How to Make Homemade Pizza Dough in 10 Steps

How to Make Homemade Pizza Dough in 10 Steps

You're able to make a tremendous pizza in your wood-fired pizza oven, but got to have a pizza base for all the ingredients you're piling on top. there's nothing better than making homemade pizza dough and you'll certainly taste the difference in comparison to store-bought dough.

Making pizza crust is typically one area that frustrates people, but it's the key element in creating an excellent pizza. If you think that that creating pizza dough is confusing and mysterious, we hope to offer you the courage to roll up your sleeves and provides it a try! While your first dough might not end up precisely the way you would like , you will have fun learning and therefore the investment can pay off for years to come!

Making great pizza starts with great pizza dough. If you're new making a pizza base and always wondered the way to make pizza dough, here's a tried-and-true, basic homemade pizza dough recipe from Chicago Brick Oven:

Ingredients

1-1/2 cups warm water (about 110°F to 115°F)

1 teaspoon sugar

1/4 ounce active dry yeast - this is often necessary for your dough to rise

3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 cup semolina flour or fine ground yellow cornmeal

1/3 cup vegetable oil and additional for coating the bowl

1 teaspoon salt

Preparation

Combine yeast, water and sugar during a bowl and stir.

Let sit until foamy on top.

Add 1/2 cup flour, the semolina and 1/3 cup vegetable oil with the salt.

Mix and continue working within the flour a 1/4 cup at a time until completed.

Put the dough on a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and tacky.

Prepare an outsized bowl coated with vegetable oil and place the dough in it.

Cover the bowl with paper or a wet towel.

Place during a warm area and let double in size; this usually takes quite an hour.

Knead the dough a touch and separate into 2 equal portions.

At now , store in airtight bags; your dough is prepared to use as directed in recipes.

Note: you'll freeze and store this dough up to four months. Before using, confirm to thaw the dough for several hours at temperature or within the refrigerator.

So, now that you simply have the fundamentals , the simplest approach is to get fresh yeast, select good quality flour, and choose it! It won't take long before you're an expert of dough-making and producing awesome pizzas and breads.

Pam Wiselogel enjoys making homemade wood fired pizzas with family and friends.