Can you use bread flour for this homemade dough pizza recipe?

Yes! You can make bread flour pizza dough. I haven’t used it for this recipe – I use all-purpose flour , which is readily available in any grocery store. Bread flour has a bit more protein than all-purpose flour and will make for a slightly chewier pizza crust.

How do you make pizza crust that’s crispy?

To get a crispy crust, you need an exceptionally hot oven and a pizza stone (I have this one ). Rolling the recipe of dough of pizza out on the thinner side also helps with getting a crispier recipe of pizza crust. Preheat your oven to 550F when you start making the dough. This creates a great warm environment for the dough to rise, plus plenty of time for the stone to get piping hot.

What if I prefer a thick recipe of pizza crust rather than New York style?

Thin and crispy New York Style (East Coast) pizza isn’t everyone’s favorite , so if you prefer more of a Sicilian-type pizza (thicker, chewier crust), try this Focaccia Bread Recipe spread out over a 9″x13″ baking sheet , then top with Pizza Sauce and your favorite toppings.

Easy Homemade Pizza Dough Recipe | 5 Ingredients (+Video)

Homemade Pizza Dough Recipe

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This homemade pizza dough recipe is so easy to mix up, you’ll have better-than-delivery pizza whenever you want! Thin crust or thick, or even made into calzones, this recipe of pizza crust is delicious every time!

Author: Tiffany
Prep Time: 2 hours 15 minutes
Cook Time: 6 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours 21 minutes
Yield: 2 pizzas 1x
Category: Main Meals
Method: Oven
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

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1 ½ cups warm water
2 tsp active yeast
2 tsp granulated sugar or honey
3 ¼ cup all-purpose flour (plus ½ cup if needed) (406g) (Use bread flour to bump up the protein by 3g per cup!)
1 tsp salt
Toppings, as desired: pizza sauce, mozzarella (fresh or shredded), diced vegetables (we like onions and bell peppers), and pepperoni or cooked sausage

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Instructions

Combine warm water, active dry yeast, and sweetener in either a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer.
Allow the yeast mixture to sit and bloom for five minutes.
Add all-purpose flour and salt and knead for 10 minutes, or by hand until the dough is elastic and springs back into place after the thumb test. Add additional flour, ¼ cup at a time, as needed for the dough to come together and pull away from the sides of the bowl.
Cover the bowl with a towel and allow it to rise in a warm place until it’s doubled in size, 1 ½ – 2 hours.
Preheat oven to 550F or as high as your oven will go. Shape into two round balls of dough on a lightly floured surface. Cover with a towel until you are ready to use.
To make your pizza: pound or roll out dough one pizza at a time with a rolling pin. Top as desired with sauce, mozzarella, vegetables, and pepperoni. Bake in a hot oven on a hot pizza stone or preheated pan for 4-6 minutes.

Notes

If you’ve been here since WAY back in the beginning when I first posted this pizza dough recipe, you can also use the original mixture of 1 cup of whole wheat flour, ½ cup of semolina flour, and 1 ¾ cups of all-purpose flour. I’ve since simplified the recipe.

If you are watching your carbs, you might think homemade pizza is out the window. But real life includes all sorts of foods – no eliminating foods or food groups. Understand the nutrition of pizza and how it fits with your macro goals, and supplement with protein so your meals are balanced.

That might mean making a slice of pizza your side dish and loading up the rest of your plate with a lean protein like chicken breast and plenty of produce, like a salad. You’ll have a balanced meal and still get to enjoy that pizza flavor!

The nutrition information below is for 1/16th of the pizza dough recipe. Toppings and sauce vary and will change the nutrition content.

Find it online: https://dontwastethecrumbs.com/homemade-pizza-dough-and-the-easiest-pizza-sauce-ever/