This homemade pizza dough is made with clean and simple ingredients opting to replace traditional cane sugar with coconut sugar (though not totally necessary) and adding seasoning to the dough for a more flavorful crust. You can have the peace of mind of knowing exactly what is going into your pizza dough without compromising on taste by putting the ingredients together yourself! If you're like me and filled with dread when looking at ingredient labels on anything and everything only to find harsh, potentially cancerous, and harmful additives...then rest assured because this pizza dough recipe is anything BUT that.
For this pizza I used 4 (freshly grated) cheeses: mozzarella, gruyere, cheddar and gouda with pepperoni toppings
Note – to make this pizza dough I use my KitchenAid Artesian Stand Mixer, but feel free to mix all the ingredients together using a wooden or silicon spoon.
The added benefit of making pizza dough at home is you can customize the shape into whatever you want! During the fall my husband and I shaped our pizza dough into a pumpkin, which definitely added to the fun and took no time at all. After the dough is finished resting, simply shape the dough using your fingers into the desired shape prior to adding any toppings. I highly recommend placing the dough on a pizza pan prior to shaping so you won't have to deal with moving the dough after you've shaped it. Get creative with it!
A simple 6 ingredient flavorful pizza dough recipe using clean and nutritional alternatives
Combine 1 cup of all purpose flour, 1 packet of active dry yeast, coconut sugar, salt, garlic powder, dried oregano and basil in a bowl or a stand mixer.
Add the olive oil and the warm water into the bowl with the dry ingredients and set your stand mixer on a low setting using the dough hook, stirring for 1 minute.
Gradually add in 1 additional cup of all purpose flour to the bowl and allow the the stand mixer to mix the dough for about 5 minutes on low (between setting 2-3), scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary. The dough should begin to form a cohesive sticky texture.
With dry hands with a small amount of flour, touch the dough. The dough should feel sticky to the touch but not leave reside on your fingers.
Preheat the oven to 425 F
In a separate bowl, drizzle a coating of olive oil making sure the sides of the bowl are fully coated.
Once the dough has formed a cohesive and slightly sticky ball, lightly dust your hands with all purpose flour and form the dough into a ball.
Place the dough ball into the bowl with olive oil. Once the dough is in the bowl, flip the ball onto its other side to coat the whole dough ball in olive oil.
Place a towel over the bowl and place the bowl near the oven that is preheating. This will allow the dough to be in a warm environment which will aid in activating the yeast.
Allow the dough to rest for 30 minutes or until doubled in size.
On a flat surface, roll out the dough using a rolling pin. Fold the edges of the pizza dough inward to create a crust. Lightly brush the dough surface with olive oil and poke holes throughout the surface of the dough using a fork.
After adding toppings, pizza is ready to go into the oven for 15-20 minutes
Servings 6
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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