This easy Pizza Dough with Plain Flour boasts an undeniably good thick and firm texture that you can excellently use as the base for any of your favorite homemade pizzas.
You do not need any fancy and expensive materials to make this pizza dough as you can easily knead the dough with your bare hands alone. You should definitely try this recipe at home next time you decide to have a pizza night with your family!
Be sure to use this pizza dough recipe when you whip out your favorite pizza sauce and toppings because, as a base, this one wins over all the other pizza doughs you know about.
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Why Does This Recipe Work?
There are countless recipes and ways you can find on the internet on how to make homemade pizza dough. However, nothing beats this particular Pizza Dough with Plain Flour because of some of the following reasons:
- It is a quick and easy recipe that does not require you to overwork yourself by kneading the dough. You only need one to two minutes to have that perfectly kneaded dough!
- No huge and expensive dough mixer is needed for this recipe to work! A simple mixing bowl can be used to ensure every ingredient is well-combined with one another.
- You can easily double this recipe to make more pizza doughs you can use at home for any of your pizza night activities.
- This is a freezer-friendly recipe. Do you know what that means? It means that you can make a bunch of this dough in your free time, so you can safely keep this in the freezer for future use! How convenient will it be to just fish out a pizza dough from your freezer when you crave your homemade pizza?
- This pizza dough is made with plain flour! Need we express more?
What's in This Recipe?
Plain Flour. You may think that you can use any flour you wish to use in making the dough. However, let it be known that plain flour does not contain that much gluten. That is why once you bake it in the oven along with the other ingredients, it will not rise too much, given a thick, crisp, and firm dough instead of a fluffy one that can easily get ruined once topped with sauce.
Dried Yeast. Pizzerias are known to use dried yeast as the leavening agent for their pizza doughs. We need to follow the experts because dried yeast can indeed let the dough rise quickly but precisely to the level that pizza dough needs. When dried yeast and plain flour are both used in the recipe, the dough will come out crisp, and airy, with a bubbly crust.
Salt. Aside from saving the this dish from having a completely bland taste, salt also helps in tightening the gluten found in plain flour. Once the salt is able to tighten the gluten, the pizza dough will have a firmer texture. Salt also assists in regulating the dried yeast to make sure it rises well.
Granulated sugar. Sugar in this recipe is not really added for its sweetness but to help activate the dried yeast.
Olive Oil. Olive oil does not only add flavor to the pizza dough, but it also adds color once the pizza dough has been baked in the oven.
How to Make Pizza Dough with Plain Flour Step by Step
One: Preheat the oven to 220°c/428°f.
Two: In a mixing bowl, mix together plain flour, salt, sugar and dried yeast.
Three: Mix in olive oil and water until bringing the dough together.
Four: Now, knead the dough for 1-2 minutes on a clean and lightly floured work surface.
Five: Put the dough back in the bowl and cover it with plastic wrap, and let it rest for 35-45 minutes in a warm place.
Six: Now, put the dough in a ziplock bag and keep it in the fridge for later use.
Seven: You can also top it with your favourit sauce and toppings, then bake in the oven for 9-10 minutes.
Top Tips!
- Add a small amount of tepid or lukewarm water in combining the dry ingredients. This will help activate the dried yeast well.
- Make this pizza dough three days ahead of time before you use it for your homemade pizza. Just place it in a ziplock before you refrigerate it. This process will allow for a better flavor and browning since the dried yeast will still be at work.
- Make sure that this pizza dough is at room temperature once you start using it for your homemade pizza! Cold pizza dough will break into different pieces once baked.
- This recipe makes a large 30 cm pizza or 2 small 18 cm pizzas, and also, you can easily double or triple the ingredients to make more pizzas.
- Be mindful of the number of ingredients needed for this recipe. Adding too much flour and yeast will significantly worsen the state of your dough, and too much olive oil will make the crust too soft for the structure to hold the toppings and sauce.
Recipe Variations
- If you are already going to use your pizza dough, dust it first with cornmeal, as it will give the crust an extra flavor and crispiness once the baking is done.
- Use caster sugar instead of granulated sugar if the latter is unavailable in your pantry. It will still give your pizza dough crisp and tender crumbs once baked.
Serving Suggestions
You can style and cook your very own homemade pizza using this Pizza Dough with Plain Flour however you want.
Kids will love a topping filled with pepperoni, and sausage drizzled with pizza sauce. Teens will most likely love meaty and cheesy toppings rich with a heavy load of sauce.
You don't need to worry about ruining your dough because it can hold quite a bunch of toppings thanks to the firm texture that plain flour gives.
Storage
To store: Refrigerate for up to three days in a ziplock.
Freeze: If you plan to freeze the pizza dough you made, you can keep it in a ziplock before freezing it for up to three months.
Recipe FAQs
Yes! You can absolutely make dough with just water and flour as your ingredients. Simply add water gradually to a mixing bowl where your flour is and mix them until you already have a consistency similar to a Play-Doh.
It is best to use plain flour for pizza because you can control the amount of leavening agent in the pizza dough. Self-rising flour already has a baking powder in it, which can be quite tricky to control when cooking the pizza.
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Recipe
Pizza Dough With Plain Flour
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups Plain Flour
- 1 teaspoon Granulated Sugar
- 1 ½ tablespoon Fast Action Dried Yeast
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- ½ cup Lukewarm Water
- 2 tablespoon Olive Oil
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, mix together plain flour, salt, sugar and dried yeast.1 ½ cups Plain Flour, ½ teaspoon Salt, 1 ½ tablespoon Fast Action Dried Yeast, 1 teaspoon Granulated Sugar
- Mix in olive oil and water until bringing the dough together.2 tablespoon Olive Oil, ½ cup Lukewarm Water
- Now, knead the dough for 1-2 minutes on a clean and lightly floured work surface.
- Put the dough back in the bowl and cover it with plastic wrap, and let it rest for 35-45 minutes in a warm place.
- Now, put the dough in a ziplock bag and keep it in the fridge for later use.
- You can also top it with your favourit sauce and toppings, then bake in the oven for 9-10 minutes at 220°c/428°f.
Notes
- Add a small amount of tepid or lukewarm water in combining the dry ingredients. This will help activate the dried yeast well.
- Make this pizza dough three days ahead of time before you use it for your homemade pizza. Just place it in a ziplock before you refrigerate it. This process will allow for a better flavor and browning since the dried yeast will still be at work.
- Make sure that this pizza dough is at room temperature once you start using it for your homemade pizza! Cold pizza dough will break into different pieces once baked.
- This recipe makes a large 30 cm pizza or 2 small 18 cm pizzas, and also, you can easily double or triple the ingredients to make more pizzas.
- Be mindful of the number of ingredients needed for this recipe. Adding too much flour and yeast will significantly worsen the state of your pizza dough, and too much olive oil will make the crust too soft for the structure to hold the toppings and sauce.
Variations
- If you are already going to use your pizza dough, dust it first with cornmeal, as it will give the crust an extra flavor and crispiness once the baking is done.
- Use caster sugar instead of granulated sugar if the latter is unavailable in your pantry. It will still give your pizza dough crisp and tender crumbs once baked.
Madison
Easy to double the recipe and keep one in the freezer!
Becci
This is my first time making this pizza and I was just wondering if the dough really has to be left for three days before cooking or can I use it straight away?
Radwa
You can use it immediately; however, if you like to store it, it will last for 3 days in the fridge.
Elena
Can I use butter instead of olive oil?
Radwa
Well, I didn't try this. However, I don't see why not.