Foolproof Pizza Dough

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Homemade pizza dough; so simple, so delicious, with guaranteed perfect results every time!

*Step-by-step photos at the BOTTOM.

*Please excuse the bad quality of the pictures, light went out and I had to make do with that one tiny bulb in the kitchen.

 Homemade pizza dough made so simple, with guaranteed perfect results every time!

Here you go, as promised, my foolproof pizza dough which isn’t just for pizza. You can make anything out of it!

  • Chicken bread

  • Dinner rolls

  • Buns

  • Mini pizza pies

  • Chicken pinwheels

  • Pizza pockets

  • Sesame swirl sticks

  • Chicken buffalo turnovers

  • Cinnamon rolls

  • Italian Pirazo pie

These are only some of the things I’ve made using this dough (recipes on the blog soon), there are countless other options. It freezes well too. Before use let it thaw, and then use it in the same way as you would use freshly made dough.

I first came across this recipe around five years back on a TV show, Masala Mornings, and since then I’ve made it a bazillion times, and it has never once let me down. It’s simple, tastes amazing, and rises perfectly every single time.

It comes together in just minutes, is inexpensive, and it makes a ton; 2 large pizzas, or 2 large loaves of stuffed chicken bread, or 24 mini pizza pies!

I gave you a sneak peek on Instagram a few days back of what I made out of one batch of this amazing dough. See my next post for a recipe of one of these freshly baked goods.

You probably have all the ingredients on hand, try this for yourself now!

Foolproof Pizza Dough

Yields enough for two large pizzas

Ingredients:

4 cups (500g) all-purpose flour, plus more as needed

1 standard packet (1/4 ounce) or 2 ½ teaspoons active dry yeast

2 teaspoons granulated sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 egg

¼ cup vegetable oil

½ cup whole milk

Lukewarm water, as needed

Directions:

In a large mixing bowl combine the flour, yeast, sugar, salt, the egg, oil, and the milk. Slowly mix in the water with your hands till all the ingredients are mixed well and dough starts to form.

Knead the dough for 5-7 minutes on a floured counter top till the dough becomes smooth and is no longer sticky. Add more flour if it is still sticky.

Bang the dough on the counter top 7-8 times for elasticity.

Shape the dough in a ball and place in a greased bowl. Brush the top lightly with some oil. Cover with plastic or a kitchen cloth, and allow the dough to rise somewhere warm until doubled in size, around 2 hours.

Punch the dough to release air. Use or freeze as required.

Notes:
Dough can also be made in a stand mixer with the dough hook attachment.
Recipe source: Shireen Anwer

Place all of your dry ingredients in one large bowl.

Homemade pizza dough made so simple, with guaranteed perfect results every time!

Add in the egg, oil, and the milk.

Homemade pizza dough made so simple, with guaranteed perfect results every time!

Now, slowly mix in the warm water. Water should be lukewarm NOT hot or else it’d kill the yeast. Mix together everything, either my hand or in your stand mixer with dough hook attached, till just combined.

When it resembles something like that, it’s time to plop this sticky piece of not yet dough on a floured counter and it’s time to knead.

Homemade pizza dough made so simple, with guaranteed perfect results every time!

Knead and sprinkle flour on the counter and the dough from time to time till it no longer sticks to your hands or the counter top. Knead for a good 5 minutes. Tip: bang dough, on the counter top, hard for a good 7 to 8 times for elasticity. Then shape it into a ball, and place in a greased bowl. Flatten it a bit and lightly brush the top with some vegetable oil.

Homemade pizza dough made so simple, with guaranteed perfect results every time!

Cover with a kitchen towel and let the dough rest somewhere warm, for me that’s my microwave turned off, till its doubled in size, around 1 ½ – 2 hours.

Homemade pizza dough made so simple, with guaranteed perfect results every time!

And tada! Look how nicely it has poofed up.

Homemade pizza dough made so simple, with guaranteed perfect results every time!

Look at how yeasty it is!

Homemade pizza dough made so simple, with guaranteed perfect results every time!

Punch it down to release air, and it is now ready to be rolled out, customized and baked into something delicious!

Homemade pizza dough made so simple, with guaranteed perfect results every time!

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Homemade pizza dough made so simple, with guaranteed perfect results every time!

44 thoughts on “Foolproof Pizza Dough”

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  15. I’m loving the step-by-step photos. Anything with yeast is so intimidating! How frustrating with your light! I think I need to go order a back-up light bulb so I don’t have the same problem.

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  37. Am trying your recipe tonight for the first time as pizza dough. I’m using my Pampered Chef pizza stone. At what temperature and for how long do you bake your pizzas using this recipe? Thanks so much for posting!

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  38. Well, we tried 400F for 15 minutes and while our cheese was nice and melty and our toppings cooked, the crust was still very pale, gummy, and not cooked except for the absolute edges which were nicely browned and crispy. I put our slices back on the pizza stone, turned up the oven to 450F and put the whole thing back in for another 10 minutes. While the crust was “more done”, it was still very pale on the bottom and our cheese totally burned. Hoping for your advice before we try our second crust (which we froze for a future date). Thanks so much.

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