Grammy's Kitchen · Pizza Dough · Simple, 4-Ingredient Homemade Pizza Dough

One of 24 pizza dough recipes we measured

Simple, 4-Ingredient Homemade Pizza Dough

from alexandracooks.com

It ranks #1 of 24 for workability among the pizza dough recipes we compared. 217 cooks on alexandracooks.com rate it 4.9★.

hands-on35m
waiting2.0 hr
makes4
each$0.28
levelintermediate
Needs:Escali Primo scalea baking steelKing Arthur bread flourinstant yeastAs an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 24.

this recipe typical
liquid89%67%
fat0%5%
salt3%2%
yeast1%2%
total sugar0%2%
flour strength2.01.0

Where it stands out

  • #1 of 24 for workability
  • #2 of 24 for crust crispness
  • #3 of 24 for crumb openness
  • #4 of 24 for flavour depth

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

512 g4 cups (512 g) bread flour or all-purpose flour, plus more for assembly
15 g3 to 4 teaspoons (10 to 15 g) kosher salt
4 g1 teaspoon (4 g) instant yeast
454 g1.75 to 2 cups (400 to 454 g) lukewarm water

Method: 7 steps, published by alexandracooks.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“Simple and easy pizza dough! Excellent crust every time!!  I like to add the following toppings - Before baking: Passata with fresh basil, salt, and pepper Fresh mozzarella Parmesan or similar Red peppers thinly sliced Red chilli Roquito peppers (aka” — a cook, 5.0★
“This recipe calls for instant yeast, whereas the sour dough pizza recipe (uses your active starter) is essentially making sour dough bread, but dividing the dough and shaping it for pizza the next day. Is it possible to use active starter discard to make dough” — a cook, 5.0★
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