Alton Brown's homemade pizza dough is a delicious and easy-to-make recipe that results in a perfect crust every time. With just a few simple ingredients and a bit of patience, you can create a dough that's crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. T
The recipe calls for flour, water, yeast, sugar, salt, and olive oil and takes about 2 hours to rise. Once the dough is ready, you can add your favorite toppings and bake it in the oven for a homemade pizza that's sure to impress.
I just want to share with all you guys this awesome pizza dough recipe. I was going to make some lasagna this fine evening, but I didn't have enough cottage cheese. We had got this deal on fresh mozzarella at the grocery store (b1g1 free) this weekend and I really wanted to make something with it. Pizza it is! Had all the ingredients for that on hand. Using fresh mozzarella cheese on pizza changes everything. I used to use the bags of already shredded mozzarella cheese up until now.
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Why You Will Like This Recipe
You can't go wrong with any of Alton Brown's recipes either. Sorry, I'm an Alton Brown fan. The recipe says to cover and refrigerate the dough for 24 hours, but I was in a hurray so I skipped that part. Y
ou have to brush the pizza dough crust with a little bit olive oil to make it that golden brown color on top.
For toppings use whatever you like, and please if you already haven't yet try using fresh mozzarella instead of the shredded mozzarella in the bags. You will see a difference.
What do I need to make Pizza Dough?
- Sugar - Or regular granulated sugar, I do not use sugar substitutes in any of my recipes but if you know the conversions feel free to do so
- Kosher salt - dough without any salt is bland and boring!
- Pure olive oil - Look for olive oils that are labeled as extra virgin, cold-pressed, and unfiltered for the highest quality.
- Warm water - The water has to be warm or the dough will not rise
- Bread flour (for bread machines) or all purpose flour - is a type of wheat flour that is commonly used in cooking and baking. It is versatile and can be used for a variety of recipes, including bread, cakes, cookies, and pastries.
- Instant yeast - helps the dough rise
- See the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.
How to Make Pizza Dough
Place the sugar, salt, olive oil, water, 1 cup of flour, yeast, and remaining cup of flour into the mixer’s work bowl.
Using the paddle attachment, start the mixer on low and mix until the dough just comes together, forming a ball. Lube the hook attachment with cooking spray. Attach the hook to the mixer and knead for 15 minutes on medium speed.
Tear off a small piece of dough and flatten into a disc. Stretch the dough until thin. Hold it up to the light and look to see if the baker’s windowpane, or taut membrane, has formed. If the dough tears before it forms, knead the dough for an additional 5 to 10 minutes.
Roll the pizza dough into a smooth ball on the countertop. Place into a stainless steel or glass bowl. Add 2 teaspoons of olive oil to the bowl and toss to coat. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 18 to 24 hours.
Place the pizza stone or tile onto the bottom of a cold oven and turn the oven to its highest temperature, about 500 degrees F. If the oven has coils on the oven floor, place the tile onto the lowest rack of the oven.
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Alton Brown's PIzza Dough
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 18 -24 hrs
- Total Time: 24 hrs
- Yield: 2 pizzas 1x
Description
Alton Brown's homemade pizza dough is a delicious and easy-to-make recipe that results in a perfect crust every time. With just a few simple ingredients and a bit of patience, you can create a dough that's crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. T
Ingredients
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon pure olive oil
¾ cup warm water
2 cups bread flour (for bread machines)
1 teaspoon instant yeast
2 teaspoons olive oil
Olive oil, for the pizza crust
Flour, for dusting the pizza peel
Instructions
- Place the sugar, salt, olive oil, water, 1 cup of flour, yeast, and remaining cup of flour into the mixer’s work bowl.
- Using the paddle attachment, start the mixer on low and mix until the dough just comes together, forming a ball. Lube the hook attachment with cooking spray. Attach the hook to the mixer and knead for 15 minutes on medium speed.
- Tear off a small piece of dough and flatten into a disc. Stretch the dough until thin. Hold it up to the light and look to see if the baker’s windowpane, or taut membrane, has formed. If the dough tears before it forms, knead the dough for an additional 5 to 10 minutes.
- Roll the pizza dough into a smooth ball on the countertop. Place into a stainless steel or glass bowl. Add 2 teaspoons of olive oil to the bowl and toss to coat. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 18 to 24 hours.
- Place the pizza stone or tile onto the bottom of a cold oven and turn the oven to its highest temperature, about 500 degrees F. If the oven has coils on the oven floor, place the tile onto the lowest rack of the oven.
- Category: Medium
- Method: Mix
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
Keywords: pizza dough
Jenna says
No, the salt does nothing to help activate the yeast, sugar does that. The recipe states nothing about adding the dough to the bread machine. 1 tablespoon is a lot of salt for 2 cups of flour. Try reducing it to 1 tsp the next time or just using less salt. Check your yeast too. It might be expired if the dough turned out flat, or the water wasn't warm enough.
Rob says
I believe I followed this recipe but it turned out flat and way too salty.
Should I have combined the early ingredients into a small bowl and let yeast combine with salt.
I put it in my bread machine as a dough. Could that be an issue
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