Pizza Dough Recipe

The above picture is just a cheese pizza.



My Favorite Pizza Dough Recipe

This makes one large 15" pizza and takes about 45 minutes from start to finish. I usually double the recipe for our Family Friday Pizza Nights.

1 package (8 grams) yeast or 1 Tablespoon yeast (I use the quick rise yeast)
1/4 cup lukewarm water (make sure the water is warm on your wrist…not too hot but warm)
1 Tablespoon sugar
1 Tablespoon butter/margarine
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup boiling water
3 cups flour

In small bowl, soften yeast in lukewarm water. Let stand for 10 minutes and then stir.


Combine sugar, butter/marg, salt and boiling water in a large bowl and stir until dissolved; cool to lukewarm (stick your finger in and if it is warm, not too hot, then it's perfect). I often pop the bowl in the fridge or freezer for a few minutes to speed up this process.


Add softened yeast. Stir in half the flour until smooth. Add remaining flour gradually to make a soft dough. Knead for a couple minutes on lightly floured surface.


Spread on lightly oiled baking pan. I usually use anywhere from 2/3 to the entire batch of dough for a large 15" round pizza pan...but it is fine with less dough, just makes a thinner crust. You can make it as thin as you want, just make sure to put less toppings/sauce on with a thinner crust. Actually the original recipe suggests dividing the dough in half to make two pizzas. I'm just a thick crust kind of pizza lover:-)


Let rise for 15 minutes at room temperature (I don't time this part... I just top it and then pop it in the oven). While it is rising you can prepare topping ingredients and then place on dough. My usual is layers are some sprinkles of mozza cheese, mushrooms, mozza cheese, cheddar cheese and then lastly pepperoni. Yum!


Bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes until bottom of the crust is browning and cheese is melted. Enjoy!