This is my very favorite pizza dough recipe. Mostly because I don’t have to plan ahead, you do not let the dough rise for this recipe!
A very long time ago when I was little my Mom and some ladies at church put together a cookbook. I remember them working on it in our living room, this was back before computers and word processors, they typed the entire thing on typewriters and bound it themselves.
These are my very favorite kind of recipe books!
This recipe is from that cookbook.
It is very easy.
1 1/2 c. warm water
2 tsp. yeast
1 tsp salt
1 T oil
3 c. flour
Let the yeast dissolve in the water.
Mix the other ingredients together. I add a little honey and garlic salt.
When it pulls away form the bowl take it out and kneed by hand.
You don’t have to kneed very long, just until smooth.
If you doubled the recipe, divide it in half.
Flour your surface and roll out.
Place on pan, and finish patting out.
Poke holes with a fork so it doesn’t rise.
Bake at 500 degrees for about 5-7 min. until slightly brown.
Take it out and then put your toppings on. I recruit children at this point!
This is for the “adult” pizza.
Put back in the oven at 425 for another 15min or until golden brown.
On this one we did hamburger, 2 kinds of olives, red onion, green pepper and 3 kinds of cheese. It was awesome!
The kids had pepperoni and cheese.
Homemade Pizza Dough
1 1/2 c. warm water
2 tsp. yeast
1 tsp salt
1 T oil
3 c. flour
For one pizza. Double for two. Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add salt, oil 2 c. of flour and beat until well blended and smooth. Add remaining flour to make a stiff dough. Knead until smooth and satiny. Do not allow to rise. Roll out very thin for crispy crust and pat out thicker for chewier crust.
Place in 500 degree oven, on bottom rack and bake about 5min. or until there are brown spots on the underside of the crust. Top will bubble and start to brown. Remove from oven and top with sauce and toppings. Lower oven to 425 and bake for another 15min.
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Thanks for this tip. I’ve never tried baking the crust first. This looks very yummy and is a great time saver!
As most of my conversations start, I had a coupon for the Pizza Dough Yeast to get it for free at super doubles at Harris Teeter. I have made three pizza doughs from the recipe on the back which are good but not great as you say this one is. Do I use that kind of yeast or regular yeast to make this kind? The package specifically says don’t use to make bread so I don’t know if it is the same in the recipe 🙂 Thanks for the help!!!
I would think you can use the same kind. Anyone???
That seems really easy! I have never made my own pizza crust before because I thought it was hard. What kind of sauce do you put on it?
Don’t tell anyone, but I use just cheap spaghetti sauce, like Prego.
so, you can use the electric mixer on this..
I would think so…
I have never bought yeast. What kind do you buy for this?
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Can you please tell us where the best price is to be found on yeast? It is almost $6 a jar at my local Giant Eagle 🙁
You can buy a huge jar at Sam’s or Costco for around $13 in the Houston area and as long as you keep it in the fridge it will stay good for 6-8 months. Soooooo much cheaper than buying the small jars or individual packets.
I keep mine in the freezer and last forever!!! 🙂
You can buy the little strip packets if you don’t make fresh bread that often. I would think a big jar would be a waste if you’re not a big bread baker because it won’t last more than a year in the fridge. There were a bunch of coupons in the paper in December for yeast strips and jars, not sure if you keep your inserts.
I buy the yeast packets, they are 1.40 for a 3 pack strip at kroger. Stocked up last week with triple coupons (20 cents each) on Fleichmans brand.
My mother-in-law has this same recipe she got from a church cookbook! We use it all the time. 🙂
Mine came from a church cook book! Will you ask her which cookbook it came from?!
Do you use a special “pan” to put the crust on? I wasn’t sure if you put it directly on the rack or on a cookie sheet or what… THanks!
I like a well seasoned pizza stone. My mother uses just an aluminum sheet
Can you freeze it? i’ve made it a couple of times (we do pizza night on Fri night also) but would love a cleaner kitchen on Friday night 🙂 – besides the kid’s mess….
I have not tried that yet!
What type of flour do you use…all purpose flour? Do you ever mix in wheat flour?
Bet I can make the crust in my bread maker under dough!