How to make pizza dough
It’s never been so easy to make homemade pizza than with Allinson’s easy pizza dough recipe. Simply 10 minutes kneading dough by hand (even less if you use a dough hook) and leave the rest of the work up to the dough. Whilst it proves you can walk the dog, get lost in a book or even have a quick nap! Time well spent right?
Then top it, bake it and enjoy! Best of all this dough makes up to 3 large pizzas so plenty of slices guaranteed for everyone.
Sounds like the perfect reason to make pizza night a weekly tradition.
Tips for making the best pizza dough
1. What's the best flour for pizza dough?
We recommend using Allinson's Strong White Bread Flour. Bread flour has higher gluten levels than culinary flours such as plain or self-raising. Very strong bread flour has an even higher gluten level so it's perfect for pizza dough.
2. Is it easy to knead flour dough?
It couldn't be easier, for a little extra helping hand, check out our tutorial demonstrating how to knead pizza dough.
3. Can the dough be made ahead of baking?
Yes! The dough can be made ahead up to 4/5 days and it can sit around while you plan out your toppings. So don't worry if your timings are a little off!
Method
Step 1:
MIX
Mix the flour, yeast, sugar and salt in a big bowl. Mix the water and oil together, then stir in with a cutlery knife.Step 2:
KNEAD Tip onto a lightly flour dusted surface and knead for 10 minutes (or use the dough hook attachment on your mixer for 5 minutes).
Step 3:
RISE
Lightly grease the mixing bowl with some oil. Put the dough back in, cover the bowl with a clean tea towel and leave to rise until doubled in size. Preheat your oven to 240°C (fan 220°C, gas mark 9).Step 4:
SHAPE Divide the dough into 3 pieces – keep others under the tea towel to stop them drying out. Roll a piece of dough to as thin as you can get it on a lightly floured surface. Lift carefully onto a floured baking sheet or pizza stone and finish with your favourite toppings.
Thin and crispy
If you prefer to make a thin and crispy pizza base, divide your dough into 4 instead. Having less dough for each base and rolling it nice and thin means your base will crisp up better in the oven.
Step 5:
BAKE
Bake for 10-15 minutes, until crisp and golden on top.
Ingredients
- 500g Allinson's Strong White Bread Flour
- 1 sachet Allinson's Easy Bake yeast or Allinson's Time Saver Yeast
- 1 tsp Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
- 2 tsp Salt
- 300ml Warm water
- 50ml Olive oil
- 500g Allinson's Strong White Bread Flour
Utensils
- Mixing bowl
- Tea towel
- Rolling pin
- Pizza tray/stone
Recipe Reviews
We love this recipe and bake it almost every week. My kids get involved with the toppings. It's a real family affair. The kids love it when I shape the dough into hearts, Easter Bunny and even a Christmas Tree at different times of the year.
Works a treat. Thanks
Never used oil in pizza dough before, so thought I'd give this a go. Wet dough that rips and tears...useless.
My go to recipe! I use this all the time and the pizzas turn out great. Really nice base/crust and very easy to make. Thanks Baking Mad. When I cook my pizza I make sure my oven is very hot (gas Mark 8) and I cook the pizza on the top shelf on a preheated pizza tray (round metal tray with holes in it). Never get a soggy or uncooked bottom.
Hi,
I have a couple of questions:
1) I can only find the Easy Bake Yeast that comes in a tin, not sachets. How many grams of this should I use?
2) In step #1 of the method it essentially says mix all the ingredients together in the bowl. I have seen in other of your recipes where it mentions not to let the salt and yeast touch at this stage. Does this matter in this recipe?
Hi, one sachet of Easy Bake Yeast is 7g so this would be the quantity that you would need to measure out. With regards to mixing the ingredients it is ok to do so as long as you are moving quickly and not allowing the ingredients to sit for an extended period of time before baking as this is when the salt and/or sugar can begin to acitvate the yeast.
Tried it last year and since it has been the best recipe!
Ingredients
- 500g Allinson's Strong White Bread Flour
- 1 sachet Allinson's Easy Bake yeast or Allinson's Time Saver Yeast
- 1 tsp Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
- 2 tsp Salt
- 300ml Warm water
- 50ml Olive oil
- 500g Allinson's Strong White Bread Flour
Utensils
- Mixing bowl
- Tea towel
- Rolling pin
- Pizza tray/stone