Mom's Basic Pizza Dough Recipe

By / Photography By | June 13, 2017

Ingredients

SERVINGS: 1
  • 2¼ cup flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 2¼ teaspoon yeast
  • ¾ cup lukewarm water
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil

Preparation

Sift flour and salt together in a mixing bowl. Set aside. Mix yeast into water with sugar. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Allow to sit for five minutes. Place a hole in flour mixture. Pour yeast mixture into hole and add olive oil. Knead 10 minutes. Shape into a ball and rub with olive oil. Place in a bowl, cover and allow to double in size (between 20–40 minutes). 

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Ingredients

SERVINGS: 1
  • 2¼ cup flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 2¼ teaspoon yeast
  • ¾ cup lukewarm water
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil