Easy Homemade Pizza Dough

This is the best pizza dough recipe ever. It's easy to makewith 5 ingredients and doesn't need to rise - which means you can have a freshhot homemade pizza on the table in 30 minutes.

Prep time: PT5M

Cook time: PT25M

Total time: PT30M

Rating

4.99 stars (1199 reviews)

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Ingredients

1 cup warm water ((105 degrees F))
1 Tablespoon granulated sugar
1 Tablespoon active dry yeast
1 Tablespoon olive oil
2 to 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour*
1 tsp fine sea salt

Cuisine

American
Italian

Steps

Preheat oven to 500 degrees Fahrenheit (260 degrees Celsius). Put a pizza stone in the oven while it preheats, and let it warm at 500 degrees F for at least 10 minutes.*
Make the Pizza Dough
- Combine warm water, yeast and sugar in a large mixing bowl and stir to combine.
- Let mixture sit for 5 minutes, or until it becomes frothy and bubbles form.
- Gently stir in olive oil.
- Add 2 cups of flour and salt and mix with a spatula until a ball begins to form (dough will still be slightly sticky). Add more flour as needed to form a dough ball.
- Transfer to a floured surface and knead into a smooth dough, adding up to ½ cup extra flour if needed.
- Optional. if desired, cover the bowl with a damp tea towel and let it rise for 10 minutes or up to 1 hour.
Assemble the Pizza
- Roll the dough into your desired shape and put it on a piece of parchment paper.
- Add pizza sauce, cheese and toppings of choice.
Bake The Pizza
- Use a pizza peel to transfer the pizza to the preheated pizza stone in the oven.
- Bake on the preheated pizza stone for 11-14 minutes, or until the bottom of the crust is golden brown.
- Remove the pizza from the oven with the pizza peel and put it on a wire rack to cool for at 5-10 minutes before cutting and serving.

Nutitrion

Serving Size: 1 Serving (Crust only)
Calories: 67 kcal
Carbohydrates: 12 g
Protein: 2 g
Fat: 1.2 g
Saturated Fat: 0.2 g
Sodium: 177 mg
Sugar: 1 g
Unsaturated Fat: 1 g

Reviews

Ashley on 2026-04-12 (5 stars):
Love love love this recipe! I’ve made it twice and it turned out amazing both times. The second time I even froze it & it baked beautifully. I used your sauce recipe too. So good! Question - if I were to double or triple this recipe would I also double/triple the yeast?
Rochel Howe on 2026-04-12 (4 stars):
Definitely needs less salt
Heather on 2026-04-11 (5 stars):
Excellent recipe! Flavor and texture were excellent. Followed recipe as written; allowed dough to rise for an hour. Thank you for sharing!
Crystal Wall on 2026-04-09 (5 stars):
Fast , easy and delicious . Wish I could add a picture.
Sarah Dhority on 2026-04-03 (5 stars):
Easy and no rise!
Robert maialetti on 2026-04-01 (5 stars):
My dough turned out great ,used it to make a 3 cheese pizza turned out good, will be using this recipe often , thanks
P. M. Foss on 2026-03-31 (5 stars):
Best I’ve ever made. Thank you! thank you!
Adrienne on 2026-03-26 (5 stars):
We love this pizza dough recipe! I find that it works great with ap flour, but I love the way it rolls out with bread flour even more. Either way, it’s given us a perfect pizza crust to make easy homemade pizzas. I used to think pizza night was too complicated but this has changed the game for me. With 5 kids, we do a triple batch and usually have one crust leftover for the freezer. Easy weekday lunch for the kiddos ready to go! Thank you!