Deep dish pizza dough recipe
When you the luxury of time, make your own delicious dough. Designed for a double-batch, 2 pizzas, this is a 5-6 ingredient, simple dough recipe for deep dish pizza!
Equipment
- Kitchen Mixer (optional)
Ingredients
- 1½ cup warm water
- 2 tsp dry active yeast
- 4 cups all purpose flour
- 3 tsp salt
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1 tbsp olive oil optional
Instructions
- In a bowl or saucepan, mix water, yeast and sugar and let sit until it becomes foamy, approx 5 minutes.
- In a large mixing bowl, add flour, salt (and oil) and mix until and mix with water/yeast mixture.
- If using a kitchen mixer, use dough hook and run until dough becomes fully mixed and smooth. If by hand, mix with spoon/spatula until becomes rough, cohesive unit and then move to cutting board or countertop and kneed by hand until smooth, not tacky. Add extra flour or water as required.
- Dust with flour, set aside for 1-2 hours (until doubled in size).
- Once ready to bake, cut in half (designed for a 2-pizza batch) roll or stretch out dough in pan, load with cheese, sauce and toppings and bake for 25-30 minutes in a preheated oven at 425°F/218°C until golden brown and/or crispy.