Homemade Pizza Dough

We love making homemade pizza at our house. In fact, it is rare that we buy any type of pre-made pizza. I will do another post sometime on the different pizzas we make (you won't find us making plain pepperoni or sausage). Recently I have had some requests for my dough so I thought I would share it with everyone. It is very simple and pretty quick. I usually use the time while the dough is rising to prep my toppings.


This is the recipe I use. However, there are a couple little changes I make: 1) I use 1 tsp Garlic Salt instead of regular salt, 2) I add a couple tsp. of dry Italian Seasoning as well.

1 pkg. reg. or quick-acting active dry yeast
1 c. warm water
1 tbsp. sugar
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 tsp. salt
2 3/4 to 3 1/4 c. all-purpose flour

Dissolve yeast in warm water in a bowl. Stir in sugar, oil, salt and 1 cup of flour. Beat until smooth. Mix in enough remaining flour to make dough easy to handle. Turn dough onto lightly floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes. Place in greased bowl; turn greased side up. Cover and let rise in warm place until almost double, about 30 minutes (see note below).

Note: I preheated my oven to 200 degrees. Then turned it off and set the covered bowl in the oven with the door closed while I prepped my pizza toppings

Roll out on a pizza pan or cookie sheet and add your favorite toppings. Bake at 425 for 20 minutes.

Enjoy!!