Easy Homemade Pizza Dough • Maeesha's cookbook

This easy homemade pizza dough recipe yields soft, chewy crusts with a perfect balance of flavor and texture. Made with simple pantry ingredients, it’s ideal for personal-sized pizzas and can be customized with your favorite toppings. Perfect for pizza nights, this dough rises beautifully and bakes to golden perfection every time.

Info

Prep Time: About 10 minutes
Cooking Time: About 15 minutes
Cooling Time: About 1 hour
Servings: 4 people
Calories: ~100 kcal per serving

Pizza Dough (Makes 4 Personal Pizzas)

Ingredients

All-purpose flour – 3 cups
Semolina – slightly less than 1/4 cup
Salt – to taste
Cooking oil – 3 tablespoons
Baking powder – 1 tablespoon
Yeast – 3 teaspoons
Sugar – 1 tablespoon
Warm water – 1 cup

Toppings

(Customize as desired—cheese, vegetables, sauce, etc.)

Procedure

In a large bowl, mix the flour, semolina, salt, baking powder, and cooking oil. Set aside.
In a separate bowl, mix yeast and sugar into the warm water. Let it sit for 10–15 minutes until the yeast blooms.
Combine the dry and wet mixtures. Knead the dough well until smooth.
Lightly oil the surface of the dough, cover it, and let it rest for 2–3 hours in a warm place.
The dough should rise to about 2–3 times its original volume.
This recipe makes 4 pizza bases, each about 7 to 7.5 inches in diameter.

Notes

This dough works well as a base for any type of pizza—thin crust or thick.
Adjust sugar or salt slightly depending on whether you’re making savory or sweet pizza.