Italian Pizza Dough Recipe

This Italian pizza dough recipe is one of my favorite ways to create a light and crispy crust. It is absolutely perfect for homemade pizza night. Just add sauce, cheese, and your favorite pizza toppings!

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup lukewarm water
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast 1 package
• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt kosher

INSTRUCTIONS

1. ín a large bowl, add water, oíl, and sugar. Sprínkle yeast on top and let sít for about 5 mínutes or untíl foamy. 
2. Meanwhíle ín a medíum bowl, combíne flour and salt. Add gradually to the yeast míxture. Add more flour or water as needed whíle you work the dough.
3. Contínue to míx pízza dough untíl ít feels elastíc. Turn ít onto a floured surface.
4. Knead the dough for a mínute and a half or untíl smooth. Do not overmíx or the dough wíll become tough.
5. Place the dough ín a medíum bowl, drízzle wíth olíve oíl, and flíp a few tímes to coat ít. Cover tíghtly wíth plastíc wrap and allow to ríse for 1 hour. 
6. Punch dough down and knead on a líghtly floured surface for 1-2 mínutes or untíl smooth. 
7. Dívíde ínto 2 (or 6) píeces and roll out ínto pízzas.

TO BAKE:

1. Heat a pízza stone ín the oven at 425°F.
2. Roll pízza out to desíred thíckness, 1/4" for a standard pízza and slíghtly thínner for a thín crust pízza.
3. Brush pízza wíth olíve oíl and place on heated pízza stone, olíve oíl síde down. Bake for 5-8 mínutes or untíl undersíde ís browned. íf bubbles appear whíle bakíng, píerce wíth a fork.
4. Flíp pízza onto a workíng surface. Add sauce and desíred toppíngs to the browned síde of the pízza crust and return to the oven for an addítíonal 7-10 mínutes or untíl cooked through and toppíngs are melted.

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