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Pizza Dough

  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: Makes 2 Crusts 1x

Ingredients

Units Scale
  • 3 cup Flour
  • 1 packet Fast Rise Yeast any yeast should work
  • 1 tbsp Sugar
  • 2 tsp Salt
  • 1 tbsp Olive Oil
  • 1 cup Warm Water

Instructions

 Making the Dough:

  1. Put flour into a large mixing bowl and make a well in the center.
  2. Add yeast, sugar, salt, olive oil and water. Stir until combined.
  3. Lightly oil a bowl. Set aside.
  4. Lightly flour work surface.
  5. Turn out dough and knead for 10 minutes or until a smooth ball forms.
  6. Place dough ball into prepared bowl.
  7. Cover with plastic wrap or clean cloth.
  8. Set in a warm place for 30 minutes or until dough has doubled in volume.
  9. Turn dough out on a floured surface and punch the dough to remove excess air, knead lightly.
  10. Divide dough into 2 (or four if making smaller sizes). Makes enough dough for 2 12″ thin pizzas. You can divide into more if doing small personal pizzas

Cooking Pizza:

  1. When ready to make pizza, stretch dough into desired size and thickness.
  2. Brush crust with a little olive oil.
  3. Cover with pizza sauce, cheese and toppings.
  4. Bake about 10 minutes, until crust is browned a cheese is melted and lightly browned. Be sure not to over cook try switching the pizzas on the grill so that the bottom on some don’t get burnt.
  • Prep Time: 45 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes