We make pizza at least once a week. This pizza dough recipe can be made the day you want to use it or made ahead and frozen. It has become one of our favorite pizza dough recipes and it is very versatile. You can make it with white flour, whole wheat flour, or half and half. It turns out perfect every time.
One recipe makes a perfect amount to fill a jelly roll size pan, with the crust not too thick or too thin. You could also use one recipe to make two 12" pizzas. Whatever size you make, this is a pizza dough that you should try!
I use the bread machine to mix up a single batch or my Bosch mixer to quadruple the recipe, and freeze the other batches in freezer ziploc bags. The day that you are making pizza just get a bag from the freezer and let thaw in the refrigerator.
The Perfect Pizza Crust
What You Need:
- 1 cup warm water
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 2 t. sucanat (or other natural type sugar)
- 1 t. sea salt
- 3 cups flour (I use 100% fresh ground wheat, a mix of 1 cup hard red and 2 cups of hard white)
- 1 t. dried Italian seasoning
- 1 1/2 t. dry yeast
Enjoy!
Until next time, Julie
Julie is Merissa's mom and she's committed to living a frugal and simple lifestyle. Julie grows her own herbs in her garden and enjoys making things at home. You can now find her home remedies and ideas here at Little House Living.
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Thanks for sharing this recipe. Tomorrow night is pizza night here so I may give this a whirl.
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This is the most amazing sauce, we use organic paste, organic parm cheese and raw honey from azure in this recipe. Thanks for the pizza crust recipe, we don’t have a fav yet for that, I will have to try it!
sounds like the one I use; I usually add oregano, chopped garlic and cornmeal to mine (makes is a little crunchier). and you can’t go wrong with extra garlic!!
so, I see the ingredients, but did I somehow miss the directions for this? It looks wonderful and I would love to try it!
You’ll just need to add the ingredients to your breadmachine (and run on a dough cycle) or mixer and let it rise once.
Yay-thank you I need this.
What if you don’t have a bread machine (yet) or a mixer?
You’ll need to knead the dough really well for about 5 minutes. Then let it rise for about 30 to 45 minutes.
Just made this dough, wondering how long to cook it and what temp. Wanted to make it this evening. Hope I hear from you.
My mom is on the road today but I believe she tops the pizza with everything but the cheese and bakes it at 350F for about 15 minutes. Then add the cheese and cook until it’s melted.