Basic Pizza Dough

6 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • 3 5/8 cups all purpose flour
  • 9/16 tablespoon dry active yeast instant
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 1/4 cups warm water
  • 3 3/8 tablespoons olive oil

Directions

  1. 1
    In a very large bowl, add a little flour, yeast, salt, and sugar.
  2. 2
    Using a fork, mix in the warm water until a pure forms.
  3. 3
    Add in the rest of the flour little by little until a bowl starts to form and pull away from the sides of the bowl.
  4. 4
    Knead until soft and elastic and no longer sticky.
  5. 5
    Form the dough into a ball and rub it with olive oil.
  6. 6
    Turn the oven on maximum power and line the inside rack with parchment paper.
  7. 7
    Cover the bowl with a damp cloth and let rise 15 minutes.
  8. 8
    Turn out the dough onto a lightly floured work surface and knead it a few more minutes. Roll it out into a thin rectangle and transfer it onto the baking rack.
  9. 9
    Bake 5 to 10 minutes until the dough starts to bubble and is lightly golden.

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