Easy Pizza Dough Recipe

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Hello there! I am sharing my favorite recipe of all times- basic and simple pizza dough. You can make this recipe with three basic ingredients: bread flour, active yeast and water. Please note though, if you do not have bread flour, you can substitute this with all-purpose flour. The pizza dough still turns out tasty, but with bread flour, you have a better thick crust. 

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups of bread flour 
• 1.5 Cups Water 110 to 120 F Temperature
• 2 1/4 TSP. or packet of Active Yeast 
  • 2 TBSP + 2 tsp Water 110F
• Optional: 2 tsp Sugar

Directions

For this pizza dough recipe, I use a KitchenAid mixer because I am a mother and I do not have the time to hand knead anymore. If you do not have a KitchenAid, just substitute the time you would use with the mixer with doing it by hand. 
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1. Using any glass, porcelain or Styrofoam cup, use your packet or 2 1/4 tsp of yeast and add 2 TBSP of 110 to 120F Hot Water and mix it together. Add 2 tsp of sugar and mix. This will take 10 minutes to proof.
2. While your waiting for the yeast, measure the flour and add your salt in your mixer. Make sure you mix the flour and salt to encompass the salt in the whole mixture.
3. Next, you will take a cup measurer and measure out 1.5 cups of water that is between 110 or 120 F. 
4. Once the yeast has bubbled up and proofed, you can make a hole in your flour and add the yeast and water to the flour. Suggestion: To get all the yeast, pour your yeast first and then with your water, pour in yeast cup and then pour back in mixture.
5. Mix the flour and liquid together until its combined. At this point, use your Kitchenaid mixer with the kneading attachment and start kneading your dough. We recommend going on level 4.
6. After 4 minutes, stop your KitchenAid, grab your dough and see if more flour or water is needed. Added a little if too dry or wet. Put back into your mixer and go on level four and mix for another five minutes. 
7. Once the kneading is done, knead by hand for 20 seconds and make a cohesive ball. In another bowl, lather a little olive oil in the entire bowl and on the saran wrap you will use. Put the dough in the bowl and cover completely with saran wrap. Wait 2.5 hours.
8. Once the 2.5 hours is over and the dough has completely proofed, take the seran wrap off (preserve it), punch the dough down and wrap the dough in a ball again. Cover and wait 10 minutes. 
9. After proofing, weigh the dough with a food weight scale and split the dough into two. Make two pizza dough balls and cover with seran wrap for ten minutes. After the proof, cover your rolling pin with flour and roll the dough into the thickness of the pizza crust you prefer.
10. When you finish rolling the dough, roll the ends and make a crust. With a fork, poke the whole pizza and then with a brush, brush the curst with light water. 
11. For your pizza, add your tomato sauce, herbs, cheese and toppings. Bake at 375 for 15 minutes. Enjoy!

If you have any other questions about the pizza making, please post below.

Thank you for reading!