Homemade Pizza Crust (Dough) from Scratch – Easy Recipe

Here is a recipe that I’ve been using for years now for my own homemade pizza crust from scratch! Don’t be intimidated by making it at home. It’s so easy and is the best crust there is! This is the same crust used in my pepperoni pizza video from a few years back. Enjoy!

What you’ll need:
3/4 cup warm water (about 100*F)
2 Tbsp granulated sugar
1 tsp active dry yeast
1 tsp salt
1 Tbsp olive oil
2 cups all-purpose or plain flour
additional oil for greasing

In a large bowl, combine water and sugar and sprinkle yeast on top to re-hydrate. Don’t use too hot of water or you will kill your yeast. After yeast is a bit foamy, add in salt, 1 Tbsp oil and flour. Mix well until it comes together to form a dough. Knead until smooth and all flour is incorporated and dough is no longer sticky, about 3 minutes. Grease a bowl with another tablespoon of oil, coat dough ball with oil and cover with a damp towel. Let rise in a warm place for 1-2 hours or until doubled in size.

To use, grease a pan with more oil, pat dough out using your finger tips to 14″-16″ in diameter. Spread with sauce, top with cheese and toppings and bake in a preheated 450*F oven for 12-14 minutes or until crust is golden brown and cheese is melty. Makes (1) 16″ pizza. Enjoy!!

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hello and welcome to crouton crackerjacks today i’m going to show you how to make the easiest but best pizza crust there is don’t be intimidated by pizza crust it’s super easy to make using ingredients that you more than likely already have in your pantry and it doesn’t take hardly any time at all so these are the ingredients that you’ll need so let’s get started i’m going to start off with a large bowl here i’m going to add in 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar and to that i’m going to add in three quarters of a cup of warm water that’s about 100 110 degrees or so i’m just gonna swirl that around a little bit to dissolve a little bit of that sugar and then i’m going to sprinkle on one teaspoon of active dry yeast right on top now you want to let this sit for a few minutes and kind of rehydrate your yeast a little bit and once that gets a little bit foamy i’m going to add in one teaspoon of salt one tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil you can use melted butter for this you can use vegetable oil whatever kind of oil that you want and then i’m going to dump in two cups of all-purpose or plain flour and i’m just gonna use my hands here because eventually i’m gonna get my hands dirty with this so just using my fingertips i’m just going to stir this together until it kind of starts to come together and form a dough they want to go around the sides of your bowl make sure that all of the ingredients get off the side of the bowl ultimately you want to make sure that everything gets incorporated into your dough out of the dozens and dozens and dozens of times that i’ve made this two cups of flour has been perfect for me it always works with exactly two cups i never need any less i never need any more it just somehow someway with this recipe it just works out every time now once it generally starts to come together and form a dough you want to turn that out onto your countertop get all that dough off of your hands and then just start kneading this you don’t have to need this for any length of time really all you want to do is knead this together until it forms a nice smooth dough it doesn’t have to be you know smooth as baby’s butt smooth you just want to make sure that everything is incorporated and as you need this you want to keep it moving keep it moving keep it moving if you stop during this or if you are needing too slow it will stick to you and to your countertop work surface so just keep it moving keep it moving and it shouldn’t stick if it is too sticky you can use just the tiniest little bit of flour but really you really shouldn’t have to and once everything is incorporated go ahead and make it into a nice ball of dough and then i’m going to use the same bowl that i mixed this in i’m just going to add in about a tablespoon of additional olive oil and spread that around and then i’m going to coat my dough in the olive oil now make sure that your dough is completely covered in the olive oil so that way it doesn’t dry out as it rises and then you want to cover this with a damp towel and put it into a warm spot to rise for between an hour hour and a half maybe two hours just until the dough is doubled in size once your dough has doubled you can go ahead and take the towel off and punch your dough down pull it away from the sides of your bowl make sure it’s not sticking there now i am using a pizza pan here it is a specific pan for the pizza industry i got at a restaurant supply house uh you can use any pizza pan that you have you can even use a cookie sheet if you want to for this and i’m gonna put about two tablespoons or so of olive oil into my pan and i’m gonna spread this around so there’s a liberal coat of oil covering my entire pan then you want to take your dough and place that into the center of your pan and starting in the center of your dough you want to use just your fingertips and start pressing this out to the edge of your pizza pan if you’re using this kind of pizza pan that has a lip on it if you’re using just a cookie sheet or a flat pan go ahead and press it out until it is about between 14 and 16 inches in diameter and as you’re pressing this out you just want to use your fingertips here and kind of build yourself up a crust around the outside but if you’re using one of these specialty pizza pans go ahead and use your fingertips again and press the dough down into the corner of the pan and then i’m going to go ahead and dock my crust now i’m just using a fork here and i’m just going to poke a bunch of little holes in this crust now it seems kind of counter-intuitive to you know punch a bunch of holes in this but basically what this is going to do is prevent my crust from getting ultra poofy and ultimately it just makes a nicer crust and then from here you can pretty much top your pizza with whatever you want go ahead and use pizza sauce after the pizza sauce typically you do cheese and then the rest of your toppings and bake this in a preheated oven at 450 degrees fahrenheit for about 12 maybe 14 minutes you want to make sure that your crust is nicely golden brown around the edges you want to make sure that your cheese is melted on top and then you can go ahead and cut up your pizza and serve it any way you wish and that’s really all there is to it to making your very own homemade pizza crust see it’s really not hard at all so there you go i hope you guys enjoy if you did be sure to give it a thumbs up i would greatly appreciate it subscribe for more deliciousness and keep up to date on all my latest videos if you have an idea for a future video be sure to leave it down below in the comment section thanks so much for watching and we’ll see you next time