Easy Homemade Pizza Dough

Ingredients

Instructions

1. 1Preheat oven to 500 degrees Fahrenheit (260 degrees Celsius). Put a pizza stone in the oven while it preheats, and let it warm at 500 degrees F for at least 10 minutes.*
2. 2Make the Pizza Dough
3. 3Combine warm water, yeast and sugar in a large mixing bowl and stir to combine.
4. 4Let mixture sit for 5 minutes, or until it becomes frothy and bubbles form.
5. 5Gently stir in olive oil.
6. 6Add 2 cups of flour and salt and mix with a spatula until a ball begins to form (dough will still be slightly sticky). Add more flour as needed to form a dough ball.
7. 7Transfer to a floured surface and knead into a smooth dough, adding up to ½ cup extra flour if needed.
8. 8Optional. if desired, cover the bowl with a damp tea towel and let it rise for 10 minutes or up to 1 hour.
9. 9Assemble the Pizza
10. 10Roll the dough into your desired shape and put it on a piece of parchment paper.
11. 11Add pizza sauce, cheese and toppings of choice.
12. 12Bake The Pizza
13. 13Use a pizza peel to transfer the pizza to the preheated pizza stone in the oven.
14. 14Bake on the preheated pizza stone for 11-14 minutes, or until the bottom of the crust is golden brown.
15. 15Remove the pizza from the oven with the pizza peel and put it on a wire rack to cool for at 5-10 minutes before cutting and serving.