Description
An easy, basic pizza dough for thin crust pizza. Makes two pizzas. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Top dough with your favorite sauce and toppings, leaving the edge of the pizza (about 3/4 inch) clear. Place pan in center of oven. Bake 15 minutes.
Ingredients
- 1 cup warm water (100 to 110 degrees F/40 to 45 degrees C)
- ¼ cup white sugar
- 2 ¼ teaspoons active dry yeast
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour, or more as needed
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Mix warm water and sugar together in a bowl; add yeast. Set aside until yeast mixture becomes foamy
- about 10 minutes.
- Pour yeast mixture into a large bowl; add flour
- olive oil
- and salt. Knead dough for 6 to 8 minutes
- adding more flour to keep dough from sticking to your hands if needed. Cover bowl and let sit for 20 to 30 minutes.
- Grease 2 pizza pans or baking sheets.
- Divide dough in half. Make each half into a ball shape and roll each into a flat
- circular crust using a rolling pin.
- Place 1 piece dough over your hands with your knuckles turned upward directly underneath the center of the dough. Using your knuckles and backs of your hands
- toss the dough into the air in a circular motion
- spinning the dough. This thins the center of the dough and forms the padded edge of the pizza. When the edge of the dough is about 1/4-inch thick
- place the dough onto the pan. Pizza diameter will be about 10 inches. Repeat with other piece of dough.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 50 mins
Servings: 16