Basic Pizza Dough Recipe / How to Make Pizza Dough from Scratch

June 19, 2011 By Aarthi 81 Comments

Last Updated on February 1, 2018

This is a basic pizza dough that is used to make all kinds of stuff like buns,pizzas,calzones and many more..I am planning to post so many recipes that calls for this dough,so I thought of posting this dough recipe as a separate post..Today I made some nice masala buns..I will post that recipe tomorrow...So please try this and let me know what you think..

Preparation Time : 10 mins
Resting Time : 1 hour

Ingredients:

All Purpose flour / Maida -2 cup + more as needed

Dry Yeast - 1.5 tsp

Sugar - 1 tblspn

Salt to taste

Warm Water-1 cup or as needed

Olive oil-1 tblspn

Method:

Take flour in a bowl and mix salt with it.

Mix yeast,sugar with warm water and set it aside for 5 min or till it foam up.

Add the yeast water with the flour mixture and make a soft dough

Apply oil all over it generously and cover it..

Cover it with a damp cloth and Set this aside in a warm place till it doubles in size( for about 1 hour).

When it doubles,knock out the air and knead the dough for 3 min. Add extra flour if you need

Now it is ready to use for your yummies.

TIPS FOR THE PERFECT PIZZA DOUGH:

1)The dough which you make should be very soft and slightly sticky before the first rise, once it is risen then add more more and knead to a soft dough. This ensures that the pizza base turn crispy and chewy.

2)You can refrigerate the dough for a week. And use whenever you need. But make sure you use a big bowl or container, because they do rise in the fridge.

3)You can use other oil or butter in the dough. But in my opinion olive oil gives the real flavour.

Pictorial:

Take yeast in a bowl

add sugar

now lets activate the yeast

Pour warm water over it

let it sit for 5 mins

add flour over this

season with salt

mix well

Now it is all combined...

At this point the dough will be very soft and slightly sticky..This sticky dough will gives the best pizza base

add little oil over this, to prevent the dough forming a skin

knead well..

cover with a plastic wrap

And set aside till it is doubled in size

Look how beautifully it has risen

So puffy

Knock back the air down

I forgot to take pictures of knocking the dough..
so when i made a second batch i too these pictures,
hence different bowl..You can add more flour and knead it to
soft dough

This is how it looks once you have knocked the air out

Now you can use this in your recipes

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About Aarthi

Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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Priya

June 19, 2011 at 6:17 pm

Nothing will replace the homemade stuffs, pizza dough looks wonderful..

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Charles

June 19, 2011 at 10:00 pm

Hi Aarthi, how did you cook it in the end? I recently bought a pizza stone which you put in the bottom of the oven and cook it on the stone... it makes amazing pizza!

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Inside a British Mum's Kitchen

June 19, 2011 at 11:18 pm

Can't wait to try this pizza dough - sounds wonderful, my kids will be thrilled. Now following you
Mary

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Rosita Vargas

June 20, 2011 at 2:17 am

esta es la verdadera masa para las pizzas dobla en tamaño y sacar el aire,queda crujiente y no se endurece al otro día felicitaciones,cariños y abrazos.

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Hamaree Rasoi

June 20, 2011 at 3:23 am

thanks for posting this basic dough procedure. Very useful post

Deepa
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Vardhini

June 20, 2011 at 3:41 am

Looks so perfect Aarthi.

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Deeksha

June 20, 2011 at 4:26 am

very useful for me..thanks for sharing!

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Santosh Bangar

June 20, 2011 at 6:21 am

thanks for sharing tips of making pizza dough

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Kalpana Sareesh

June 20, 2011 at 6:24 am

wow i hv never tried this at home.. its perfect will try it..

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Hovkonditorn

June 20, 2011 at 6:30 am

Hi! Thanks for visiting my blog! It is always nice to find new food blogs! Have a great day!

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Sharmilee! :)

June 20, 2011 at 6:49 am

Sounds gud....Useful post

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sonu

June 20, 2011 at 7:26 am

pizza dough looks simply perfect..soft and elastic ..good recipe !

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Anna Johnston

June 20, 2011 at 7:39 am

It's always great to have a quick dough recipe on hand, thanks for sharing this it looks great.

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S.Menaga

June 20, 2011 at 7:48 am

Hi dear,thx u for ur lovely comment..happy to follow u..u have a nice collection.

pizza dough looks wonderful!!

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Rinku Naveen

June 20, 2011 at 9:07 am

Hi Aarti
Thanks for dropping by and for ur lovely comments.
I have been your follower since some time now guess from May this year 🙂
Do let me know if you don't see me on the followers list. Will follow again. Thanks

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The Blonde Duck

June 20, 2011 at 10:40 am

Popped in to say hi! I've always loved making pizza!

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RAKS KITCHEN

June 20, 2011 at 10:55 am

I too follow almost a similar method! Keeper!

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Barbara

June 20, 2011 at 11:38 am

We all need a basic pizza dough recipe, Aarthi; it leads to all sorts of tasty new results! 🙂 Love calzones!

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Cooking Creation

June 20, 2011 at 11:59 am

The best pizza dough is definitely homemade. I load mine with garlic. YUM!

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Reshmi Mahesh

June 20, 2011 at 12:46 pm

Hai Aarathi...You have got a lovely space and nice collection of recipes...Thanks for dropping at my space and your lovely comments.
Pizza dough is a very useful post and You have explained it very nicely.

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tasteofbeirut

June 20, 2011 at 2:49 pm

Great recipe to have on hand!

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- google
  
  April 29, 2017 at 4:56 pm
  
  thanks
  
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Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal

June 20, 2011 at 5:20 pm

Love this recipe dear 🙂

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WizzyTheStick

June 20, 2011 at 9:06 pm

Aarti, thanks for stopping my site. Love getting to know the sites of others

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Anonymous

April 24, 2012 at 2:23 pm

Hi Aarthi, I have a doubt, should we use Dry yeast or wet yeast for making the dough? UmaRaghu

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Aarthi

April 25, 2012 at 2:59 am

@Uma

I used dry yeast..

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- Isvarya Lakshmi O
  
  January 08, 2018 at 6:34 am
  
  Hi what brand of dry yeast do you use?
  
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  - Aarthi
    
    January 17, 2018 at 5:44 pm
    
    i use a brand which my super market sells. you can buy yeast from amazon.
    
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Anonymous

July 05, 2012 at 7:43 pm

Hi Aarthi, Is it possible to make the dough well in advance and store it in fridge. If so how many days we can store and use? Please reply, since it will be very useful for me to make in bulk and store it in fridge ( Especially before preparing for party's) - UmaRaghu/Poland

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Aarthi

July 06, 2012 at 3:50 am

@Anonymousyes u can store in fridge for upto a week..

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Anonymous

February 23, 2013 at 2:47 pm

Can you tell me 2 cups of all purpose flour is equal to how many grams of all purpose flour/Maida

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Aarthi

February 23, 2013 at 3:18 pm

@Anonymous It is around 240 to 250 grams..

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Priety Maheshwari

June 23, 2014 at 8:58 am

my yeast mixture has nt got frothy despite being kept for one hour. nd even I used dry yeast...whts wrong ..Help

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Aarthi

June 23, 2014 at 5:20 pm

@Priety MaheshwariIt is because of three reason.

1)You must have added yeast to cold water. It wont get activated in cold water.

2)You must have added yeast to very hot water, so it must have killed yeast.

3)Your yeast must be expired. Always store yeast in fridge. Throw the yeast away and get a new batch.

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Anonymous

July 19, 2014 at 7:36 am

Can we make pav buns and breads frm this dough as well.tia

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Abubakarb Bakar

July 19, 2014 at 10:43 am

From this dough can we make just one pizza
I mean 2 cups of Maida is enough for making one pizza's dough? ???

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Aarthi

July 19, 2014 at 5:37 pm

@Abubakarb BakarYes u can make

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Aarthi

July 19, 2014 at 5:38 pm

@Anonymous Here is the link for pav buns
https://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/2012/01/homemade-soft-fluffy-pav-buns-white.html

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Anonymous

July 30, 2014 at 6:31 am

Can I freeze this pizza dough and use it whenever needed ?

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Aarthi

July 30, 2014 at 8:27 am

@AnonymousYes u can freeze it individual portions and thaw it before using

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kanika mehra

November 25, 2014 at 3:18 pm

Hi Aarthi, can any other oil instead of olive oil be used?

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Aarthi

November 25, 2014 at 6:06 pm

@kanika mehraYes u can use any oil as u wish

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Garima Jain

December 20, 2014 at 4:37 pm

Substitute of yeast..??

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Anonymous

December 20, 2014 at 4:41 pm

Hi aarti... i cnt find eaisly in nearest market... cn u plz tell me how to prepare pizza dough without yeast..?

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Aarthi

December 22, 2014 at 6:14 pm

@Garima Jainno sub for yeast in pizza dough

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Anonymous

January 03, 2015 at 6:13 am

2 cup maida measurmnt equal to how much gm in making pizza dough???

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Anonymous

January 03, 2015 at 7:24 am

Pizza dough is ready.. plz tell me wot next to do fo pizza base..?

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Aarthi

January 03, 2015 at 6:34 pm

@AnonymousCheck this recipe
http://yummytummyrecipeindex.blogspot.in/2010/12/pizza-calzonesrolls-wraps-quesadilla.html

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Aarthi

January 03, 2015 at 6:35 pm

@Anonymous2 cup maida is 240 grams

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Anonymous

January 04, 2015 at 5:34 pm

This is the best dough recipe ever.. No fail experience both the times I tried.. Many prayers your way....

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Anonymous

January 06, 2015 at 11:32 am

If we dont have baking tray what else can i use instead of it

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Aarthi

January 06, 2015 at 1:22 pm

@Anonymousu can use a plate

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Anonymous

February 08, 2015 at 11:19 am

Hi Aarthi, have tried this recipe last week n let me tell you how beautifully it turned out..!! Wish i could send u a pic. Still basking in all the compliments I received. Now I want to know if I could try making sub sanwich bread out if this dough? Thanks again. Keep up the good work.!

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Aarthi

February 09, 2015 at 5:10 pm

@Anonymousyes u can make subway sandwich bread.

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Anonymous

February 25, 2015 at 2:05 am

Is it 1 or 1.5 tsp yeast.bcoz in pictorial representatiom its shows only 1tssp so a doubt arised

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Aarthi

February 25, 2015 at 5:06 pm

@AnonymousNo it is 1.5 tsp, i used it because of the spoon.I dont have a 1.5 tsp

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Indu

March 07, 2015 at 8:43 am

Hi aarthi,

Could u please tell me how to use instant yeast for making pizza dough.this is the first time I will be using yeast so,I have got no idea.

Thanks in advance

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Aarthi

March 08, 2015 at 1:59 am

@Indujut add instant yeast in with the flour and other ingredients and knead it to a very soft sticky dough. Then proceed with other steps

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Anonymous

March 31, 2015 at 8:59 am

Hello Aarti.... how many pizzas can be made from 240gms of dough

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Aarthi

April 06, 2015 at 9:37 am

@Anonymousit depends on the size, you can make 2 medium size ones

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Anonymous

May 06, 2015 at 1:22 am

Can i use rice flour instead of maida? Because of gluten sensitivity I'm looking for gluten free option.

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Aarthi

May 06, 2015 at 11:30 am

@Anonymousno rice flour cannot be used

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Anonymous

May 07, 2015 at 1:49 am

Then can you suggest a recipe for gluten free pizza base?

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Aarthi

May 08, 2015 at 9:09 am

@Anonymouswill soon share

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Anonymous

May 09, 2015 at 5:16 pm

what is the rising time when using the instant yeast?as it is a instant yeast,i have a doubt whether it needs the same rising time as dry yeast..thankyou

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Aarthi

May 11, 2015 at 10:08 am

@Anonymousrising depends on climate. let it rise till it doubles in size

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Anonymous

May 13, 2015 at 9:37 pm

Can u tell me d difference between instant yeast n dry yeast?? I use active dry yeast(balls) in my recipes.. I proof d yeast always ...but i always get a yeast smell in d bread/dough..not like store bought ones..plz help.. Plz suggest sum good brands too

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Aarthi

May 14, 2015 at 3:48 am

@Anonymous if you get yeast smell then reduce the yeast a little and allow it to rise for more time.

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MDE SHAH

November 09, 2015 at 6:57 pm

really a useful post. i like the way how you post with picture. it helps a lot. thank you so much.

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cheena goyal

November 18, 2015 at 4:42 pm

hello mam. i am contant follower of ur recepies. All ur recepies turned out vry well. mam i have tried making pizza base many times but the problem coming in that is yeast smell. in kneeding dow the yeast smell comes in dow. plz tell me how can i avoid it.

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Aarthi

November 20, 2015 at 5:04 pm

@cheena goyalsome yeast has a over powering smell. Use diff brand next time.

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Sapna Deore

November 25, 2015 at 1:16 am

Hi arathi.. Could u tell me if the active time for active dry yest would be the same as given in the recipe?

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Aarthi

November 25, 2015 at 2:28 am

@Sapna Deoreyes i hope so, keep a eye on it. if it gets foamy and bubbly soon, then u can use it any time.

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Raji

January 16, 2016 at 5:15 am

Hi Arti,
I am Raji and I am a die hard fan of your recipes. They are simple and very easy to follow. And the pictorials help a lot. Could you please tell me which brand of yeast is the best? Bakers yeast?

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Aarthi

January 16, 2016 at 5:51 am

@Rajiu can use bakers

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nancyrobert2011

June 05, 2016 at 9:22 am

Pizza Making is actually an art and it is very interesting teach in easy way thanks for information

pizza making

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Unknown

September 09, 2016 at 6:36 pm

Hi Aarthi, Can i replace maida with Wheat flour?Is the process same

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Janani M

November 07, 2016 at 7:04 pm

Hi Aarthi,Your recipes are so good.. pictorial representation helps a lot.kindly share wheat flour pizza dough..

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libra

January 11, 2017 at 12:23 am

what temp to bake at and how long

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- Aarthi
  
  January 11, 2017 at 8:02 am
  
  check my pizza recipes for that
  https://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/search/label/Pizza
  
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Renita

October 13, 2020 at 2:19 pm

Mam how to store the yeast, has I have brought a big pack, please let me know

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