If you want a no-fail pizza dough recipe, then try this one. It’s super easy, and every time the pizza dough comes out with perfect fluffiness and chewiness. You can cook it a bit more to give it a crispy feel. Make thin crust pizza with it, or medium crust; this pizza dough recipe works just fine.
This recipe will make 2 medium-sized pizza doughs, about 12 inches.
Ingredients
- 5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp active yeast
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp oregano
- 5 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1/2 cup warm water
METHOD
Take a glass of warm water and add 1 tbsp yeast in it with sugar mix and let it become frothy for half an hour.
Now, in a bowl, add 5 cups of flour, olive oil, salt and oregano. Now add the frothy yeast mixture to it and knead it well. Knead until the dough becomes smooth. Now apply oil on top and cover it with plastic film. Let the dough sit for 2 hours to help it rise and double. After 2 hours, punch the air out of the dough. Pizza dough is ready to be baked.
Baking time for a pizza?
Bake it for 13 minutes at 250 °C/482 F.
How to shape a pizza dough?
You have to make two equal-sized round balls and dust them with some flour and flatten them with a rolling pin.
Now, take the flattened dough in your hand and toss it between your hands to make it expand and become even in size.
HOW TO STORE PIZZA DOUGH?
You can store the half-baked dough by baking it for 8 minutes and keep it in a plastic wrap in the refrigerator, and take it out when you want to bake a pizza just top with your favourite toppings and bake for 3 to 4 minutes in a preheated oven until cheese melts and becomes brown. You can also store the raw dough in an air-tight container in the refrigerator. Defrost the dough to form a pizza
