Make Pizza Dough at Home Your Way and Save
Add a bread maker to make it even easier
This recipe is for folks who don’t have a bread maker as well as for those who do. It’s nice to tweak and customize the dough for your current mood. Substitute some whole wheat for the BBQ Chicken Pizza recipe on the right, inspired by California Pizza Kitchen’s dish.
The one on the left below uses pesto, green olives, pepperoni, onions and roasted red peppers. I like Mama Lil’s peppers. Find Mama Lil’s, pizza paddle, screen and a cutter in my Cooking and Foods list on Amazon. This is an affiliate link. I may make a spiff if you make a purchase, but you will never pay more.
Save money and customize pizza at home ~ with or without a bread maker. Here's a recipe to make it either way with a couple of fun tweaks. Share on X
Pizza Dough Recipe with and without bread maker
A bread maker takes the work out of making your own pizza. This is great for the budget with ingredients most folks have at home. You can make this (and we have) when you don't have a bread maker. We like to substitute some whole wheat for some of the white flour.
Equipment
- 1 bread maker (optional)
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp yeast
- 1/4 cup warm water (110 degrees)
- 4 cups white flour Option: Substitute 1 cup whole wheat for 1 cup of white.
- 1 cup warm water additional
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup olive oil
Instructions
- Sprinkle 1 tbsp. yeast into 1/4 cup warm water (heated to 110 degrees). Let rest 2 minutes. Stir to dissolve yeast completely.
- Combine yeast mixture with flour, an additional 1 cup of warm water, honey, salt and olive oil. Knead 10 minutes, adding flour if necessary.
- Cover and let rise until double, approx. 1 hour.
- Punch down and divide in two.
- Flatten one half to desired size in oiled baking pan. Cover, let rise 20 minutes.
- Layer favorite sauce and toppings. Sprinkle with olive oil. Bake in 475-500 degree oven for 15-20 minutes.
- Makes dough for 2 12" pizzas.
- Coat remaining 1/2 of the pizza dough with a little olive oil and place in plastic bag in refrigertor. Can be frozen.
Notes
Bread maker version:Heat 1 1/4 cups water to 110 degrees. Stir in yeast and let sit for 2 minutes. Drop into bread maker and add oil and honey. Add flour and salt last. Use Pizza Dough setting. Ours takes 50 minutes in the bread maker.Options:We may substitute 1 cup of wheat flour for 1 cup of white flour. The Honey-Wholewheat crust is great with BBQ chicken pizza.Add 1/4 tsp of dry Italian dressing mix, such as Good Seasons or garlic powder.
