There’s something magical about making your own pizza dough from scratch. Watching a handful of basic ingredients – flour, water, yeast, salt, and olive oil – transform into a soft, stretchy dough full of potential is a kind of quiet satisfaction that ready-made bases just can’t offer.
Pizza, as we know it today, traces its roots back to Naples, Italy, where bakers turned humble flatbreads into meals topped with tomato, cheese, and olive oil – a tradition that’s now loved worldwide.
This dough recipe keeps that tradition alive in the best way – simple, reliable, and so rewarding. No complicated steps. Just a few minutes of mixing, a good rest for the yeast to do its thing, and you’re left with a dough that’s soft, pliable, and full of flavour. It rolls out beautifully, puffs up just right in the oven, and gives you that ideal balance of chewiness and crispness.
Whether you top it with classic tomato and mozzarella, go all-out with veggies and cheese, or keep it minimal with garlic and herbs – this base handles it all. It’s versatile, forgiving, and honestly, once you make pizza like this at home, there’s no going back.
The best part? You can make the dough ahead of time and freeze it, ready for whenever a pizza craving strikes. Just thaw, roll, and bake – and you’ve got a pizza that tastes far better than anything store-bought.
Homemade pizza nights are about more than just food. They’re fun, hands-on, and full of little moments. And this dough? It’s the perfect place to start.
Perfect Pizza Dough
Ingredients
Instructions
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Pizza making is little skilful job. But Once you did it, its just a s easy job. Now lets start with Pizza Dough
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First of all, Lets sieve together All Purpose Flour and Salt. Its for mixing both well.
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Now in lukewarm water (40 Degree Celsius) mix Sugar well, now add Active dry yeast and keep it in a warm place
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If the Yeast is good thick foam will generate over the water, else throw the water away and start from beginning
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If the yeast is working , add enough to the Flour, add Butter and make a dough.
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First it will be sticky. you may use more flour to dust your hand.
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Now we will grease another bowl with olive oil and and roll the dough in the bowl that every part of the dough covered with oil , if not , you can simple brush some oil
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Keep the dough covered in a damp cloth to rise up . Approximately 2 hour or till it reach double in size
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Now we will roll the dough once more. Split the dough in to two equal balls and keep it in another 1 hour.
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You can use this dough as the base for any Pizza . You could make two medium Pizza with it.