Homemade Pizza Dough Recipe

If you want a pizza crust that is soft, fluffy, and delicious try this easy, homemade pizza dough recipe. Combine water, active dry yeast, oil, honey, and all-purpose flour to make the dough. Let it rise 20 minutes, then roll it out, make your pizza, and bake to perfection for 20 minutes.

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Make pizza night even more fun and delicious by making your own dough. Our kids like helping roll out the dough and then creating their own pizza with sauce and their favorite toppings.

Making pizza dough is easier than you might think. All you need are a few kitchen staples. Throw them together and let the dough rise while you preheat the oven and prepare the toppings. It rolls out nicely and bakes to a fluffy, golden brown.

Why Homemade Pizza Dough with Active Dry Yeast

This recipe uses active dry yeast to make a pizza dough that rises quickly and is ready to bake in just twenty minutes. I like using yeast in my pizza dough because it tastes great and makes a crust that is soft and fluffy.

Do you eat your pizza crust? We do. Add butter and garlic salt before baking and dip the crust in sauce like a breadstick and nothing will go to waste!

Materials Needed for Making Homemade Pizza Dough

• Mixing bowl
• Measuring cups and spoons
• Whisk
• Wooden spoon
• Rolling pin
• Pizza pan
• Oven

Homemade Pizza Dough Recipe

• 2 ¼ tsp active dry yeast
• 1 cup warm water
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour

I buy yeast by the jar and measure it out, but you can use a premeasured packet as well (2 ¼ teaspoons is equal to one packet). Warm water will help your dough rise faster! I use raw honey from my own bees in this recipe, but you can substitute sugar for the honey if you prefer.

Directions for Making Homemade Pizza Dough

1. Put 2 ¼ tsp active dry yeast in a mixing bowl
2. Add 1 cup of warm water to the yeast and stir with a whisk until the yeast is dissolved
3. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil and 1 tablespoon honey to the yeast water and stir until combined
4. Add 2 ½ cups of all-purpose flour to the wet ingredients and stir with a wooden spoon until a sticky dough is formed
5. Lightly flour your hands and gently knead the dough for a minute and then form it into a ball and let it rise in a warm place for 20 minutes
6. Preheat your oven to 425 degrees and prepare the sauce and toppings for your pizza
7. After 20 minutes have elapsed, flour your countertop and your hands, retrieve the dough and knead it until smooth
8. Use a rolling pin to work the dough into a circle that will fit on your pizza pan
9. Transfer the dough to your pizza pan and arrange the crust by twisting, pinching, or folding to your liking
10. Add sauce and toppings to your pizza (homemade sausage, onion, and tomato are some of our favorites) and butter and garlic salt to the crust
11. Bake for 20 minutes and enjoy!

If you like this recipe, you’ll love our honey beer bread too! Find instructions for this quick, yummy, no-knead bread here! For our homemade sausage recipe, click here.