Homemade Pizza Dough

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A simple recipe for Homemade Pizza Dough that will impress your friends and family. Simply add your favourite toppings!

5 balls of floured dough on a lined baking tray.

This is my favourite recipe for Homemade Pizza Dough. You can use it to create family size pizzas, mini pizzas or even Lunchbox Scrolls. It's such an easy and impressive recipe to make. You won't want to buy store bought pizzas ever again.

If you want to take your pizzas to the next level why not try making your own Homemade Pizza Sauce? It's so simple and will leave you feeling ridiculously smug.

The ingredients to make pizza bases sitting on a grey bench.

The simple ingredients are mostly pantry staples. However, I would definitely recommend using High Grade Flour over ordinary flour. High Grade Flour has a higher content of gluten which makes the crust chewier.

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HOW TO MAKE Basic pizza dough:

Yeast and water activating in a silver mixing bowl on a grey bench.

Pizza dough being mixed on a green Kitchen Aid mixer on a grey bench.

Place water, sugar and yeast in a large bowl and stir to dissolve, leave covered with a tea towel for 10 minutes. Add flour, olive oil and salt and turn the mixer to low with the dough hook attached. Mix for 5 minutes until smooth and a little sticky.

Pizza dough sitting in the bowl of a stand mixer.

Risen pizza dough sitting in the bowl of a stand mixer.

Cover with a clean tea towel and leave to rise in a warm place for at least 30 minutes until doubled in size. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface, roll into a log shape and cut into 5 pieces.

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Pizza dough being cut into 5 equal portions on a grey bench top.

Roll each piece into a ball and leave to rise for another 15 minutes.

6 balls of floured dough on a lined baking tray.

Then you are ready to make the pizzas, roll the dough flat on top of a sheet of baking paper or a well-dusted bench. Then add your pizza sauce and toppings.

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Recipe FAQs:

What kind of toppings can I add?

The great thing about pizzas is you can add whatever you like! Below are two of my favourite combinations.

Pizza sauce being spread on a pizza base on a wooden chopping board.

Smoked chicken and cranberry pizza:

Pizza sauce
Smoked chicken
Camembert
Cranberry sauce
Pizza cheese
Rocket to garnish

The ingredients to make a chicken cranberry pizza on a wooden chopping board

2 chicken cranberry pizzas sitting on a wooden chopping board.

Prosciutto and mushroom pizza:

Pizza sauce
Ham
Mushrooms
Prosciutto
Bocconcini
Pizza cheese
Basil to garnish

The ingredients to make a mushroom and prosciutto pizza on a wooden chopping board.

A cooked mushroom and prosciutto pizza on a wooden chopping board.

Storage:

Can pizza bases be frozen?

Yes! Roll each piece of dough into the desired size. Place on a sheet of baking paper. Do this again for each piece, separating each piece with baking paper. Wrap in cling film, beeswax wraps or a large ziplock bag and freeze for up to 3 months.

2 pizza bases on pieces of baking paper on a grey bench.

My boys love making their own pizza! I prep the toppings and they choose their favourite combinations.

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Homemade Pizza dough

Yield: 5 bases

Prep Time: 1 hour

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes

An easy recipe for homemade pizza dough made from scratch.

Ingredients

2 cups warm water
2 tsp honey (or sugar)
2 tsp active dry yeast
5 cups high grade flour
3 Tbsp olive oil
1½ tsp salt

Instructions

Place warm water and honey in a large bowl and stir to dissolve. Add yeast and stir again, leave covered with a tea towel for 10 minutes.
Add flour, olive oil and salt and turn the mixer onto low with the dough hook attached. Mix for 5 minutes until smooth and a little sticky. (Knead with your hands if you do not have a mixer)
Cover with a clean tea towel and leave to rise in a warm place for at least 30 mins until doubled in size.
Turn out onto a floured surface, roll into a log shape and cut into 5 pieces.
Roll each piece into a ball and leave to rise for another 15 minutes.
When you are ready to make the pizza, roll the dough out flat on top of a well-floured bench or sheet of baking paper. Add pizza sauce and toppings.
Bake at 220°C on a hot pizza stone until golden and bubbling.

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 10 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 270Total Fat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 353mgCarbohydrates: 49gFiber: 2gSugar: 1gProtein: 7g

Nutritional values are approximate. Please use your own calculations if you require a special diet.

Thank you for checking out this recipe. I hope you enjoy making and eating it! If you have any questions, queries or feedback, please feel free to leave a comment below.
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Comments

Shivaun says

March 15, 2025 at 6:39 pm

This is the best pizza base recipe! It is so quick and easy to make, and turns out delicious every time!

- VJ cooks says
  
  March 17, 2025 at 9:37 am
  
  Thanks for the feedback, so glad you enjoy it!
  
Sue says

May 30, 2025 at 12:08 pm

Can this dough be made in a breadmaker?

- VJ cooks says
  
  June 03, 2025 at 9:56 am
  
  Heya, I haven't tried it myself but I'm sure it could be. You could probably get the mixing, kneading and first rise done in the bread maker on a dough cycle. Then take out, shape into balls and leave to rest for 15 minutes before rolling out and cooking.