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November 17, 2014

Homemade Pizza Dough

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Homemade Pizza Dough is easy to make and tastes delicious! You can even make individual pizzas so everyone can customize just what they want.

Homemade Pizza Dough by Love and Confections - easy to make and perfect for any night of the week


I did a lot of bread baking in culinary school and realized that I have not shared any yeasty goodies on the blog in all my years of blogging. Well, that is about to change. I have a whole week of recipes and tips for working with yeast. A lot of people I have talked to, even some blogger friends, are intimidated by yeast. Using yeast should be the opposite of intimidating, it should be fun. When you make something with your hands, let it rise, shape it and bake it, the finished product is worth it all. There really is nothing like the smell of fresh-baked bread coming out of the oven.

Homemade Pizza Dough by Love and Confections - easy to make and perfect for any night of the week

I love doing pizza parties with friends. Everyone has their own individual pizza and they can customize it with whatever topping and ingredients they want. We usually have a red sauce and a pesto for the base and fresh sliced or shredded mozzarella for cheese. The toppings vary, just like the friends gathered – pepperoni, sausage, meatball, chicken, anchovies, peppers, black olives, mushrooms, artichokes, you name it, we probably have it. My favorite toppings are meatball and mushroom – can’t beat that!

Homemade Pizza Dough by Love and Confections - easy to make and perfect for any night of the week

Homemade pizza dough is easy to make, and double, if you are feeding a crowd. It can be made in advance and frozen, or made the day of to use. This recipe is a versatile dough that can be used for thick or thin crust pizza, depending on how much you use and roll out.

Homemade Pizza Dough by Love and Confections - easy to make and perfect for any night of the week

Red Star Yeast sent me some samples of their yeast so I could try it out for myself. I used the Platinum Yeast in this pizza dough recipe, because I wanted a great pizza dough. The Platinum Yeast strengthens the dough and improves the tolerance to variation in kneading, rising and flour quality. Everyone uses different recipes, has different kneading styles and uses different kinds flour, so the Platinum yeast helps produce a consistent product. Since the Platinum yeast has dough improvers, it helps make a consistent dough that retains its leavening and volume during baking and decreases the risk in the dough collapsing after proofing. We all want a nice light and airy dough and the Platinum Yeast does the job.

If you would like to learn more about Red Star Platinum Yeast and the advantages of the Platinum Yeast you can go click here. Red Star Yeast is also currently partnering with Stop Hunger Now and if you would like a buy one, get one free strip of 3 yeast packets, fill out this form.

Homemade Pizza Dough
slightly adapted from About Professional Baking
yield: 1 large thick crust or 2 medium crust pizzas
Click here for a printable recipe

Pizza Dough Ingredients:
– 3 & 1/4 cups Bread Flour, plus more for dusting your work surface
– 1/4 cup Yellow Cornmeal, plus more for dusting pans
– 1/2 teaspoon Garlic Powder
– 1 & 3/4 teaspoons Red Star Platinum Yeast
– 1 & 1/3 cup Water, warmed to 110F/43C
– 1/4 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
– 1 & 1/2 teaspoon Salt
– Cooking spray
– Pizza sauce, cheese and toppings

Pizza Dough Directions:
1. In a large mixing bowl, whisk the Bread Flour, Cornmeal, Garlic Powder and Red Star Platinum Yeast together. Create a well in the middle and add in the warm Water and Olive Oil. With your hands or a spoon, mix until the dough comes together and forms a ball. (it might look a bit ragged). Cover the bowl with a kitchen towel and let the dough rest for 10 minutes.
2. Sprinkle the dough with the Salt and knead it in on a flat surface for 1-2 minutes or until the dough becomes elastic (It should be slightly springy after kneading and not too sticky)
3. Spray the inside of a medium bowl with Cooking Spray. Place the dough in the bowl, then turn it so it faces up and all sided are greased with the spray. Spray a piece of plastic wrap with cooking spray and place it over the bowl, spray side down. Let the dough rise for roughly 1 hour, or until it doubles in volume. (make sure it is in a warm place to rise, do not put it directly under an air conditioning vent)
4. Place the dough on a flat surface that has been lightly dusted with flour. You can make 1 large thick crust pizza or 2 medium crust pizzas. For 2 pizzas, cut the dough into two equal portions. Knead each portion to slightly deflate it and then cover with a damp kitchen towel. Let the dough rest for about 10 minutes. (resting lets the gluten relax and allows for a better shaped pizza)
5. Heat oven to 450F while the dough rests. Prepare 2 pizza pans or sheet pans with sides by sprinkling Cornmeal on the pan to prevent the dough from sticking. Roll each dough ball to your desired thickness and place on the pans. Add sauce, cheese and toppings and bake for 10-15 minutes, or until lightly brown and puffy. Let it cool slightly before cutting. Enjoy

Until next time,
LOVE & CONFECTIONS!

Disclaimer: Red Star Yeast provided me with samples of the yeast used in these blog posts. Red Star Yeast is providing the prize package. All opinions are my own.

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  1. Wendy Klik says

    November 17, 2014 at 3:01 pm

    Cinnamon Rolls, YUM

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    • Terri Truscello Miller says

      November 20, 2014 at 1:39 am

      Cinnamon rolls are always a great choice

      Reply
  2. Mary Ellen says

    November 17, 2014 at 3:58 pm

    I've never see the Platinum yeast before, will have to watch for it!

    Reply
    • Terri Truscello Miller says

      November 20, 2014 at 1:39 am

      It worked pretty darn good!

      Reply
  3. joey simmonds says

    November 17, 2014 at 9:02 pm

    My favorite I have made is Yeast Rolls. I would like to learn to make Sourdough.

    Reply
    • Terri Truscello Miller says

      November 20, 2014 at 1:39 am

      Sourdough is great – you just have to make sure you babysit it properly and feed it every day.

      Reply
  4. Shannon says

    November 17, 2014 at 10:33 pm

    My favorite is pizza dough, although I need to try this recipe! I'd love to learn to make cinnamon rolls, especially around the holidays!

    Reply
    • Terri Truscello Miller says

      November 20, 2014 at 1:40 am

      Cinnamon rolls are a traditional christmas morning breakfast – always a great choice!

      Reply
  5. Amanda Emily says

    November 18, 2014 at 12:32 am

    The usual yeast bread I make from scratch is cheesey pullapart bread.

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    • Terri Truscello Miller says

      November 20, 2014 at 1:40 am

      Pull apart bread is so fun and you can make so many flavors!

      Reply
  6. Sandy H says

    November 18, 2014 at 3:39 am

    I am getting over my fear of working with yeast. It is taking some time but my goal is a perfect loaf of ciabatta bread

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    • Terri Truscello Miller says

      November 20, 2014 at 1:41 am

      Ciabatta is one of my favorites! Working with yeast dough takes time in getting to know what it should look like, but when you follow directions and know you are working with good yeast, then it's easy.

      Reply
  7. heatherp626 says

    November 18, 2014 at 1:08 pm

    I probably use yeast the most in pizza crust! It's my kids favorite. I have also made cinnamon rolls that were delicious!! I LOVE Red Star Yeast!!

    heatherp626@msn.com

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    • Terri Truscello Miller says

      November 20, 2014 at 1:42 am

      Pizza is such a great introduction into yeast bread baking and cinnamon rolls are always delicious! Happy baking!

      Reply
  8. Amanda N says

    November 18, 2014 at 4:19 pm

    I have always wanted to make bread and pizza dough from scratch…I bought yeast like 2 years ago and still haven't. I am sure if I won it'd motivate me 🙂

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    • Terri Truscello Miller says

      November 20, 2014 at 1:43 am

      You should! It is so great when you eat something you made from scratch! Buy new yeast, though!

      Reply
  9. Anonymous says

    November 19, 2014 at 11:36 pm

    Have tried other yeast products, did not turn out so hot.Maybe this would do the trick.

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    • Terri Truscello Miller says

      November 20, 2014 at 1:44 am

      You have to learn how to work with the yeast, what conditions are best for it and making sure the yeast is good. Hopefully you will try again and this product can help.

      Reply
  10. Scarlett Randolph says

    November 21, 2014 at 7:51 am

    Pizza Dough is ever popular in our house as is cinnamon rolls!

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    • Terri Truscello Miller says

      November 26, 2014 at 8:56 pm

      Both are some of the most common things made with yeast!

      Reply

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