This is a great pizza dough recipe and I love making pizzas at home. Honey sriracha chicken, pepperoni and sausage, chicken and artichoke, and many more. The one thing I thought I had down pat was the pizza dough recipe. After tasting some from local restaurants, I knew I had some work to do. The dough that I tried was soft, chewy, and delicious. Making pizza at home will be a snap with this soft and chewy pizza dough recipe. Homemade pizza, stromboli, or calzone will be on your table in no time!
Here’s how to make the pizza dough!
The flour
The flour to use for pizza dough is 00 flour. It can be found in most grocery stores and online. I have used traditional all purpose flour in the past but it doesn’t turn out the same. The best way to measure the dough for this recipe is to weigh it. If you do not have a scale then the spoon and sweep method is best alternative. You can read about the spoon and scoop method on my measuring flour post.
Proving the yeast for the pizza dough recipe
Place yeast, water, honey, and half of the flour in a bowl and combine well. Make sure the mixture is smooth and completely incorporated. This will get the yeast moving and you can make sure the dough will rise! Cover the bowl after mixing thoroughly. Let the dough rest for 15 minutes at room temperature.
Mixing in the rest of the pizza dough recipe ingredients
At this point the pizza dough recipe is really coming together. After the dough has rested for 15 minutes, it is time to add the rest of the ingredients. Add the remaining flour, tablespoon of olive oil, and salt. Knead and incorporate all the ingredients until the dough is smooth and well combined. I use a large bowl and spread the remaining olive oil around the bowl to ensure the dough does not stick while rising. Make sure the area you let the dough rise is not cool. Also the top of the dough needs to have some olive oil on it. Cover the bowl with a piece of plastic wrap. Let the dough rise for one hour at room temperature. After it has doubled in size you are ready to use it.
Use the pizza dough recipe with the honey sriracha chicken pizza recipe or pizza rolls!
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Ingredients
- 15 ounces 00 flour or all purpose flour or roughly 3 ⅓ cups with the scoop and sweep method
- 1 teaspoon dry yeast
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 9 ½ ounces water
- 1-½ teaspoons sea salt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil divided
Instructions
- Combine the yeast, honey, water, and half the flour in a mixing bowl. Mix until well combined. Scraping down the sides and combining all the ingredients.
- Cover and let the dough rest for 15 minutes at room temperature.
- After the dough rests, add the rest of the flour, salt, and one tablespoon of the olive oil. Knead until dough is well combined and smooth.
- Place dough into a bowl and let rise for one hour. Turning the dough on itself every 20 minutes. See notes.
