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Pizza Dough (Homemade)
Total time55 min
Prep15 min
Cook40 min
Yield4 servings
DifficultyEasy
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Pastries and baking

ChefEsraa Salem Al-Samak

Pizza Dough (Homemade)

An easy, quick homemade pizza dough. Prepare the dough, then choose your toppings—homemade pizza is often tastier than store-bought.

Pizza dough — a homemade recipe that's hard to beat

Ingredients

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  • 5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cups lukewarm water, or as needed
  • 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons powdered milk
  • 1/2 cup oil
  • 2 small cubes butter (about the size of chicken bouillon cubes)
  • For a delicious potato-topped pizza recipe, see: Potato Pizza
  • For more pizza topping ideas, see: Alfredo Pizza

Method

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  1. Rub the butter into the flour
  2. Add the sugar, salt, milk, yeast, and oil and mix
  3. Add the lukewarm water and knead until you obtain a smooth, cohesive dough
  4. Cover the dough and let it rest for at least one hour
  5. Roll out the dough into an oiled baking tray and fill it as desired
  6. Esraa Salem Samak
  7. To make the tastiest homemade potato-stuffed pizza, here is the link: How to Make Potato Pizza
  8. For more delicious pizza fillings, here is the link: How to Make Alfredo Pizza

Recipe tags

Pastries and bakingInternationalVegetarianNut freeEgg freeEasyBalanced time

Notes and serving ideas

  • Potato Pizza
  • Alfredo Pizza

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