Easy Pizza Dough Recipe

Summary by Krater

John Kanell demonstrates how to make an easy, versatile pizza dough from scratch using a stand mixer, and bakes a classic cheese pizza.

From the video

Answers: How do I make easy homemade pizza dough?

• homemade pizza dough
• pizza dough recipe
• yeast proofing
• kneading pizza dough
• baking pizza in home oven

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup warm water
• 1 .25-ounce/7g packet active dry yeast
• 1 tsp granulated sugar
• 2 cups or 240 g all-purpose flour
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 2 tsp granulated sugar
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 2 1/2 tbsp all-purpose flour
• pizza sauce
• mozzarella cheese

What it concludes

• Active dry yeast needs warm water around 100 to 110 degrees to activate.
• A foomy head on the yeast mixture indicates the yeast is active and alive.
• Bread flour contains more protein and gluten which provides a chewier characteristic.
• Kneading pizza dough builds structure and elasticity.
• Preheating the oven to 450 degrees is necessary to properly bake the pizza crust.