If you’ve ever wanted to make your own pizza, this is your chance. My Pizza Crust recipe is a dream, and you can use it to make your favorite pizza of your dreams!

Soft pizza dough balls on floured surface with sprinkles, ready for baking.

A Super Easy Way to Make Pizza Dough

Making pizza dough is easy and fun. Once you start making your own, you will never buy a Bobli again. Not that there is anything wrong with a Bobli of course.

You could easily make this pizza dough by hand, but I like to do in the Kitchen-Aid. I can let it go and knead the dough while I do other things.

Pouring olive oil into a mixing bowl for baking or cooking recipes.

You can also play with the flour and take out some of the white flour and replace it with whole wheat. You can also add some herbs for variation. If you are interested in an overnight fermentation process, you might look into making an overnight pizza crust which can enhance the flavor and texture of your dough.

Fluffy pizza dough rising in a metal mixing bowl on a wooden surface.

Tips & Tricks

I also make a few batches of this dough and freeze it. I take it out in the morning when I want to make it for dinner and let it thaw on the counter or put it in the fridge the night before. Make sure that it comes to room temperature before you roll it out. For those of you interested in trying this out, check out overnight pizza crust.
If you’re looking for topping inspiration, check out our guide on how to make the best pizza ever.

Fresh homemade taco pizza topped with seasoned beef, cheese, and vegetables on a wooden board.

Shaping homemade pizza dough with tomato sauce and shredded cheese.

How to Make Pizza Crust

Bree Hester

5 from 2 votes

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Prep Time 10

Additional Time 1 20

Total Time 1 30

Course pizza

Cuisine Italian

Servings crusts

Calories 101 kcal

Ingredients

3 cups of flour
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
1 cup lukewarm water

Instructions

Add the warm water and the yeast to the bowl. Stir gently and let the yeast mixture stand for about 5 minutes.
After 5 minutes, the yeast mixture will look like this.
Add the olive oil.
Add the salt and the flour.
Let the mixer knead slowly until the dough comes together.
When the dough comes together it will look like this. I usually let the machine go for about 5 minutes.
Take it out of the machine.
Cover the bowl with a towel in a warm place and let it rise until doubled. About an hour or so.
How beautiful is this dough? This is what it looks like when doubled in size. Turn it out and knead it into the shape of a ball.
Cover the dough with the same towel or plastic wrap and let it sit for 20-30 minutes. After that, you can roll it out and get it ready to top and bake. See, super easy.