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The Best Pizza Dough Recipe

June 1, 2022June 1, 2022

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This recipe is modified from Alton Brown’s Last Pizza Dough recipe. I have slightly changed the ratios to make it easier to measure out without having partial teaspoons and tablespoons.

I absolutely love this pizza dough recipe. It is easy, quick, and makes amazing restaurant-quality crusts with little fuss. My favorite part is that any leftover dough can be used to quickly make some cheesy garlic bread to go with the pizza.

Ingredients-

5 cups bread flour (I use King Arthur)+ a little extra for working the dough
2 cups warm water (100 degrees F or so)
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1 table spoon sugar
1 packet instant yeast/ 2.25 tsp dry yeast (I use pizza yeast)

Instructions-

Combine water, yeast, and sugar in a bowl and set aside to proof the yeast for 10-15 minutes.
Combine all dry ingredients in the bowl of a mixer with the dough hook attached.
Add in water with yeast and sugar to dry ingredients and start the mixer.
Mix on low until dough starts to pull away from the sides of the bowl.
Increase speed to medium and knead for 5 minutes.
Let rise until doubled, usually several hours.
Remove from bowl. Lightly flour. Dough is ready to use.