour yields a softer one.

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Pizza dough on its own is obviously important as a base for your favorite pizza, but it’s also kind of… bland. Shockingly, something made primarily of flour and water isn’t super exciting to the taste buds, and most of the flavor will come from whatever toppings you add.

I do usually try to spice up my crust just a bit, though, by adding a dash of garlic powder (usually around a ¼ teaspoon) and sometimes dried basil leaves (dried oregano could also work for you but I absolutely

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You can use a rolling pin or you can use your hands. If you’re especially skilled, you can toss it up in the air and spin your dough like an Italian pizza artist, but I definitely lack the ability to tell you how to do that one.

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I prefer to use a rolling pin and roll the dough out into a circle (or more like an amoeba-shape, since I can’t roll a perfect circle to save my life). Alternatively you can use your hands to flatten and stretch the dough until it reaches the desired width.

Then use your hands to pinch the edges to make a crust or fold over the edges (I always fold mine over because it gives me a thicker crust, which I love), brush the entire surface of the pizza generously with olive oil, and then use a fork to poke holes over the center of the dough to prevent any bubbles from forming while it bakes.

You can use this pizza dough recipe to make your own homemade pizza using any toppings you’d like (I love making Margherita pizza and have even made a BBQ chicken version using my BBQ pulled chicken).

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I included instructions in the recipe, but once you’ve prepared your pizza dough, just add your favorite toppings and bake in a 425F oven for about 15 minutes (you may need longer if you add a lot of toppings). Do make sure you let your oven preheat properly and use an oven thermometer as possible, my oven takes a while to reach that temperature and usually “tells” me it’s ready when it’s not even close.

OK, are you guys sick of hearing about my beloved pizza dough recipe yet? In case you just can’t get enough, I also made a video just below that you can watch so you can see exactly how your dough should look in every step.

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¹I've found that all-purpose flour yields a softer crust while bread flour gives a slightly crispier exterior. Please see the post for more information on all-purpose vs. bread flour in pizza dough.

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²Many commenters have reported using active dry yeast (use the same amount, 2 ¼ teaspoon) with success. Some people

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