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Easy Homemade Pizza Recipe

Ingredients

1 cup warm water (105 degrees)
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 tablespoon active dry yeast
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 to 2½ cups all-purpose flour*
1 tsp fine sea salt

Directions

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