Homemade Pizza Dough - Ready in 15 minutes

5 from 3 votes

Homemade Pizza Dough - Ready in 15 minutes

This is the simplest pizza dough recipe, hands down. It consistently turns out great and is fairly forgiving, making it perfect for beginners or prepping for a weeknight dinner. The dough is ready in 15 minutes, no need to let it rise.

Prep Time15 mins

Total Time15 mins

Servings: 8-inch pizzas

Calories: 645kcal

Author: Ask the Food Geek

Ingredients

Dough

¾ cup lukewarm water 110 degrees F
1 teaspoon rapid rise yeast *see note
2 cups all-purpose flour 10 ounces
1.5 teaspoon salt

Toppings

½ cup mozzarella cheese
⅓ cup pizza sauce
Your favorite toppings (nutrition info includes ½ lb of sausage)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 500 degrees

If you have a baking stone (highly recommended), preheat it in the oven now.

Make the dough

Put warm water in a large bowl and add yeast. Stir to dissolve.
Add flour and salt to the bowl and mix to form a shaggy dough.
Move the dough to a clean work surface. Knead until the dough is smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes. It gets less sticky as your work with it, and will still feel slightly tacky when done. But if it sticks like bubble gum, add flour 1 tablespoon at a time.
Set dough aside and prep pizza toppings.

Roll dough & make pizzas

Grab 2 pieces of parchment paper. Divide the dough in half. Stretch or roll each half into 8-10" circles, on the parchment paper (I prefer using a rolling pin). If it resists stretching or shrinks back, let it rest for 5 more minutes.
Cover in sauce, add toppings.

Bake

Slide pizza onto baking stone while still on the parchment paper.
Rotate pizza after 5 minutes and remove parchment paper* (see note).
Bake for another 3-5 minutes until the crust is browned and the cheese looks perfect.

Notes

Yeast: I've used active dry and rapid rise and don't notice a difference in this recipe.
Parchment paper: remove it when the recipe says or it might burn and crumble because the pizza stone and oven are so hot.

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