Homemade Pizza Dough

Sharing is caring!

If you have never made pizza dough at home…you are missing out! Once I made it this past year I wondered why I haven’t made Homemade Pizza Dough before! We have been cooking pizzas more often right on the grill this past Summer so I figured I would share this recipe with you!

I have been trying a few different recipes, and I finally nailed this recipe. This pizza dough recipe is so easy you can whip it up and have it ready to go in an hour. This recipe makes a few dough balls so you can save it for another night or freeze it for later! This dough also is great for pizzas on the grill! Make sure to check out my Leftover Brisket BBQ Pizza!

How long do you let pizza dough rise?

A lot of pizza dough recipes call for you to let it rise or go in the fridge for 6 hours or so…well I definitely don’t have time for that. I let it rest on the counter for at least an hour until we are ready to fire up the oven or grill.

Ingredients Needed for this Homemade Pizza Dough Recipe

How to Make Homemade Pizza Dough

This recipe for homemade pizza dough is very simple. I bust out my Kitchen Aid Stand mixer and start with the whisk attachment. First add the yeast, salt, rosemary/basil, warm water, sugar, and olive oil. My friend Christie made hers with Rosemary and I loved that idea! You can also add dried basil, garlic powder, or other seasonings of choice.

Start the mixer and let it whisk until all of the ingredients are well combined. Switch out to the dough hook and start to slowly add the flour a cup at a time mixing in between each addition.

Once all of the flour is added, let the mixer do its job and mix for about 5 minutes. Then I transfer the dough to a sprayed bowl and cover it with a damp cloth. Sometimes I just take the dough out of the mixing bowl, spray it, and add it back to the same bowl. Leave it on the counter for at least an hour. The dough will double in size.

Then flip out the dough ball onto a floured surface. Cut the dough into how many dough balls you want. I usually get three out of this recipe, the last time I just made two pizzas with it and the dough was a little too much. So I would say 3 is good, if you want smaller pizzas you can get 4 dough balls out of it too!

When you are ready to start cooking, roll out the dough on to your pizza stone or we have been loving deep dish pizza in our cast iron pan!

How to Store Homemade Pizza Dough?

If you aren’t planning on cooking it right away, wrap individual dough balls in plastic wrap. Then either refrigerate for a few days or freeze it for later!

Make sure to Pin It!

How to roll out your pizza dough like a champ

Most likely you will struggle pushing out the pizza dough onto your pan without it becoming messy or having holes in the dough. Someone I work with showed me how they do it in the restaurants. So first leave it on the flour surface and push the dough around the edge leaving a ball in the center (he said “like a sombrero” So imagine a hat. Then pick it up and keep working the dough around in cirlces as it starts to stretch. Then lay it out on the stone or pan and push it until it fits your pan.

Then deck your pizza out with topping of choice! I also like to spray the crust with olive oil and sprinkle with Everything bagel seasoning. Then cook that bad boy and enjoy!

Or if you want, you can make breadsticks, too! Just cut into smaller piece and either roll between your hands to make long sticks or slightly roll out the dough and then use a pizza cutter to slice them into pieces.

Like this homemade pizza dough recipe? Check out my:

• Garden Fresh Tomato Pasta Sauce (From Scratch)
• Three Ingredient Beer Bread
• Air Fryer Garlic Parmesan Bagels

Follow Along!

• TikTok
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Pinterest
• Twitter
• YouTube

Easy Homemade Pizza Dough

This homemade pizza dough comes together in just a few minutes and is ready to bake in an hour.

Print Recipe Pin Recipe

Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Rise Time 1 hour hr

Servings: 3 Pizza Doughs

Course: Main Course

Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients

  

• 1 1/4 oz packet Active Dry Yeast
• 1/2 tbsp Salt
• 1 tsp Rosemary or Basil optional
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 2 cups warm water
• 5 cups flour

Equipment

• 1 Stand Mixer

Method

 

1. In the bowl of the stand mixer combine all of the ingredients except for the flour.
2. Use the whisk attachment or a whisk and mix until well combined.
3. Then switch to the dough hook attachment of your stand mixer.
4. Slowly add the flour 1 cup at a time mixing between each addition.
5. Once all of the flour is added let the hook do the work and mix for about 5 minutes.
6. Transfer the dough to a greased bowl and cover with a damp cloth.
7. Let rise for at least an hour.
8. When ready to cook, flip dough out onto a floured surface and cut into three dough balls or four smaller balls.
9. Roll out onto pizza stone or pan of choice and add toppings!

Notes

**to store, wrap individual dough balls in plastic wrap and either refrigerate or freeze. 

Make sure to PIN IT!

If you like this recipe make sure to check out:

Leftover Brisket BBQ Pizza

Easy Caprese Spinach Salad

Air Fryer Turkey Stuffed Peppers

Note: This post has been updated on May 9, 2025 with more information and more step by step photos.