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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 minutes
Additional Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Course pizza
Cuisine Italian
Servings 2 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.
    Fine dry yeast in a mixing bowl for baking bread or pizza dough.
  • After 5 minutes, the yeast mixture will look like this.
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  • Add the olive oil.
    Pouring olive oil into a mixing bowl for baking or cooking recipes.
  • Add the salt and the flour.
    Creamy pizza dough being mixed in a stand mixer.
  • Let the mixer knead slowly until the dough comes together.
    Creamy bread dough in a stand mixer for baking recipes.
  • When the dough comes together it will look like this. I usually let the machine go for about 5 minutes.
    Creamy bread dough mixing in a stand mixer for homemade baking recipes.
  • Take it out of the machine.
    Dough in mixing bowl for bread or pastry preparation.
  • Cover the bowl with a towel in a warm place and let it rise until doubled. About an hour or so.
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  • 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.
    Fluffy pizza dough rising in a metal mixing bowl on a wooden surface.
  • 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.
    Soft bread dough on a floured surface, ready to be baked.

Nutrition

Calories: 101kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 3gFat: 2gSodium: 266mgFiber: 1g
Keyword Pizza Crust
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