Best Pizza Crust Recipe (2024)

The BEST Pizza Crust Recipe – YEP!!! I’m throwing it out there. I’m one of those people who thinks that pizza crust makes the pizza. I’m sharing my favorite pizza dough recipe that I’ve perfected over the years. If you love a thick, chewy crust then you’ll love this pizza dough recipe.

Don’t you just want to bite into that crust?

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Pizza Dough Ingredients

• warm water
• instant yeast
• sugar
• honey
• olive oil
• salt
• Italian seasoning
• all purpose flour

How To Make The Dough

I use a stand mixer with a dough hook to make my pizza dough. I add warm water to the mixer bowl. You don’t want hot water, that’s a no-no with yeast. Then I sprinkle the yeast on top of the water, then sprinkle the sugar on top. Finally, I squeeze in the honey. Then I just let it sit, usually for about 5 minutes, but I’ve gone up to 20 minutes.

Then comes adding some flavor to the pizza dough. I add olive oil, salt, and Italian seasoning. I also love adding minced garlic to my homemade pizza dough at this point. Here is where you can change this up if you love different seasoning flavors in your pizza crust.

Finally, I add the flour. How much flour you will need completely depends on the heat and humidity at the time you are making it. I start with 2 1/2 cups of flour and add more as needed until the dough has formed a ball on the dough hook and is not sticking to the bottom of the mixer bowl. I mix with the dough hook on level 2 for 5 minutes.

Then I transfer the dough to a bowl that I grease in olive oil and place it in my oven proofer. If you have that you can keep it on my countertop in a warm area that doesn’t have a draft. Place a clean kitchen towel on top. You need to allow the dough rise time. In my oven proofer it takes about 30 minutes, on your counter, it will take 45-60 minutes.

After the dough has doubled in size, I punch the dough down and flip it out on to a floured surface. This dough is so easy to work with that I just press it out into a circle with my hands. I love using a pizza stone, but you can use a pizza pan or a baking sheet to cook your pizza on. Add your pizza sauce, cheeses, and favorite toppings. After baking the pizza I let it rest at room temperature for 8-10 minutes before slicing.

We have homemade pizza almost every week at our home. So I’ve had lots of years to perfect this recipe. I’ve played around and this one is loved by all.

We’re a half Hawaiian and half Pepperoni family.

Another huge factor in getting great crust is a pizza stone. They are a great investment. I’ve had mine for years. You put it in the oven while you’re preheating and when it’s piping hot you put the rolled dough on it.

Here’s my yummy pizza crust recipe.

Look at that crust! Love those air pockets!

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